Superman Inc.

Superman: One-Shots

by Steve Vance, José Luis García-López (Illustrator), Mark Farmer (Illustrator)

An Elseworlds classic! Raised without knowledge of his alien heritage, unaware of his powers of flight due to a childhood trauma, the Last Son of Krypton carves an unexpected destiny—that of a superstar athlete and pop culture icon!

Genres: Superman, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Comics, Superheroes, Fiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 1999

About the author

Credited as: Writer, Inker, Penciller mainly for DC Comics

list of work can be found here, in chronological order:
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Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

An Elseworlds story that begins with a small tweak to Superman's origin. Kal-El crash lands the next field over and is raised as an orphan. What will he grow up to be without the Kent's love and guidance? In this case, it's a self-centered sports star who becomes his own brand like Michael Jordan. Eventually things head back in a more Superman like course.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nature vs nurture through the lens of the All-american superhero.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

DC's Elsewheres stories are always a nice different look at the superheroes. Good Read. recommended

[Marcelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superman Inc.: Uma grande história de um alienígena entre nós.

Que HQ fera!

Imagine se Kal-el caísse na Terra e esta fosse um mundo como o nosso (no sentido de não ter super-heróis ou caras de colante combatendo o crime por aí).



O que ele faria da vida (tendo habilidades acima da média do ser humano)?

Seria um astro dos esportes? Ou usaria sua Inteligência superior para ser um bem-sucedido business man?



Em um enredo com situações e rumos “plausíveis” (no sentido da mitologia do herói e proposta da HQ), Steve Vance entrega uma “Elsewords” de muita criatividade e com o cuidado de não dispensar os principais elementos da mitologia do personagem.

Com habilidade, Vance rearranja estes principais elementos de forma criativa e, pelo menos para mim, apaixonante.

“Cinco estrelas com gosto”!

Leitura recomendada aos fãs de quadrinhos!

(Warning: os fãs mais roots, do herói, podem não curtir.)

[Raymond Paquette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would Superman still be super if raised by someone else? Maybe. Seems Clark is a constant.

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

An Elseworlds story in which a mysterious orphan baby in Kansas grows up to be the world's greatest sports star. However, Dale Suderman's media empire is threatened by Lex Luthor, who discovers the hidden truth that Dale is from another world.

I have to admit that I rolled my eyes a bit when the strange invincible baby is adopted by Darryl and Edna Suderman and was worried that this would be another 'comedic' Elseworlds story like the terrible 'Superman: True Brit'. Thankfully the Suderman aspect is actually integrated pretty well, as Dale uses his adopted surname as the inspiration for his media persona Superman.

Unlike many Elseworlds books, there's also an element of satire to this book too. It's pretty on-the-nose in the scene where Dale's marketing executives acknowledge the hope and aspiration that Superman inspires and immediately get down to how it can be exploited for merchandise. I'm guessing the marketing executives at DC never got a look at this particular story.

However, despite having some interesting stuff in it, this book just isn't long enough to ever really develop its ideas to any great depth and the return to the status quo at the end felt like a bit of a cop-out.

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[Tvrtko Balić · Rating 3 out of 5]

Superman Elseworlds often revolve in putting him in different settings. This time he is still in America, but instead of being adopted by the Kents and being raised to embody all the ideals he does and to use his powers for good, he is raised in the foster system and comes to embody the other side of America, pure 90s consumerism. It's an interesting idea and it is decently executed here. Spoilers, but like with basically all Superman Elseworlds the answer to the question of nature vs nurture is nature and the asshole Superman from the most of the book becomes the Superman we all know and love by the end of the book. Only problem is that even though it is fun to see it all seems all too convenient and all too familiar by the end. Maybe because it is rushed which is another problem. Which is also maybe why Lex Luthor didn't get the best development and his final plot seems way too not well thought through compared to what he did previously. Despite these flaws, I really enjoyed this book, I would recommend it to someone looking for Superman Elseworlds, I just think it has flaws and there are better ones.

[Adam · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you are looking for a Superman story where he's kind of an arrogant jerk, Luthor is pretty justified in hating him, and we see no heroics from the hero, I guess this is the story for you. I didn't enjoy it though.

[C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the more innovative and imaginative reworking of the lore i've read. It's greatest weakness is feeling like a satire of something that I haven't seen, except maybe Superman himself? As a hypothetical Superman satire, it works better than 'True Brit'.