User blog comment:OfficialBrandonF/Could Darkseid be a villain for the 4-way crossover event?/@comment-27673963-20170416012457/@comment-24152851-20170418164758

That's not what I mean. Sometimes TV shows like substituting characters with ones with very similar powersets, even though they're a little out of place compared to the comics. For instance like how Oliver Queen is clearly the closest thing Arrowverse has to Batman, with so many of Batman's rogues and the much grittier setting. Smallville did that as well, having Green Arrow take Batman's place as Superman's "rich guy with no superpowers" ally. Or that whole Ted Kord Ray Palmer thing.