Superman: Red Son (Elseworlds)
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Stalin's right-hand man!
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This is a graphic novel that will intrigue even those, like me, who know nothing about comic books: Superman, the American icon, re-imagined as a Soviet hero. As a graphic novel, it tells its story through the panel-artwork and dialogue of comic books but contains a complex storyline aimed at adults. However, there's nothing objectionable about the content. Sophisticated kids as well as adults will enjoy this.
Anyway, the usual Superman story unfolds with Superman's parents placing their infant son in a rocket ship which will carry him away from their dying world - except this time he lands not in Smallville Kansas, but in Ukraine where he's raised by loving Soviet parents to embrace Marxist values. He becomes the right hand of Comrade Stalin who tries to fix him up with Wonder Woman. Meanwhile, a Russian Batman lurks behind the scenes, waiting to bring Superman down.
In the United States, mad scientist Lex Luthor races to produce his own superhero in the new "superhero arms race." Eventually the Green Lantern will result. In the meantime, Luthor ignores his long-suffering wife Lois Lane. And so it goes in an epic spanning of not just the Superman story but the consequences of his decision to control humanity for its own good, which will affect its far-reaching destiny. Fascinating. The artwork brims with energy and emotion.
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