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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Superman – Last Son of Krypton | Comics

Superman finds a child within a rocket that landed on Metropolis, whom he thinks is a Kryptonian and wants to protect from Lex Luthor.

In Fortress of Solitude, Superman confronts the A.I. likeness of his late father Jor-El after some time and he asks him if he enjoys living among humans while reminding that he is not one of them though. Later at Daily Planet, he sees Perry White giving photographer Jimmy Olsen for missing out a shot from a recent rampage of Gorilla Grodd.

Clark steps in to defend his buddy getting roasted for losing a shot to their rival paper Daily Star and Perry then sends the boy to get him some coffee. As he was lecturing Kent about how things were back in the days, Clark sees a strange meteor heading towards Metropolis in distant and immediately changes into Superman to stop that.

He rushed at it, as fast as he could, then caught it in midair and eventually stopped it from causing widespread damage. Turns out, it was actually a space vessel carrying a young boy who is taken to Metropolis lab by Department of Metahuman Affairs.

Big Blue talks to director Sarge Steel about where the boy might be from but then he starts speaking Kryptonian language and displaying impressive physical feat. Taking an interest on the child, he goes to Lois Lane to talk about it and even hinted at his willingness of adopting the kid out of responsibility he feels for a descendant of his home planet.

Next morning, they moved the boy to another location and a pissed off Superman shows up at Washington, D.C., demanding to know his whereabouts to Sarge Steel who clearly ignored to inform him. So, he breaks the kid out from transfer route and showed up to his parents' doorsteps at Smallville asking how they adopted him back then.

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Superman – Last Son of Krypton | Comics

Kal-El unsuccessfully tries to figure out who this boy is at Fortress of Solitude but it was suggested that some records may not have survived. Lois is still uneasy about adoption as she wonders whether or not they would be a suitable parent to a Kryptonian child. A press conference is called to publicly leave the child in the care of Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

Lex Luthor has been keeping tabs on the whole development, sends out Bizarro to fetch him this "Super-Boy" and his backward brute starts rampaging through Metropolis. Their clash threw a school bus on top of the boy and though shaken if fear, he remains unscratched. Lois decides to give him a proper Earth name and chooses Christopher.

Meanwhile, Kryptonian super criminals General Zod, Ursa and Non comes out of Phantom Zone prison in three meteor pods at Fortress of Solitude, looking for the boy. Zod activates a holographic image of Jor-El via Sunstone crystal to learn his own legacy on Krypton only to react in anger knowing that they are considered as criminals.

Lois and Clark bring Chris Kent to workplace to introduce him to their coworkers but then Daily Planet is attacked. As he was about to change into Man of Steel, Non tackles him out of window and Zod joining shortly to beat him up some more. Ursa goes after Lois to get the child from her, who turns out to be her own son named Lor-Zod.

Soon, dozens of space pods starts raining down from sky with exiled Kryptonians of Phantom Zone and a scientist among them, Jax-Ur sends Superman into the Zone. Within that inter-dimensional realm, he is greeted by a wandering Mon-El, who then helped Big Blue fight his way out of ultimate purgatory to leave for Earth.

Upon returning, he discovers Metropolis is in ruins by Zod and his Kryptonian followers with many of his allies being taken captive. So, Kal-El approaches his greatest enemy Lex Luthor and his newly reformed Superman Revenge Squad consisting Bizarro, Metallo and Parasite to fight back these Kryptonian outlaws who has taken over the world.

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Zealots of Krypton

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Collecting issues #844-846, #851 and Annual #11, "Last Son of Krypton" is a five-part acclaimed Superman storyline that took place in the monthly ongoing comic-book series of Action Comics and published by DC Comics in 2006. This one takes place right before the "New Krypton" arc and following the "Infinite Crisis" crossover event.

Renowned writer Geoff Johns (Flash – Rebirth, Green Lantern – Rebirth) was hired to work with director of the original Superman feature films, Richard Donner and artist Adam Kubert (All-New, All-Different Avengers – The Magnificent Seven, Avengers & X-Men – Axis) to co-create a definitive classic take on Man of Steel for modern audience.

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Trapped in Phantom Zone

"Last Son of Krypton" breaks the myth of Big Blue being the sole survivor of Krypton and introduced a young Christopher Kent with a mysterious origin tied to Phantom Zone criminal General Zod. Luthor and his newly assembled Superman Revenge Squad played a vital role in an ensuing battle on Metropolis against Zod's Kryptonian invasion.

