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The Cyborg-Superman has proven to be a powerful enemy to not just the Man of Steel, but to the entire DC Universe. His Post-Crisis incarnation in particular was a deadly foe who few could contend with. While it may not have been his plan, that version villain just met his ultimate fate in the most unexpected way.

In Generations: Shattered, one version of the immortal Hank Henshaw just witnessed the destruction of the entire time-stream and embracing the oblivion that he's wanted to see.

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Cyborg Superman Steel

With the timestream collapsing under the weight of the actions being carried out by Dominus -- who seeks to control the history of the DC Universe -- only a handful of heroes are rescued who can stand a chance of saving history. One of the time periods visited by Kamandi and the future-version of Skeets is the year 1993, during the events of Reign of the Supermen. Following the Death of Superman storyline, four figures tried to replace the fallen Superman, including the heroic Steel and the villainous Cyborg-Superman. Specifically, Kamandi and Skeets arrive during a heated battle between Steel and the Cyborg-Superman. John Henry Irons utilized his upgraded hammer against the villainous version of the Man of Steel, trying to defend Metropolis from his influence.

With Coast City already destroyed at his hands, the Cyborg-Superman throws himself into battle against Steel. But the wave of energy that's destabilizing and destroying the timeline spreads to this period, impacting both Steel and Cyborg-Superman and knocking them to the ground. Steel initially blames Hank Henshaw for this destruction, but a stunned Cyborg-Superman can only admit that "this" citywide obliteration isn't his fault. Steel is rescued from the disappearing time-stream by Kamandi, leaving Cyborg-Superman to fall to his knees and welcome the coming wave of destruction, accepting his demise with a certain amount of serenity since it effectively ended his immortality.

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Cyborg-Superman resignation

This reflects the long-standing motivation for Hank Henshaw, especially as he was portrayed in the Post-Crisis DC Universe. When he was introduced in Dan Jurgens' Adventures of Superman #466, Henshaw was a scientist who'd gone on a cosmic mission with his family, Henshaw was forced to watch as his family mutated and died horrible deaths while he could do nothing. Eventually gaining a robotic body, Henshaw was horrified to learn he was functionally immortal, a pain only punctuated by the loss of his family. This spurred him on to become the monstrous villain he would become, even serving alongside the likes of Superboy-Prime and the Anti-Monitor during the Sinestro Corps War, all in pursuit of oblivion.

While Henshaw has lived in the main DC Universe, this version of him briefly became all too human again at the end of all things.

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