People tend to compare him to GOATKU but he's actually more like Vegeta. Especially in the DCAU. He has this crabs in a barrel mentality when it comes to other Kryptonians or Kryptonian like beings. I just got finished watching the episode "blast from the past" on HBO max and the way Supes handled Mala was wrong.
Mala was sentenced to the Phantom Zone for twenty years before Krypton blew up. She served her time plus extra. Superman releases her, teaches her how to use her powers, takes her crime fighting with him and then contemplates sending her back to the Phantom Zone AFTER she declared she will submit to his philosophy of peace and justice? She did nothing wrong. Even when she overheard Superman talking behind her back about sending her to the Phantom Zone she submitted to him and decided to do a press confrontation with Lois Lane who was being shady for no reason. Mala didn't crash out and go rogue until everyone started trippin for no reason.
Mala was sentenced to the Phantom Zone for twenty years before Krypton blew up. She served her time plus extra. Superman releases her, teaches her how to use her powers, takes her crime fighting with him and then contemplates sending her back to the Phantom Zone AFTER she declared she will submit to his philosophy of peace and justice? She did nothing wrong. Even when she overheard Superman talking behind her back about sending her to the Phantom Zone she submitted to him and decided to do a press confrontation with Lois Lane who was being shady for no reason. Mala didn't crash out and go rogue until everyone started trippin for no reason.