Friends and allies from groups like Justice League of America and Justice Society of America, notably Green Lantern Alan Scott, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Power Girl, Red Tornado, Starfire, Starman, Supergirl and Wonder Woman has showed up in guest appearance with inclusion of Mon-El, who also assisted Superman in a major way.
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Saturday, June 9, 2007

Superman/Batman – Public Enemies | Comics

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Superman/Batman – Public Enemies
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In Metropolis, S.T.A.R. Labs, the kryptonite-hearted super-villain Metallo appears, throwing fists against his arch-enemy Superman for no apparent reason and as soon as he blasts Superman off with a Kryptonite blast, he escapes. Right after the fight, Superman shows up in Gotham City Cemetery looking for Batman to discuss Metallo’s recent appearance, who was investigating some desecrated graves. Speaking of the devil, Metallo suddenly appears again and knocks both of them off in an open grave by surprise, buried alive after shooting Superman with a Kryptonite bullet, mortally wounding him. Meanwhile, Captain Atom informs President Lex Luthor of an upcoming massive Kryptonite asteroid, which is headed straight to Earth and about to crush very soon.

Though President Luthor promised to take care of the matter to Amanda Waller, he announces $1 billion bounty on the head of both Superman and Batman, declaring them as enemy of the states. He claims that, Superman is responsible for this oncoming Kryptonite asteroid and the bounty on their head sets out heroes and criminals of all kind to attack them. Even if it was not bad enough, Luthor also assigns Justice Society of America against the world's finest to make sure that they fall. Now world's greatest detective along with Man of Steel should stand against a Superman from future, Green Lantern John Stewart, Power Girl, Major Force, Starfire, Katana and Black Lightning as well as a long list of super-powered hired goons all at once before they are taken out.

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"Superman/Batman – Public Enemies" is the first story arc taking place in the monthly ongoing series of Superman/Batman by DC Comics in 2003. Superstar storytellers Jeph Loeb (Batman – Dark Victory, Catwoman – When in Rome) and Ed McGuinness (Our Worlds at War, Emperor Joker) brought up this tale of World's Finest, which ran through monthly issue #01-06 of this series. The story gets better with every turn of events as Captain Marvel and Hawkman also showed up to tussle with World's Finest duo at point. Later the story was adapted to a direct-to-video from DC Universe Animated Original Movie line titled Superman/Batman – Public Enemies (2009).
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Friday, May 4, 2007

Superman – Red Son | Comics

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Superman – Red Son | Comics
Before his birth-planet Krypton gets destroyed, Kal-L was sent to Earth in a rocket-ship by his parents who were part of a very advanced culture than us. Due to an unexpected malfunction en route, his rocket had landed on a collective farm of Soviet Ukraine before a few hours than it was planned. Josef Stalin was the leader of Soviet Union then and the boy is immediately taken to custody by his government. They witnessed un-earthly abilities that the boy possessed and decided to employ him for the greater good of the country. So, he grew up to be a Soviet citizen, whose identity was a state secret, eventually becomes an associate of Stalin's inner circle and he names the boy “Superman” for his extraordinary powers that helped them boost their regime.

It was during Cold War when USSR has introduced their secret weapon to whole world and turned tides of the whole scenario. As Superman became an icon to everyone and a favorite to Stalin himself, Pyotr Roslov; Stalin’s illegitimate son grew jealous of him. Upon persuasion from CIA, an American S.T.A.R. Labs scientist and a genius-mind Lex Luthor crushes Sputnik 2 on Metropolis as a plot to collect Superman’s DNA and create a means to fight him. Kal-L’s also about to find out Lois Lane is married to the last person he could have ever expected, met his future diplomatic ally Wonder Woman from Themyscira. who felt strongly attracted to him and faced a vengeful Dark Knight hell-bent on killing him as his parents were once killed by Stalin's government.

