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Sep 9, 2022 · However, the best dark Superman stories are the ones that test his positivity in negative scenarios. Superman: Earth One J. Michael Straczynski, Shane Davis, and Adrian Syaf's trilogy of Superman: Earth One graphic novels do admittedly alter Superman to make him a darker character, but there is a decent reason for this.
- Nigel Mitchell
- INJUSTICE SUPERMAN. "Injustice: Gods Among Us" was a 2013 video game about an alternate reality where Superman was driven mad with rage after the Joker destroyed Metropolis and tricked him into killing Lois Lane.
- SUPERDOOM. No, we're not talking about the time Superman got infected by Doomsday. In 2012's "Action Comics" #9, Superman became one of the most destructive forces in the universe: a franchise.
- CYBORG SUPERMAN. In 1992, during the "Death of Superman" arc, four men came forward, claiming to be the reincarnation of Superman. One of them was a version of Superman with Kryptonian cybernetic parts who came to be known as Cyborg Superman.
- DARK SIDE SUPERMAN. Darkseid and Superman have always been enemies, except in 1998's "Superman: The Dark Side." The mini-series showed an alternate reality where Kal-El's rocket was diverted from Earth to Apokolips, where he was raised and controlled by Darkseid.
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- Injustice Superman. While other incarnations of Superman have their origins changed so that they only maintain the powers but not the personality, Injustice's Superman is the standard Superman, just pushed too far.
- Tangent Earth Superman. On the Tangent Earth, new heroes appear who are unlike any on DC's Earth, though they bear familiar names. In the case of this Earth's Superman, he's meant to be just a normal man, who happens to gain incredible power through the evolution of his mind.
- Superdoom. Superdoom comes from a world where Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, and Lois Lane invented a machine that could make one's thoughts real. Their machine created Superman, an idea capable of saving the world.
- Ultraman. Ultraman is the Superman analogue for Earth-3, a world where all the heroes are villains instead. On this Earth, Ultraman is Kal-Il, who was sent to Earth after being sent there by his dad Jor-Il to escape from the Anti-Monitor.
- Zachary Moser
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- Superman: Red Son. Reddit user Super42man posts, "Maybe Red Son? Alternate timeline where Supes lands in mother Russia." This is an alternate version of the Superman mythos where the Kryptonian baby landed in the Soviet Union rather than on a farm in the United States.
- Lex Luthor: The Man Of Steel. Superman's rivalry with his archenemy Lex Luthor has been depicted in a variety of ways, either pitting them against each other as a classic hero vs mustache-twirling villain to more nuanced depictions.
- For Tomorrow. One Reddit user writes, "For Tomorrow has a darker story, especially at the beginning." For Tomorrow is a Superman story written by Brian Azzarello about the Man of Steel trying to make up for failing the world after a million people disappear from the earth, including Lois Lane.
- Kingdom Come. One of Superman's basic character traits is his steadfast hope and belief in himself and others. So a comic series where he loses that belief is very dark.
The first thing in the book (if I recall correctly) is a man killing an innocent baby. But at the end of the story, Superman has asserted his moral code. Earth realizes how badly it fucked up. Dark story, but enough of a happy ending that people don't think of it that way despite the presence of some pretty fucked up shit. Another example: Greg ...
May 29, 2019 · Largely written by Tom Taylor (The Deep, All-New Wolverine) with art by scores of people, Injustice the comic told the full version of the story that’s depicted in the first game’s prologue ...
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Looking for some Superman stories uniquely grim, I know Superman himself often works better in optimistic tales, and that stories that attempted to try and make him more mature (though I hesitate to use the word as I understand maturity isn't synonymous darker and edgier) probably aren't the best of the best when it comes to Superman titles.
