Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1 (2018)

by J. M. DeMatteis, Howard Chaykin, Dave Gibbons, Roger Stern, Roy Thomas — 1 more, Steve Vance

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In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places-some that have existed, or might have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result: stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow. Now, for the first time, Superman's Elseworlds tales are featured in a new graphic novel collection, ELSEWORLDS: SUPERMAN VOL. 1. This volume includes SUPERMAN: SPEEDING BULLETS, SUPERMAN: KAL, SUPERMAN: DISTANT FIRES, SUPERMAN: A NATION DIVIDED, SUPERMAN, INC. and SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE WORLDS! Featuring Superman as the Dark Knight, Kal-El raised in medieval times, Superman as the sole survivor of a nuclear Armageddon, Private Atticus Kent as an abolitionist superhero in the American Civil War, Superman the greatest athlete on Earth and Golden Age Superman at war with Mars!.… (more)

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Oooh, ooh, ooh, these are all the Elseworld stuff I couldn’t find (although isn’t there one with a Green Lantern Superman story too?) In Speeding Bullets it’s what if Martha and Thomas Wayne found Kal-El’s ship. In Superman:Kal, he gets found in the past in Medieval type times. Superman: Distant Fires is a super dystopian tale where Superman may be going a little crazy. In A Nation Divided it’s Superman in the civil war. Superman, Inc. Has Superman making quite a bit of money, or a guy named Dale is at least. And in Superman: War of the Worlds he’s going up against Mars with a surprising ending.

They were all pretty cool. I definitely liked the Superman, Inc. the best and Speeding Bullets and Superman: Kal were pretty cool too. (

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DanieXJ | Dec 15, 2018 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
DeMatteis, J. M.	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Chaykin, Howard	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Gibbons, Dave	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Stern, Roger	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Thomas, Roy	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Vance, Steve	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Superman: Speeding Bullets by J. M. DeMatteis

Superman: Kal by Dave Gibbons

Superman: Distant Fires by Howard Chaykin

Superman: A Nation Divided by Roger Stern

Superman, Inc. by Steve Vance

Superman: War of the Worlds by Roy Thomas

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Sometimes I think about how differently it could have turned out.

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In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places-some that have existed, or might have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result: stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow. Now, for the first time, Superman's Elseworlds tales are featured in a new graphic novel collection, ELSEWORLDS: SUPERMAN VOL. 1. This volume includes SUPERMAN: SPEEDING BULLETS, SUPERMAN: KAL, SUPERMAN: DISTANT FIRES, SUPERMAN: A NATION DIVIDED, SUPERMAN, INC. and SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE WORLDS! Featuring Superman as the Dark Knight, Kal-El raised in medieval times, Superman as the sole survivor of a nuclear Armageddon, Private Atticus Kent as an abolitionist superhero in the American Civil War, Superman the greatest athlete on Earth and Golden Age Superman at war with Mars!.

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