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''Superman: Red Son'' is a Franchise/DCUniverse ''Creator/{{Elseworlds}}'' story, written by Creator/MarkMillar and published in 2003, that dares to imagine what would have happened if the spaceship holding baby Kal-El had landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States, due to a small difference in the Earth's orbit compared to the main DCU. Instead of being adopted by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas, he is raised on a collective farm in Ukraine, where he discovers that he has powers greater than any man, powers he decides to use for the good of his country, and the world.

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''Superman: Red Son'' is a Franchise/DCUniverse Creator/DCComics story published under the ''Creator/{{Elseworlds}}'' story, imprint, written by Creator/MarkMillar and published in 2003, that dares to imagine what would have happened if the spaceship holding baby Kal-El had landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States, due to a small difference in the Earth's orbit compared to the main DCU. Instead of being adopted by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas, he is raised on a collective farm in Ukraine, where he discovers that he has powers greater than any man, powers he decides to use for the good of his country, and the world.



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Everyone knows the basic story of Franchise/{{Superman}}. Strange visitor from another world, who can change the course of mighty rivers, and bend steel with his bare hands. He's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. But in one universe, instead of fighting for truth, justice, and the American way, he fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, communism, and the international expansion of the UsefulNotes/WarsawPact.

''Superman: Red Son'' is a Franchise/DCUniverse [[{{Elseworld}} Elseworlds]] story, written by Creator/MarkMillar and published in 2003, that dares to imagine what would have happened if the spaceship holding baby Kal-El had landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States, due to a small difference in the Earth's orbit compared to the main DCU. Instead of being adopted by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas, he is raised on a collective farm in Ukraine, where he discovers that he has powers greater than any man, powers he decides to use for the good of his country, and the world.

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Everyone knows the basic story of Franchise/{{Superman}}.ComicBook/{{Superman}}. Strange visitor from another world, who can change the course of mighty rivers, and bend steel with his bare hands. He's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. But in one universe, instead of fighting for truth, justice, and the American way, he fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, communism, and the international expansion of the UsefulNotes/WarsawPact.

''Superman: Red Son'' is a Franchise/DCUniverse [[{{Elseworld}} Elseworlds]] ''Creator/{{Elseworlds}}'' story, written by Creator/MarkMillar and published in 2003, that dares to imagine what would have happened if the spaceship holding baby Kal-El had landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States, due to a small difference in the Earth's orbit compared to the main DCU. Instead of being adopted by the Kents in Smallville, Kansas, he is raised on a collective farm in Ukraine, where he discovers that he has powers greater than any man, powers he decides to use for the good of his country, and the world.



* AlternateHistory: The Cold War happens ''very'' differently when you throw Superman and Lex Luthor into the mix. Also, the Roswell spacecraft was [[Franchise/GreenLantern Abin Sur's ship]]. [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] governs the United States for years, as he wasn't assassinated, he divorces Jacqueline Bouvier and marries Creator/MarilynMonroe, who goes by her name Norma Jean Mortenson as the First Lady. Instead it's Richard Nixon who was assassinated - according to Diana it's his assassination in 1963 which was the beginning of the end for America.

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* AlternateHistory: The Cold War happens ''very'' differently when you throw Superman and Lex Luthor into the mix. Also, the Roswell spacecraft was [[Franchise/GreenLantern [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Abin Sur's ship]]. [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] governs the United States for years, as he wasn't assassinated, he divorces Jacqueline Bouvier and marries Creator/MarilynMonroe, who goes by her name Norma Jean Mortenson as the First Lady. Instead it's Richard Nixon who was assassinated - according to Diana it's his assassination in 1963 which was the beginning of the end for America.
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* TheFirstSuperheroes: The Soviet Superman was the first known hero. His unveiling in the fifties set off an arms race that either attracted or created every other super-powered being on that Earth, including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Brainiac, Bizarro, and Batman.

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