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The Red Dynasty
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"Red Son" is a three issue limited series that features an alternate history of Man of Steel that is way different than his mainstream portrayal; an idea conceived by writer Mark Miller (The Flash, Swamp Thing). This series was drawn by artists Dave Johnson and Kilian Plunkett, which was from DC Comics’s Elseworlds imprint and was released on 2003. Alternate portrayal of popular DC Comics characters like Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (as Green Light), Lois Lane (as Lois Luthor), Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Bizarro, Parasite, Metallo and Doomsday are also attributed to the story. The reality of Red Son is marked as set on Earth-30 which is part of DC’s multiple Earths and also belongs to the reality of The New 52. Superman from this timeline also appeared on Countdown – Arena and DC – The New Frontier limited series later.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Superman – Ending Battle | Comics

Clark Kent and his childhood friend Pete Ross were watching actions from a game of Smallville football. Pete is joined by his wife Lana Lang and they head to the Capitol building with Clark following behind. As the two enters the building, cables from all around the building starts to grow and corner up the whole structure.

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Superman – Ending Battle | Comics

It's the super villain Master Jailer who comes attacking everyone of the building but he is not here for Pete Ross, all he wants is Superman. As the Man of Steel shows up, Neutron also appears and Superman successfully takes both down, before they implicit any serious harm. Next up, Automic Skull attacks on the Kent farm on Smallville, Kansas but Superman saved the day in time.

Soon, all the people related to Clark Kent starts falling under attack by various super criminals. After Lois is attacked at the Daily Planet by Evil Star along with others, it seems like everyone who is somehow linked to Clark Kent are placed in Steelworks. Superman went on to investigate about the mystery behind all these weird happenings.

When he met Lex Luthor in person about these incidents, they both were under attack by The Elite and they reveal that Manchester Black, the super powered psychic and former nemesis of Superman is orchestrating the whole attack schemes on his friends, which Cyborg Superman confirms later. After a while, a remotely mind-controlled Bizarro, Master Jailer, Metallo, Mongul and Silver Banshee face Superman in the ending battle.

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Superman – Ending Battle

Ending Battle is a 2002 crossover comic-book story arc from DC Comics that ran through the four major monthly ongoing Superman titles. Creator/writer Geoff Johns (Blackest Night, Flash – Rebirth) and Joe Kelly (Emperor Joker, Justice League Elite) were the ones responsible to create this arc, where Superman has a great battle with the super-powered psychic villain Manchester Black and a whole bunch of mind controlled villains like Bizarro, Master Jailer, Metallo, Mongul and Silver Banshee.

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Artist Brandon Badeaux, Derec Aucoin, Duncan Rouleau (M. Rex, Metal Men) and Pasqual Ferry (Adam Strange – Planet Heist, Mister Miracle) did the notable artworks of the story arc revolving around the issues that cross-over in different series.
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Thursday, July 17, 2003

Superman – Secret Origin | Comics

Being raised in a farm by a caring couple Jonathan and Martha Kent, who found and took him as their own, young Clark Kent never felt they aren’t his real parents. Though they found him as an infant in a space pod carrying him that crash landed on their corn fields of Kansas, they sure raised him with the best lessons of morality that the last son of Krypton from an extra-terrestrial planet from far out never felt like an alien here or never had the second chance of doubt that he grew up here until he starts discovering many super human abilities manifesting among him.

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Superman – Secret Origin | Comics

He accidentally broke Pete Ross's arm, discovers x-ray like vision, almost burn down his school with heat vision while kissing Lana Lang and later rescued Lana from a storm by flew her away. These incidents have forced the Kents to show young Clark the rocket that brought him here in the first place, which briefs him about his origin through a holograph of his real parents Jor-El and Lara. Clark also met a young Lex Luthor back then whose ambitions were sky high from the start and he held a chunk of Kryptonite.

Later ahead, he met with the Legion of Super-Heroes from future, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Ron Troupe, Steve Lombard and Cat Grant on Daily Planet when he moved to Metropolis. There he tussled with powerful villains like Parasite, Metallo and an influentially powerful Lex Luthor allied with General Sam Lane, as he proceeds to help people as the mysterious "Flying Man", whom they later dubbed as Superman.

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Upon releasing the 12 part "Superman – Birthright" saga, the classic origin story of Superman created by John Byrne (Darkseid/Galactus, Doom Patrol) in the Man of Steel has changed greatly. But during the "Infinite Crisis" crossover event, DC Universe has been changed even more.

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The Rivalry Originates

So, writer Geoff Johns (Blackest NightBrightest Day) and artist Gary Frank (Batman – Earth OneSupergirl) were tasked to portray a fresh new version of Superman’s origin again and thus this six part limited series is created in 2009 and the delayed process finally ended up on 2010. This newly plotted storyline featuring a wide array of characters, was praised by all and it received great positive reception in general.
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