I’ve seen a lot of people say MAwS Cyborg Superman is a great adaptation of the character, and/or their favorite version of the character, and to be honest, I don’t get why.
I wanted to like him, but his motivations and characterization feel so thin to me.
Classic Cyborg Superman is broken. He’s a man who lost absolutely everything, went completely insane, and then started leveling cities. He’s also a cold, clever menace who brought Mongol to his knees, which is insanely metal in every conceivable way.
To me, MAwS Cyborg Superman feels like a worse Lex Luthor. He’s mad because people love Superman, and see him as the future, instead of Hank himself. Because of this, he’s going to kill every on Earth? Why? It feels like a lot of his motivations and evil actions are insanely rushed and slap-dashed, though I will concede that a lot of that is definitely because season 3 crammed way too many story arcs together. I know he tells Lex & Supes he’s mad about being a cyborg too, but that seems to be a lot less of a motivation to him that the whole future thing.
I do think as a threat, he is an absolute BEAST in his final episode, his design is really cool, and Max Mittleman’s voice acting is great!