It's kind of amusing that seasons one and two of My Adventures With Superman (and now potentially season three too with the introduction of Cyborg Superman) appear to be having a conversation with the trope of evil versions of Superman, with the show ultimately underlining that (literally) if they were evil they wouldn't be Superman any more.
This being shown in the first season with Lois being shown various alternate dimensional Clarks after interacting with the League of Loises, with the alternate Loises operating on the Snyderverse logic that the possibility of an evil Superman too dangerous to give new versions of Clark the benefit of the doubt when they meet a new one for the first time.
These Supermen being based on Justice Lord Superman from the DCAU Justice League show, Overman from the comics, and a riff on the Snyderverse version of Zod with the character's scar and big collar.
Ultimately though, despite Clark's anxiety, he only becomes the threat the likes of Taskforce X see him as once Brainiac decides to possess him in season two...
With this Brainiac-possessed form causing Hank Henshaw to have the injuries that ultimately lead to his being reborn as Cyborg Superman in season three.
One could potentially see Clark having some guilt over Hank's transformation, even if he wasn't in the driver's seat at the time as it were, but ultimately both in-universe evil versions of Superman aren't Clark because, again, he can't be evil AND Superman at the same time.
It's also notable that in contrast to Brainiac being openly vindictive and petty (he is imperialism incarnate, the morality of his actions isn't his concern as long as it gets the job done), Hank in season two was a guy who bought into the idea that he lived in a universe like the Boys or Invincible that regular people have a moral imperative to oppose superbeings like Superman (even if, again, Clark isn't doing anything to oppose).
If this implicitly bleeds into his motivations as Cyborg Superman in season three, Hank could potentially at least start by thinking that he's actually a good guy who finally has the physical power to take Superman on in a fight one to one...
Which in turn leads to the irony that, contrasting with how MAWS Clark is a guy who tries to minimise damage to public property, tidies up after himself and tries to make sure every is okay before he heads on to the next disaster, Hank (the man so concerned with how dangerous Superman is to regular pepole) in the trailer smashes Clark face-first through multiple inhabited skyscrapers.
Considering how much the first season was somewhat reacting to the Snyder depiction of Superman, I'm curious if Hank's disregard for collateral damage is an additional bit commentary there, considering how Clark in this show is a guy who prioritises saving people over wanting to get into fist-fights (something that ultimately benefits him considering how Livewire, Silver Banshee etc. are willing to come help him in the season two finale).
Hm, going on a tangent, if the speculation that Superboy IS Lois and Clark's kid from the future instead of the regular clone version of Conner, it's possible that its via Hank we get a look at the "evil Superman as dictator" plotline that we've seen in various forms (such as the aforementioned Justice Lord Superman and Injustice) too. With Superboy coming back to both prevent Clark dying via Hank murdering him and then establishing a dictatorship in the ruins of the world he destroyed to save or something. Come to think of it, considering the Terminator imagery that's been part of Cyborg Superman since his creation in the 1990s, Hank eventually becoming the ruler of a robotic dystopia actually kind of makes a lot of sense, weirdly?
Although this would kind of hinge on Lois already being pregnant during the season without knowing it, which I don't think that the show would really do in all honesty.
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