Brandon Routh will be rocking the Kingdom Come Superman suit in the Arrowverse's big Crisis crossover
Although it’s never reached quite the heights of Alan Moore’s Watchmen or Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns in terms of gritty responses to the colorful world of comic book melodrama—likely because it’s just a little bit too nice—Mark Waid and Alex Ross’ Kingdom Come has always maintained a warm spot in the hearts of fans of alternate universe superhero stories. Written as a reaction to the rising violence of ’90s anti-heroes and crimefighters, the miniseries centers on a version of Superman attempting to hold on to his idealism in an increasingly vicious world; also, the background on his S is black now, because his wife is dead, and he’s sad. All of which is prelude to the following image, which reveals that old Superman Brandon Routh will, in fact, be playing Old Superman when he re-dons his tights for the Arrowverse’s next big crossover event, Crisis On Infinite Earths: