Well, this week’s Superman & Lois was something.
Look out, Clark, because there’s there another Kryptonian wanting to kill you! This week’s Superman & Lois dropped a bomb on the audience that no one – not even us – saw coming. Seedy businessman Morgan Edge is Kryptonian. Like, what the actual fuck is going on?! We found an interesting article by ComicBook, which kind of put our thoughts into high gear. What if Superman is a twin, but he doesn’t realise it? Now, there are a few things that point to this, but whether this is where the story is headed, we’ll have to keep watching to find out what happens.
Without further ado, let’s begin.
The Twin Factor
In both the pre and post Crisis timelines, twins played a part in the House of El, no matter how direct.
During Supergirl season 1, we learn very early on that Clark’s aunt, Alura, the mother of his cousin, Kara is an identical twin. Her sister was Astra, who had very different ideas from her more famous sibling and her niece. What is striking about this is that not only does this point take place during pre-Crisis, but it also mentions something interesting. Twins were rare on Krypton.
Astra mentions during a rather tense conversation that she and Alura often took pleasure in confusing their parents as they were identical when they were young.
Jumping over to post-Crisis and Clark is the father to fraternal twin sons, Jonathan and Jordan, both named in honour of his two fathers; his biological father, Jor-El and his adoptive father, Jonathan Kent. Before this, Clark and Lois only had Jonathan, who was a baby, as they never had the chance to have other children pre-Crisis. We do not include doppelgängers or clones in this as they don’t count.
The Secret Behind Morgan Edge
Post-crisis has changed a lot of things in the Arrowverse, and while many of the changes have happened on The Flash, Superman & Lois have not come away unscathed. Outside of Jordan’s sudden existence and the pushback of his and Jonathan’s births, people who have been in the Arrowverse previously have suddenly been altered.
While much of this falls to behind-the-scenes recastings for various reasons, one stood out—the recasting of Morgan Edge.
Edge has appeared in the Arrowverse before. He was in Supergirl as an adversary to Lena Luthor in an earlier season before being sent to prison for his crimes. This was pre-Crisis, where he was played by an American actor, Adrian Pasdar. However, in Superman & Lois, he’s played by a British actor, Adam Rayner.
While this mightn’t seem odd to most people, there was one other thing; the casting of Angus MacFadyen – who is Scottish – in the role of Jor-El. The actor who played Clark’s biological father in Supergirl‘s first season is unknown. It appears that MacFadyen is using a British accent to play Jor-El. The question is why. Tyler Hoechlin is American. It could be because Clark was raised in America.
Going back to Morgan Edge, this makes us wonder why a British actor was cast rather than an American one if they were going to recast. While this doesn’t matter as the character is still the same corrupt businessman we know from Supergirl but is more rounded.
Could Superman Have An Evil Twin He Never Knew About?
Edge may be Clark’s evil twin who was sent off Krypton before he was. Also, if Clark is a twin, it might explain why he became a father to twins. Twins were rare on the alien planet pre-Crisis, so what’s to stop them from re-using that concept post-Crisis too?
We know the reason Edge is in Smallville. He is using the residents because of their exposure to X-Kryptonite. Morgan wants to create an army, but what if there’s another explanation for this? What if he’s come to destroy his so-called brother’s childhood home? To get back at him for having a better life than he did?
Finally, we need to point out that just because Morgan called Clark ‘brother’ doesn’t mean they’re related. It could be because they came from the same planet.
