Superman: Red Son

I don’t really like ready Superman graphic novels. He is not one of my favourite characters. I just struggle to connect with a ‘super’ man who is seemingly indestructible.

However I really do like alternate versions of super-hero stories especially those that add the extra excitement of alternate-reality versions of real, famous figures.

Red Son is a series is split into three parts and spans roughly 1950-2000, with a future set epilogue.

What if they young baby from that dying planet landed on earth 12 hours earlier? Instead of landing in the good old US of A, he instead landed in communist Russia and was taken under the wing of Stalin himself.

How would the cold war have changed? This and other interesting questions are covered in this TPB.

It really is a great read. I enjoyed every page, the art is very good, the story engrossing and the plot twists and turns all over the place.

There are several cameos from other super heroes / villains, all with a slightly different slant on them.

Highly recommended.

Meh! Rating 7/10

If you like this kind of thing, I really recommend the character Hyperion, from the Marvel series Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power). This alternative take on the ‘Superman’ stories has the super child falling into the hands of the US military, rather than a loving farm base couple.