Who Is Soviet Superman?

Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003. Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "What if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?"

Is Soviet Superman bad?

Despite his villainous role as part of Stalin's regime, he was shown to progress as a character and, while a danger to the world for much of the story, often found himself conflicted with his loyalty to the USSR and his own inner-sense of justice, which would see him shift from a "Big Brother"-esque villain to the more ...

Who is Russian Superman?

The Russian hero known as Superman is an alternate version of the Superman we know, from an alternate reality in which baby Kal-El landed not in Smallville, Kansas but rather in Soviet Russia and was raised by the government.

James H. Sterling

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