Hey, it's just one book this week. If I can't knock this post out instead of procrastinating, shame on me. Besides, there's something special about this...
Superman: The Last Family of Krypton 1 (of 3): DC has brought back the "Elseworlds" label for the first time in a few years. The concept of "Elsewords" according to their tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow." For example, in one such Superman/Elseworlds miniseries, "Superman: Red Son," baby Kal-El's rocket landed in the Soviet Union instead of in Kansas, and became the champion of the USSR. Here, the story is that Jor-El and Lara arrive on Earth along with their son. They immediately begin averting catastrophes and endearing themselves to the people of the world. Using Kryptonian technology Jor-El builds a futuristic tower in Metropolis for the family, and establishes a corporation that will apply Kryptonian science to Earth's technology to make the world a better place; Lara writes a best-selling self-help book based on ancient Kryptonian religious beliefs. Everything seems to be great except there's a bit of tension in the Els' marriage, in part over how to raise young Kal-El. And I'm sure there will be trouble related to the artificial intelligence system referred to as "B." I suspect that "B" will become some version of...well, you can guess at that.
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