 The two eventually emerge from the Phantom Zone onto a far away island, and Sinclair murders Lane before leaving the island.In the prequel comic to "", it is revealed that this version of Sam Lane was a war physician who died from the collateral damage from one of Superman's fights, leading his daughter Lois to become a harsh critic of the Justice League.Chad Derdowski of Mania.com felt that Sam Lane would have been a formidable villain to use for a film stating that he driving a wedge between the relationship of Clark Kent and Lois Lane would create a little more dramatic oomph for the film.