User blog:Halley/Superman crosses that line...again.

Just a warning, this post comes with spoilers for the Trinity War crossover event!

Superman and Batman have a lot of things in common - they're both highly adored superheroes, they both lost their parents tragically, they both fight crime and protect the innocent. But since the beginning there has been one highlighted difference between their methods - while Batman is willing to do what he has for his cause, Superman has a code: Do not kill.

Well, this first issue of Trinity War has Supes doing something he keeps saying he'll never do...he kills someone.

In this case the deceased is one Dr. Light, not a villain but a fellow hero. After unwittingly attacking Wonder Woman (who is currently Superman's girlfriend), Supes blasts his head of with his heat vision. Whoops. And although he clearly expresses remorse at his error, this seems like the perfect opportunity to create distrust towards the Justice League, which is exactly what a certain evil organization is plotting to do.

This death actually marks the third time in only months and across several medium that Superman has gotten blood on his hands. So that begs the question: Is killing people the Kryptonite of Superman comics? Is it just laziness on the part of the writers that they can't find a better way to deal with conflict invloving Superman or is it character development, making the Man of Steel have to face this side of himself?