List of Elseworlds Publications - Superman Family Elseworlds

Superman Family Elseworlds

• Son of Superman (1999) - With Superman missing, Lex Luthor takes control of the Justice League. Meanwhile, Superman's young son Jonathan begins manifesting superpowers and rebelling against the "heroes" he comes across. (HC, SC)
• Superboy's Legion (2001) - Inspired by the heroes of the 20th century, a 30th-century-raised Superboy forms his own Legion of Super-Heroes. (2 issues)
• Supergirl: Wings (2001) - A reworking of the Supergirl as Earth angel story, in which Matrix is a cynical guardian angel to Linda Danvers. Features versions of all the angelic characters of the DCU.
• Superman: A Nation Divided (1998) - Superman as a Union soldier during the American Civil War. This also has connections, near the end, with The Lone Ranger.
• Superman: At Earth's End (1995) - Sequel to Kamandi: At Earth's End (see below).
• Superman: The Dark Side (1998) - Kal-El's rocket is diverted from Earth to Apokolips, and Superman is raised by Darkseid. (3 issues, collected)
• Superman: Distant Fires (1998) - A nuclear holocaust destroys civilization and deprives Superman and many other surviving heroes of their powers.
• Superman, Inc. (1999) - Superman is raised to suppress his powers, and becomes a sports superstar and a ruthless businessman.
• Superman: Kal (1995) - Baby Kal-El lands in medieval England, he grows up to become a blacksmith, where he forges the future Excalibur and a suit of armor out of the metal of his spaceship.
• Superman: The Last Family of Krypton (2010) - Jor-El, Lara and Baby Kal all arrive on Earth. (3 issues)
• Superman: Last Son of Earth (2000) - Baby Clark Kent arrives on the planet Krypton in a rocket from the doomed planet Earth. While struggling to find his place there as an adult, he discovers a Green Lantern power ring. (2 issues)
  • Sequel: Superman: Last Stand on Krypton (2003)
• The Superman Monster (1999) - A Frankenstein pastiche in which Vicktor Luthor finds a crashed rocket with a dead infant inside, and sets about bringing it back to life using his experimental machinery. This is a loose sequel to Batman: Two Faces.
• Superman: Red Son (2003) - Kal-L's rocket crash-lands in Ukraine, and the Man of Steel becomes the USSR's main hero. (3 issues, collected)
• Superman: Speeding Bullets (1993) - Kal-El is raised by the Waynes who are murdered by a mugger, and becomes a superpowered version of Batman.
• Superman's Metropolis (1997) - The first of a trilogy that includes Batman: Nosferatu and Wonder Woman: the Blue Amazon. A fusion of the Superman mythos with Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
• Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle (2001, co-published with Dark Horse) - Kal-El is raised by apes in this amalgamation of the two stories. (3 issues, collected)
• Superman: True Brit (2004) - Kal-El lands in the English countryside and is raised to be "ordinary" and not draw attention. Nonetheless, he becomes a British superhero, before the tabloids try to knock him down. This story was co-written by Monty Python's John Cleese and long-time Python chronicler Kim "Howard" Johnson. (HC, SC)
• Superman: War of the Worlds (1998) - A golden age Superman encounters the Martian invaders from H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds in 1938.
• Superman: Yes, Tyrone, There Is A Santa Claus (2006) - A little boy writes a letter to the Daily Planet asking if there is a Santa Claus, prompting Superman to dress up as Santa Claus and visit the boy, only to learn that he has been beaten to it by "Bat-Santa". Published as the only Elseworlds story in the DC Infinite Holiday Special.
• Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy (1997) - Superman and Wonder Woman in a story that involves Greek mythology and Nazis in an alternate future. (4 issues)
• Kingdom Come (1996) - See link for details. (4 issues) (HC, SC)
  • Associated: The Kingdom (1998) - Not technically Elseworlds, but a loose sequel to Kingdom Come. The collected set of books consists of:
    • New Year's Evil: Gog (1998) - A young boy saved from the Kansas attacks by Superman becomes a prophet to the hero he deems heaven sent. But when he learns of his savior's transgressions, his world shatters, and the group of demi-gods known as the Quintessence attempt to give him a new purpose.
    • The Kingdom #1 (1998) - With Gog on a time-travelling rampage against Superman, the future heroes must band together to save the child of Superman and Wonder Woman. In addition, the Linear Men select a group of younger heroes to assist in the effort.
    • Nightstar (1998) - Focusing on the daughter of Dick Grayson (Nightwing) and Starfire, and her efforts to save the child.
    • Son of the Bat (1998) - Ibn al Xu'ffasch, son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, tries to restore the balance to his reality by recruiting various former villains to his aid.
    • Offspring (1998) - The son of Plastic Man attempts - in his rather comical way - to prevent the end of the world he knows.
    • Kid Flash (1998) - Iris West, daughter of Wally West (The Flash) combats her feelings of abandonment from her father, the apathy of her brother, and the crisis that could destroy her reality.
    • Planet Krypton (1998) - A young runaway working as a Supergirl waitress at Booster Gold's hero-themed restaurant "Planet Krypton" starts seeing ghosts of other realities; heroes that may or may not have existed.
    • The Kingdom #2 (1998) - Circumstances force the future Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman to recruit the help of their younger, modern-day selves to save the most powerful child in Hypertime in the final clash with Gog.
  • Associated: Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special Superman (2008) - Part of the Thy Kingdom Come storyline, and not an actual Elseworlds. It fills in details about Lois Lane's death at the hands of The Joker as mentioned in Kingdom Come.