Books : Superman: Red Son (Elseworlds)

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- A Man of Steel fights for the Iron Curtain!!!!
Alternate history for the Man of Steel and the rest of the DC universe. Blue Boy lands in Russia and grows up to become Stalin's paragon of the Soviet regime. Wonderful to see how this change affects Lois Lane, Luthor, the Bat and Female Wonder. The last two are über tragic figures at their best. By the way, so is Lois. After Stalin, SM is pretty much in charge of trying to bring order to the World as Luthor's decadent US and Brainac challenge him with alternate plans. Great ending, as you realize its irony. Experience the Superman myth in a different way.

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- The Best Superman Ever
I have never been a big fan of Superman. The only arc I ever really cared for was his death. However, I have always loved Elseworld and after exhausting most all of the Batman elseworlds and other DCU titles that I could find the only thing left was this book.

I loved this book. This wasn't the best elseworld title (I believe that honor belongs to Bloodstorm) but it was most definatly the best Superman title I have ever read. I loved how his American Democratic Boy Scout nature was replaced by Soviet Socialism Ideals. I also loved how he was trying to protect the whole world by taking it over. My favorite part of this Elseworld though is Batmans role. He is a freedom fighter that somehow reminds me of V for Vendetta.

This Elseworld single handedly convinced me to give the main DCU Superman a second chance. I am still not a huge fan of the character but at least I'm willing to give ol'supes a chance now and then compaired to before where I would be rooting for him to be blown to shreds in every crossover.

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- Each According to His Kryptonite...
I hate Superman but I thought Red Son was a great read. This one should be up there with Moore's Watchmen and Miller's Dark Knight with regard to landmark events in the graphic novel. I won't give away any surprises, but this is a fun and intellectual exploration into the history of an American icon, propaganda, and post-war history. This places the Seigel and Shuster creation in an historical epoch, paying homage to the Man of Steel's early socialist roots while exploring alternate past and alternate future histories, with a neat sharp left turn at the end. Even an iconoclast such as myself enjoyed this trip through truth, justice and 1917. You have nothing to lose but your chains of ideology.

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- great twist on the superman story
I heard about this book a while ago and decided to get it to see what could be done to make the superman story different. It is really well done with an excellent story with a great ending. All the people from the normal superman universe are there just changed roles to suit the story. highly recommend this for anyone with an interest in superman, you don't have to be a huge comic fan to enjoy this book. only bad thing is i thought it was a bit short, could have added more i thought and thats why it gets 4 instead of 5 outa 5.

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- A Non-Superman fan falls for Red Son
An excellent read for anyone, Superman fan or not. I fall into the latter catagory, not a big Superman fan, but this book was great fun to read. It rarely falls into cliche, the characters are adequately changed in demeamor and story, and the artwork is fantastic.

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