Forced isn't a strong enough word for what they're doing with CBSM, they are bending the show over like a bitch and ramming him into the series, pounding him into continuity with a jackhammer. I haven't seen a brutal cornholing like this since DCMarvelRules mom pulled that webcam train in Vegas.

But Superman was public in this world long before Cadmus made henshaw a cyborg. Unless he was one before, but there is no evidence of that.

I still think DC forced them to call him Cyborg Superman to avoid confusion with Cyborg in the Justice League films. But, anyway, maybe you shouldn't look at it as him saying that he's a Cyborg version of Superman but rather a cyborg man who also happens to be super. I mean, think about it, if Superman didn't exist it wouldn't be weird at all for a cyborg with super strength to call himself cyborg super man. I mean, he does have super strength so he is pretty super. It just sounds weird because we know of Superman as a character. I mean, for all we know, Hank Henshaw actually came up with the name Cyborg Superman before Kal-el came up with it, and he's pissed off that Kal-el started using it before he did. Actually, now that I think about it there was an episode of the old black and white Superman show where some hick called himself Superman because he was really strong for a human. He had no idea that there was actually some alien who was also called Superman.

I keep thinking 'there are times you need to diverge from the source material, and when Hank Henshaw has nothing in common with Superman, maybe you just forget about the "cyborg-superman" name'. But they keep trying to force it!

Lol!!! David Harewood can certainly do cheesy when he rises to the occasion.

That's a good fan-fiction idea for the show. I think that would be a great way of re-introducing Cyborg Superman, so that he no longer is dressed like a homeless Hank Henshaw with half a face.

Without Cadmus he's probably out doing his own thing. I imagine the next time we see him hell be full on Cyborg Superman suit and all.

well they seem to built him up as being obsessed with the whole "im cyborg superman" thing. maybe that could be rewritten as his cyborg implant programming clashing with his human brain. the implant is meant to assist his human brain but starts to affect it.
in the programming of the implants, the being henshaw became is called "cyborg superman" as in its the project name. now let the writers have some cadmus tech guy be attacked by henshaw. the tech guy survives and then discusses with a colleague while henshaw leaves after getting what he wants (a "technobabble technobabble DNA technobabble). the tech guy claims "the low level AI we installed is affecting his brain." bam.. reason why he is so insistant on callimg himself cyborg superman. then continue this with a scene of henshaw being back at the fortress of solitude, stealing Kal Els DNA.
then later, after henshaw hasnt been seen at all in the show for about 3 episodes, have Kara be attacked by superman (the actual superman actor, not the henshaw one).
they struggle, superman forces a heat vision struggle and then superman gets distracted when Martian Manhunter turns up. Karas beam hits Superman in the face, superman puts his hand over it and glares at MM, mumbles "monster.." and flies away.
End of episode we get superman angrily smashing the "technobabble DNA technobabble" device and then turn towards to camera, revealing the the same blue silver cyborg skull henshaw had.
but idont think thats going to happen.