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Now I’m not suggesting wiping the slate clean on these team members necessarily. ‘Reboot’ can mean a lot of things from a new series to a change in direction. Sure, I’d go a little further with some, but only tweaks or changes that I feel could really improve this collection of Superman Family heroes. I love the Man of Tomorrow and his entire coterie, but for the following four heroes, I’d make a few small adjustments to really help them bring out their best in the Superman Family.
4. Beppo the Super-Monkey
Admittedly, a character like Beppo is hard to make work since the Super-Monkey’s origin has him being one of the test subjects Jor-El used when testing rockets for Kal-El. And since DC has recommitted to Krypto also being a test subject, it just makes Superman’s dad look like a psycho if he used multiple animals. Maybe instead he could be a regular Earth monkey who just happened to gain Kryptonian-like strength one day? I’m just saying if we can have Krypto and Streaky hanging around, there has to be room for Beppo, too!
3. Mon-El
Mon-El always seemed to be the real outlier of the Superman family. The guy couldn’t live on Earth, so he lived in the Phantom Zone, then he eventually started living in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes. But I always thought his childhood friendship with Superman was interesting (I mean, they basically consider each other brothers). I would 100% love to see a series where Mon-El gets to have some extended time in the modern-day Metropolis working with the Superman. Even for just a brief time, I think Mon-El and Superman deserve it.
