Superman: Last God of Krypton

Superman: One-Shots

by Walter Simonson, Greg Hildebrandt (Illustrator), Tim Hildebrandt (Illustrator)

A dark god, released by the destruction of the planet Krypton, finds her way to Earth to extinguish the "last flame" of Krypton's fire. Blanketing the whole of the Earth in the snows of a new Ice Age--her mythological power--she intends to bring the last son of Krypton to the fore. When she discovers he bears a similar "beauty" to Rao--originator of the house of El and another god of Krypton whom she intended to trap in marriage--she changes her plans. Instead of killing Superman, she now intends to wed him.

However, as she's a stranger to this part of the galaxy, she's at a disadvantage when facing the things that make a Superman out of Kal-El. Sadly, she underestimates the love of Lois Lane, the hatred of Lex Luthor and the power of a yellow sun.

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

52 pages

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Walt Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.

He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson, with whom he collaborated as penciller on X-Factor from 1988 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the story is simple (and I have no idea if this plays in to the classic mythos or if it is just another elseworlds story) the art is absolutely amazing. The only thing I can complain about is the fact that Superman's face looks like Elvis. A bit longer and it would have earned a full 4 stars. 3.5 rounded up

[Rodrigo Tello · Rating 1 out of 5]

Una porquería en toda regla, tanto el guion como los dibujos de los hermanos Hildebrandt, que a mi parecer no encajan con el personaje. Además, probablemente Simonson tenga el triste privilegio de haber escrito una de las peores historias de Superman jamás contadas.

[Ruddiger Chesterton · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars for the Hildebrandt brothers' painted art. The story was decent, but not up to the standard of the visuals.

[David Palazzolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful art, but a somewhat disappointing story from Simonson who employs sound effects and speech in space and a too neat and tidy ending. For example Metropolis should still be under ice at the close, but it seems to have all melted harmlessly away. In spite of all the flaws it was still a really fun read, so I do recommend it.