Superman: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'': Baby Kal-El lands in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas.

* ''[[Superman: Secret Identity]]'': A very [[This Is Reality|different]] spin on the mythos, which is technically not about ''the'' Superman.

* ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''

* ''Up Up and Away'': Set immediately after ''[[52]]'' Superman lost his powers in [[Infinite Crisis]], Clark is helping bring Luthor to justice as a mild-mannered reporter, and has enough success that Lex hires metahuman killers to murder him. Luckily, Clark's powers start to return just as Lex begins a scheme to destroy Metropolis using Kryptonian technology. Notable for beginning a new era for Superman, one with several [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] aspects brought back in continuity, such as Luthor back to be a [[Mad Scientist]] rather than a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. (To be sure, the post-Crisis Luthor was always as brilliant as the pre-Crisis Luthor, but post-Crisis Luthor ''did'' [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|get that check]] in the new timeline. However, he couldn't remain a [[Villain with Good Publicity]] forever, so more recently, he's had to use science instead of wealth and power as his weapons... reminiscent of the old days when he didn't have wealth and power.)

* ''[[Superman/Batman: Public Enemies]]'' - Based on the comic storyline of the name name, it features the World's Finest going up against [[President Evil|President]] Lex Luthor after Luthor framed Superman for a crime he didn't commit.

* ''[[Superman/Batman: Apocalypse]]'' - Direct sequel to the above.

* [[All-Star Superman (film)|All Star Superman]] - An [[Animated Adaptation]] of the popular comic book of the same name.

* [[Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam|Superman Shazam the Return of Black Adam]] - An animated short with Superman co-starring with [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]].

 

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* ''[[Superman 64]]'' is considered one of the worst games of all time.

 

* [[Doppelganger Attack]]: Riot

* [[Double Consciousness]]

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Superman wasn't a very nice person in quite a few older stories. In particular, this showed up a lot in ''Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane'' and ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen.''

** Also, his powers were added over time and his costume was all over the map. He used to wear lace up sandals instead of boots and his chest logo was anything from a basic triangle to a coat of arms. The merchandise was even worse in the early days as they couldn't even get his color scheme right (sometimes his costume was primarily yellow instead of blue.)

* [[Green Rocks]]: Good ol' kryptonite, of course. Note that pre-''[[Smallville]]'', it was really only good for Kryptonian-killing, so it wasn't Green Rocks by that trope's definition.

** Well, from 1985 until 2005, this was true, kryptonite was only good for hurting Kryptonians (and, about as quickly as realistic radiation, humans). Until the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', though, a number of different colors of kryptonite existed, and they each had a different effect on Kryptonians, and some even had an effect on humans. Some of them were brought back after ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''.

* [[Happily Adopted]]: Clark is from outer space, but he and his folks are closer than blood.

* [[Heavyworlder]]: Superman's powers were, in many older stories including the entire [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] run, due in part to Krypton's heavier gravity.

* [[Space Pirate]]: Amalak. Also Terra-Man.

* [[Space Western]]: As well as being a [[Space Pirate]], Terra-Man is also a literal, time-displaced [[Space Western|Space Cowboy.]] Complete with an alien flying horse. (The [[Post-Crisis]] version of Terra-Man [[In Name Only|never left Earth and is an eco-terrorist)]]

* [[Spinoff Babies]]: Superboy, "Superbaby"

* [[Starfish Character]]: Comic fans had almost forgotten it, too.

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