5. Speeding Bullets
Some of Dc comic’s best stories are published under the Elseworlds Banner. This one twists out of a quite simple concept - what if the rocket that carried Kal-El to Earth had been found by a childless Wayne Family of Gotham? The resulting character is a genuinely intriguing mixture of the two - the inherent good qualities of the Clark we know conflicting with the trauma of the Waynes' subsequent murder. It perhaps pushes it a little far in having Lois Lane, Perry White and co. upping sticks to Gotham, and even moreso by having Lex Luthor become the Joker - but it's an awesome read, the suit worn by a superpowered Batman is an awesome combination of both iconic characters.
4. Red Son
Another Elseworlds story - although one far more well-known and well-regarded than the above - Red Son was one of the first stories to make people sit up and take notice of comics flavour of the month Mark Millar. It's another "what if the rocket had landed elsewhere?" tale, only this time the location is Soviet Russia in the 1930’s. It's a great book; Millar’s Batman is very amusing.
3. The Secret Revealed!
The 80’s were a good decade in my books for Superman, John Byrne revamped the character in ’86, although that’s not what I’m talking about.
In the story, Lex Luthor develops a supercomputer to try and discover the connection between Superman and Clark Kent, to help find a weakness in his foe. Eventually, presented with all kinds of circumstantial evidence, the computer comes out with the one logical conclusion - "Clark Kent is Superman!!" Lex isn't convinced why a man with Superman’s power would ever waste his time pretending to be a bumbling, accident - prone human. It's a fascinating insight into the way Luthor thinks.
2. Death/World Without/ Return of Superman
This entire trilogy of stories was seen, at the time, as a publicity gimmick, lacking any real substance, although the last chapter is explosive simple fun.
The basic outline of the story is that Superman dies, fighting the awesome Doomsday. After his funeral, 4 mysterious “replacement superman” appear, filling the gap that Superman left. Superman finally comes back (because comic characters never stay dead), defeats the evil replacement, the “Cyborg Superman” and returns to his wife, Lois lane.
1. Superman: Birthright
My absolute favourite Superman story arc is the excellent Superman: Birthright.
Mark Waid's 12-part miniseries is in fact the "official" replacement for John Byrnes’ Man of Steel as Superman's current origin story. Elements of Byrne's version remain, but it's a more modern reimagining that also includes elements of Smallville, like younger Kent parents, and Clark having known Lex as a boy, although the this has been conveniently forgotten this as an adult.
It's a very well-crafted tale, including Leinil Yu's artwork, and as a very contemporary version of the story, would make an excellent template for the first movie of the Zac Snyder movie
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