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Vera Webster is the secondary antagonist of the 1983 film Superman III.
She was portrayed by the late Annie Ross, who also portrayed Loretta Creswood in the 1990 film Pump Up the Volume.
Vera Webster was the sister of Ross Webster, the unscrupulous owner of Webscoe Industries and the boss of Gus Gorman, who was hired for his ability to program computers. When Ross discovered that Gorman was embezzling money from the company through the use of his computer skills, he decided to have Gorman become part of his evil schemes to control the world markets and even blackmailed him to do so. Gorman was first assigned to reprogram the Vulcan weather-reporting satellite in order to create destructive weather that would ruin the South American coffee crops market.
However, when Ross discovered that Superman has foiled that attempt, he assigned Gorman with the task of recreating Kryptonite, the only substance known to be able to harm Superman. While Gorman failed in his attempt to recreate Kryptonite when he substituted the "unknown element" with tar, the synthetic Kryptonite did affect Superman in changing his moral behaviors, allowing Ross more leeway for his criminal world market schemes and even to fulfill Gorman's plan to build the most powerful supercomputer. When Superman regained his true heroic form, Ross and his sister Vera lured Superman toward the site of what was called the Ultimate Computer, attempting to stop the Man of Steel with a barrage of missiles and even trapping him in an energy bubble that would suffocate him, then finally hitting him with a beam of pure Kryptonite energy (having successfully reverse-engineered the unknown element).
Apr 29, 2019 · And it’s SO CREEPY! Of course, after her cyborg transformation, Vera shoots lasers out of her eyes and attacks Webster and Lorelai. Superman comes back to stop the supercomputer and kills Vera in the process, while Lorelai and Webster live to spend some quality time in jail.
Horror. Sci-fi. DC. Vera Webster was the sister of Ross Webster, the unscrupulous owner of Webscoe Industries. When Ross discovered that Gorman was embezzling money from the company through the use of his computer skills, he decided to have Gorman become part of his evil schemes to control the world markets and...
Plot. The Metropolis -based conglomerate Webscoe hires Gus Gorman, a computer programmer who embezzles through salami slicing, which brings him to the attention of CEO Ross Webster. Webster, his sister Vera, and Webster's girlfriend Lorelei blackmail Gus into helping him.
Jun 4, 2023 · Despite "Superman III" maintaining a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score of 29%, the film's outlandish plot has made it a cult favorite of the series. But while the film may be appreciated now for its ...
