History ComicBook / SupermanSecretOrigin

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Gary Frank's Superman is ''clearly'' based on Christopher Reeve, to the point of it being a reverse InkSuitActor.

* BackportedDevelopment: Previously, Sam Lane's hatred of aliens had developed after the events of ''Comicbook/OurWorldAtWar'', and he got on fine with Superman before that. According to this story, he hated Kryptonians from the moment he learned they existed.

** By the end of the miniseries, Lex Luthor learns that everyone's stopped paying attention to him to instead praise and admire Superman, which he really has coming because of his petty attempts at discrediting the Man of Steel and convincing everyone that he isn't to be trusted.

** John Corben more than earns his fate of having to become the cyborg Metallo to survive due to his lecherous and entitled behavior towards Lois Lane.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Rudy Jones, John Corben and Lex Luthor]] in issues 4-6, respectively.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Luthor inverts this in issues 4-6.

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-->'''Soldier:''' I thought we confiscated his camera!
-->'''Jimmy Olsen:''' A good reporter is always prepared! I have a dozen spares! ''[[BlindedByTheLight (blinds the soldiers with the camera's flash and escapes)]]''

-->'''Clark Kent:''' I'll make you proud.
-->'''Jonathan Kent:''' You already do.

* NoEndorHolocaust: The big fights between Superman and [[spoiler:Rudy Jones(aka Parasite)]] in issue 4 and [[spoiler:John Corbin(a.k.a. Metallo)]] in issue 6. Lots of property damage ensues, including a [[spoiler:tank]] in 6... but a less-cynical Metropolis apparently agrees with Superman that [[spoiler:the Army had no business starting a firefight on the streets of Metropolis.]]

* DeathByOriginStory: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Krypton]], as always, gets blown up.

* BastardBoyfriend: Subverted, because John Corben wants to ''think'' he's Lois's boyfriend, instead coming across as a StalkerWithACrush. He keeps sending her flowers which she immediately throws out, doesn't understand why she does after reexplaining they only went out ''once'', is contemptuous of her career and thinks he knows what's best for her, and grabs her when starts ignoring him. Thankfully, Lois (and Clark) refuse to accept any of his behavior.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Pre-Crisis, John Corben was a reporter before becoming Metallo; Post-Crisis, he was a conman; here, he was in the U.S military, serving under General Lane.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: As far as continuity was concerned beforehand, Metallo and Parasite made their debuts sometime after the Crisis. Here, they came about during the early years of Superman's career, much like their Pre-Crisis counterparts[[note]]Although the Pre-Crisis Parasite was Raymond Maxwell Jensen[[/note]].

* ArmsDealer: Luthor supplies the US military (and General Lane) with weapons and scientific aid.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Rudy Jones, John Corben and Lex Luthor]] in issues 4-6, respectively.

* BittersweetEnding: Issue 2. [[spoiler:Most of Clark's friends have left him alone, except for Lana, but the Legion of Superheroes are Superman's new friends and Krypto arrives to be his companion]].

* ClarkKenting: As in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Clark's glasses in this continuity [[spoiler:come from his spaceship and absorb his heat vision]].

-->'''Soldier''': I thought we confiscated his camera!
-->'''Jimmy Olsen''': A good reporter is always prepared! I have a dozen spares! ''[[BlindedByTheLight (blinds the soldiers with the camera's flash and escapes)]]''

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Averted and subverted. The "Luthor Lottery" as people of Metropolis call it, is where Luthor uses his wealth to change the lives of one lucky person a day. Subverted when [[spoiler:It's revealed that Luthor uses it to bribe his way from the authorities and turn Rudy Jones into Parasite solely to fight Superman]]. It's also pretty clear that the main reason Luthor does it isn't to make a difference in the lives of the people he picks, but because he clearly gets off on being worshipped and adored like some benevolent deity come to Earth to distribute blessings to the masses.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Luthor [[spoiler: is behind the the Daily Planet's near bankruptcy and attempts to follow through with it in the final issue when his ego is being crumbled]].

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** Like in [[Literature/TheSuperdictionary the 1970s ''DC Super Dictionary'',]] [[AscendedMeme Lex Luthor stole forty cakes.]] AndThatsTerrible.

* NoEndorHolocaust: The big fights between Superman and [[spoiler:Rudy Jones(aka Parasite)]] in issue 4 and [[spoiler:John Corbin(aka Metallo)]] in issue 6. Lots of property damage ensues, including a [[spoiler:tank]] in 6... but a less-cynical Metropolis apparently agrees with Superman that [[spoiler:the Army had no business starting a firefight on the streets of Metropolis.]]

-->'''Clark Kent''': I'll make you proud.
-->'''Jonathan Kent''': You already do.

* InterruptedSuicide: {{Subverted|Trope}}. After a nasty moment with Luthor, Superman comes up to the ''Daily Planet'' roof and finds Jimmy Olsen standing on the edge, his head down. Supes flies toward him, shouting, "Don't jump!" -- but then finds out that Jimmy ''[[MistakenForSuicidal wasn't]]'' [[MistakenForSuicidal planning on jumping]]; he was just saying a final, depressed goodbye to Metropolis before his planned departure.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Lois has a less than desirable relationship with her father.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Pre-Crisis, John Corben was a reporter before coming Metallo; Post-Crisis, he was a conman; here, he was in the U.S military, serving under General Lane.

* CovertPervert: Cat Grant. See the GettingCrapPastTheRadar section.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In issue 4, Cat Grant asks Lois whether Superman is "Big". She also mentions she gets a lot of exercise, "just not at the gym".

* AlmightyJanitor: Averted with [[JerkAss Rudy Jones.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: The EstablishingCharacterMoment of Clark's arrival in Metropolis has him accidentally bump into a rude older woman who makes a confused, snide remark about his idealistic nature. [[spoiler: By the end of the last issue, another new arrival to Metropolis bumps into the same woman, who is now far more nicer and polite. This is an indicator about Superman's effect on Metropolis.]]

* InterruptedSuicide: {{Subverted|Trope}}. After a nasty moment with Luthor, Superman comes up to the ''Daily Planet'' roof and finds Jimmy Olsen standing on the edge, his head down. Supes flies toward him, shouting, "Don't jump!" -- but then finds out that Jimmy ''wasn't'' planning on jumping; he was just saying a final, depressed goodbye to Metropolis before his planned departure.

*** In turn, this is likely a mythology gag relating to ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', as that series opened up with Superman fighting Corben inside Lex branded power armor. That, in turn, was likely a shout out to the first Metalo, who was a guy in a power suit. Fractal mythology gags!

''Superman: Secret Origin'' (2009-2010) was a six-issue retelling of Franchise/{{Superman}}'s origin as presented as canonical in the post-InfiniteCrisis DCU written by Creator/GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank. Much like the last origin retelling tale, ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'', its only real differences are that ''Secret Origin'' fits in with the Johns run of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storylines and Adventure Comics, and that it takes some cues from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.

''Superman: Secret Origin'' (2009-2010) was a six-issue retelling of Franchise/{{Superman}}'s origin as presented as canonical in the post-InfiniteCrisis DCU written by GeoffJohns and drawn by Gary Frank. Much like the last origin retelling tale, ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'', its only real differences are that ''Secret Origin'' fits in with the Johns run of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storylines and Adventure Comics, and that it takes some cues from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.

** The very different depictions of Kryptonian clothing in the Golden and Silver Age comics, in the Christopher Reeve movies, and in JohnByrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' are ''all'' referenced for this origin's version of Krypton.