admonition ! Spoilers ahead for Absolute Superman # 1!Any skepticisms I had towards DC ’s newestSupermanwere right away put to bed . After months of waiting , Absolute Superman # 1has finally hit the shelves and I have to say , I ’m happy to see that it really understands what makes DC ’s greatest zep work .
The DC Universe is fill with countless Superman variants , but thanks to Darkseid , a brand - new Man of Steel has been born in the rough , hopeless Absolute Universe . It ’s a existence built on the New God ’s vim , one where turmoil and challenge reign supreme . But gratefully , it has a Supermanwho keeps the spirit of Bob Hope live .
Absolute Superman #1 Reveals a Different Kal-El, But Keeps What Works
Absolute Superman #1by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval
InAbsolute Superman # 1by Jason Aaron , Rafa Sandoval , Ulises Arreola , and Becca Carey , a flashback expose the planet Krypton in its peak . Though it was a Earth of advanced skill and technology , it was a regressive bon ton that was built on an tyrannous form system where laborers were looked down on . Unfortunately , because of Jor - El ’s role in the labor order , no one heeded his warnings whenhe discovered that Krypton was dying and its people were in serious danger .
Years later on Earth in Brazil , a company known as the Lazarus Corporation is exploiting the workers of a mine . But Kal - El , who ’s only been on Earth for a brusk time , is aid the worker by mining for them . However , this catches the tending of the Peacemakers , Lazarus ' soldier , who flummox the workers until they light upon Kal - El ’s location . Thankfully , Sol , the artificial intelligence inside Kal - El ’s suit recoil in andSuperman confronts the Peacemakers in a head - on encounter .
Kal - El easy tears through the Peacemakers , even with engineering that Sol determine is from other worlds . However , the Peacemakers back out while Lazarus ’ elite army , the Phenomena Field Team , emerges to capture Kal - El at the behest of Lazarus Corporation ’s Director . Against Sol ’s want , Superman fires his heat vision to protect the exploit proletarian . Unfortunately , he expends too much energy andthe Phenomena Field Team becharm up to him and Agent Lois Lane captures Superman . Elsewhere , a mysterious fig with several bottled cities keep an eye on Superman ’s public debut , ponder the exciting possibility that could come with this newfangled alien .
Where DC’s Newest Superman Came From and What Sets Him Apart from Clark Kent
Darkseid is Responsible for this New Superman
The DC Universe exit through a really excruciating experience in its most recent summer event , Absolute Power . While Amanda Waller de - powered heroes en masse , she also built a multiversal logic gate , intent on get her law and order to the neighboring ground . Thankfully , the Heron shut out it down , but it result in the Prime DC Universe becoming permanently separated from the rest of the multiverse . As tough as that was , this breakup make Darkseid ’s power to combine in one physical body , making him develop restless .
ineffectual to deal with this change to the multiverse , Darkseid began traversing the DC Universeuntil he found the Spectre and fuse with him in the Bob Hope of becoming more muscular . Spectre transported them both to the Justice League ’s unexampled and improved Watchtower , where Darkseid was attacked by legion heroes . During the fight , the two were separated andDarkseid ’s forcible body was destroyed , but his get-up-and-go created a breach through space - time and obtain a home in the unseasoned and impressible Elseworld .
The Elseworld was create at the destruction ofDark Night : Death Metal # 7 ( 2021 ) .
The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes, the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent. The world knows him better as Superman, the Man of Steel, the leader of the Justice League, and the most well-known hero in the DC Comics Universe. Blessed with the powers of a demigod, Kal-El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.
As the energy settled on this raw world , the alternating Earth ’s timeline became influenced by Darkseid ’s principles . This humanity was colder and harsh and while it had conversant heroes like Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman , they lack many of the thing their Prime similitude have , like Bruce Wayne ’s wealth or Diana ’s Amazon community . According to Darkseid , Leslie Townes Hope still exists in this universe , but unlike the Prime Universe , the beloved DC submarine sandwich are run low to have to seize with child challenge if they desire promise to endure .
Despite a Darker World, Absolute Superman Keeps Hope Alive
Different History, Same Man of Steel
I ’ll admit , when DC Comics announce its plan for the Absolute line of business of title , I was somewhat ambivalent . Not that I did n’t believe in the idea , but I was curious how much they could scrub off my all - time favored hero and still keep him the same . Granted , like Batman and Wonder Woman , the changes aren’tthatdifferent , but still , given the nature of the Absolute Universe , I had some business concern . But this issue really did evidence that , above all else , the creative squad in truth understands what makes Superman work .
… even though Kal - El does n’t have a home or the adhesiveness that we love , he ’s still Superman .
I really love how this story frame up Kal - El as a genuine , working - family hoagie . His home was trade union movement social club and now he spends his Day fighting for the rights and freedoms of put-upon workers . It very much ties into Superman ’s former , Golden Age root when he would campaign corrupt politicians and robber barons . Not to mention , this book really hammers home Clark ’s greatest power . Not his heat imaginativeness or super - strength , but his empathy towards other mass . I experience giddy for ever doubting his book , because with just one issue , it reach every scene that truly define Superman .
The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes, the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent. The world knows him better as Superman, the Man of Steel, the leader of the Justice League, and the most well-known hero in the DC Comics Universe. Blessed with the powers of a demigod, Kal-El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.
The Absolute Universe is a play experiment that reckon what the core of these character is . Do n’t get me awry , I wish the Kents were here , and we bring to see this spiffy new Kal - El turn in Metropolis . But it ’s far more authoritative that we know that even though Kal - El does n’t have a nursing home or the bonds that we eff , he ’s still Superman . What ’s really important ispresenting Superman as a hero that never gives up when crusade exploitive forcesand is inclined to adventure everything to save innocent life and that ’s just what we got here .
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I ’ve been enjoyably surprised by each of the Absolute titles , and the one I ’ve been most impressed by wasAbsolute Superman . While there ’s clearly a lot the originative team has in thinker for DC ’s Modern Man of Steel , I ’m confident in saying that this book did everything it postulate to set up one of the most polar Superman story DC Comics has put out in years . Fans who are curious are almost certainly going to desire to do themselves a favour and pick up a written matter to see what works with DC ’s awe-inspiring newSuperman .
Absolute Superman # 1is available now from DC Comics .
The ikon who launched the intact cosmos of superheroes , the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent . The globe knows him better as Superman , the Man of Steel , the leader of the Justice League , and the most well - make love fighter in the DC Comics Universe . Blessed with the powers of a daemon , Kal - El of Krypton oppose enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of trueness , justice , and a better tomorrow .
