

James Gunn didn't invent the idea of Jor-El sending Kal-El to conquer Earth in #Superman. It's something that's been in Superman stories for nearly 40 years. It didn't exist when Donner made his movie, which every movie since had used as canon Superman lore, but it's been an idea in the comics after the Byrne Superman reboot in 1986's Man of Steel. After that reboot you saw people making stories about an imperialistic Krypton and making things like Kryptonian War Suits. Smallville did almost the exact same Jor-El message and it's also been used most recently by My Adventures With Superman.











































