- Superman: So it ends like this.
- Lex Luthor: Don't think of it as an end, Superman. My biotech people will spend years studying your carcass. I'm certain it will be a most profitable endeavor.
- Darkseid: A final gift, my wayward son. A fast death. Infinitely preferable to the shame of returning to Earth. There, your legacy would be one of fear and distrust. A pariah desperatly chasing the favor of a world that cursed your name.
- Superman: [in the climax of the battle, Superman strikes Darkseid in the face] That's for Dan Turpin!
- Darkseid: Who?
- Superman: The good man you murdered.
- Darkseid: Had I known one human's death would pain you so, I would have killed more. And kill more I shall. Carry that agony with you to oblivion, Superman!
- Superman: You're first on my list!
- Granny Goodness: A joke! It was only a joke, my little sugardrop!
- Superman: I'm not laughing...
- Granny Goodness: Now, now, don't be cross. Let Granny make everything... better...
- [Shocking him with her punishment cane]
- Granny Goodness: Ungrateful brat! I gave you a glorious new life, and now you turn on dear old Granny!
- Darkseid: [after Kalibak is easily beaten by Superman] I can't believe he's blood.
- Superman: You used me.
- Darkseid: I told you once, Superman, if you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn.
- Superman: I see you're a man of your word.
- Darkseid: I am many things, Kal-El. You couldn't begin to imagine half of them, but for now I shall take the role of executioner.
- Spokesman: The crisis has passed, and the threat of hostile alien invasion has been neutralized.
- Jimmy Olsen: Superman's dead?
- Spokesman: I repeat, the threat has been neutralized.
- Lois Lane: That's not true! He was alive when he was taken away. Where are you holding him? And where's Supergirl?
- Spokesman: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your time.
- Lois Lane: You didn't answer me! Answer me!
- Superman: Now that I'm as normal as you, Lex, I wonder if you'd grant me one last request.
- Lex Luthor: And that is?
- Superman: [slugging him in the face] Thank you.
- Lex Luthor: I told you, Superman's too dangerous to keep locked up here.
- Gen. Hardcastle: I agree, Lex. If he or Supergirl should escape, they'd be unstoppable. A threat to all mankind.
- Lex Luthor: There's only one permanent solution.
- [he opens a briefcase containing two kryptonite-filled syringes]
- Lois Lane: [sneaking onto a military base dressed as an officer] That's one plus of having a father in the Pentagon.
- Gen. Hardcastle: Gotta thank Luthor for those red sun lamps. They sure even things up. The only reason you're being kept alive is to tell us what's going on.
- Superman: I don't know.
- Gen. Hardcastle: Then let me bring you up to date. You're a military prisoner about to stand trial for your traitorous attack on Earth. Sound familiar?
- Superman: I wasn't responsible.
- Gen. Hardcastle: Of course not.
- Superman: Where's Supergirl?
- Gen. Hardcastle: [leaving without answering] Let's go.
- Supergirl: You fight by Darkseid's rules, you're gonna kill somebody. And it won't be him. Let it go. Let's go home.
- Superman: Did you see the look on Hamilton's face? He'll never trust me again.
- Lois Lane: He doesn't understand. Frankly, I'm having trouble piecing it together myself. What happened to you?
- Superman: It was Darkseid. He stripped away my memory, turned me loose to destroy everything I've ever loved. First the invasion of Earth, then the murder of Dan Turpin. Now Supergirl's life is hanging by a thread, and I'm an outcast. Darkseid's responsible for all of it.
- Lois Lane: [he rips open a safe and collects the boom tube operator inside] What are you gonna do?
- Superman: [opening a boom tube] Settle it. Once and for all.
- Lois Lane: Wait!
- [brushing his cheek, then letting him go]
- Lois Lane: Heaven help you.
- Prof. Hamilton: I'm sorry, Superman. There's nothing I can do.
- Superman: Emil, she'll die.
- Prof. Hamilton: But if I help either of you, it'd be considered an act of treason.
- Superman: [picking him up, threateningly] Hamilton!
- Prof. Hamilton: [cowering] Yes, of course. Just don't hurt me.
- Superman: [controlling himself and putting him down] I'm sorry. Please, do what you can.
- Superman: Kara!
- Supergirl: I'm not talking to you.
- Lois Lane: Listen, they wanna kill you. You have to get out now.
- Supergirl: Can't. Feel so weak.
- Superman: It's the red lights. Stand back.
- Supergirl: [he breaks the door down, and Lois helps her out] You've got some serious explaining to do.
- Superman: Later. We've gotta get out of here.
- Gen. Hardcastle: First, you declare all-out war on Earth, and now that you've lost, you'd like us to believe an alien despot was controlling your mind. How stupid do you think we are?
- Superman: Darkseid's attacked Earth before. He wants this planet any way he can get it.
- Gen. Hardcastle: And how do we know you haven't been in league with him from the start?
- Superman: I swear to you that I was manipulated.
- Gen. Hardcastle: Just following orders. Hmph. Is that it?
- Superman: Believe me, I'll do anything within my power to make it right.
- Gen. Hardcastle: To who, Superman? You betrayed us poor earthlings, attacked us in cold blood. How would you win back our trust? Rescue a kitten from a tree?