Superman: Birthright

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Winged Humanoid: The Gideon are a race of human-like beings from Terrenos that oppose Lore's rule. Mikey's protector (and love interest) Rya is one of them. Then everything gets even worse when the barrier is destroyed and Lore invades Earth; the war between humans and Terrenos becomes a Curb-Stomp Battle in Lore's favor in less than seven days.

Mikey's devastating defeat at Lore's hands was one of the reasons why he decided to strike up a deal with him to return home. First-Episode Twist: The very first issue ends with the revelation that Mikey is actually serving God-King Lore himself and is working to bring about The End of the World as We Know It. Power Girl: Power Girl arrived in Earth long before Supergirl, making Superman happy to find a long-lost relative. However, alterations done to the timelin Once he returned, Superman battled the Eradicator, a sentient artifact he encountered on the Warworld, that attempted to impose its own designs on Earth. He defeated the artifact and buried it in the Antarctic, later discovering it had then created a vast underground fortress — the Fortress of Solitude. The Eradicator, still active, began to melt some of the polar ice cap and mind-controlled Superman to change into the so-called Krypton Man. Though he caused havoc in his brainwashed state, Superman broke free from the programming with the help of his adoptive parent and hurled the Eradicator and his Krypton Man costume into the sun. [48] It Gets Easier: Mikey is absolutely horrified when he is forced to kill for the first time, but he can't afford not to, as he cannot possibly last on Terrenos and fate demands that he must bring down the God-King, so he must become a warrior whether he likes it or not. His adult self is most certainly not hesitant in killing.

Superman: Year One - A God Among Mortals

After the world ending threat with the sun had been resolved, Lois returned from her time abroad and reconciled with Clark; the two decided to resume their engagement and get married right away. Lucy Lane threw Lois a bridal shower and a bachelorette party, while Clark had a bachelor party thrown at the Ace O' Clubs. Jimmy Olsen and Lucy Lane were chosen as best man and maid of honor. Perry White attended the wedding ceremony, but unfortunately didn't feel well enough to make the reception. Batman revealed that an apartment building where Lois wanted to rent was owned by Bruce Wayne, and so, as a wedding gift, allowed for Clark and Lois to move into the building. [97] I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Waid about Birthright on my podcast Digging for Kryptonite. It’s the first part in a month-long exploration of Superman’s origin across time and media. My full interview with Waid is available to watch or listen to right now. In the video excerpt below, Waid discusses the fine line he had to walk between innovation and tradition while pitching DC execs Dan DiDio and Paul Levitz: Covers Always Lie: Issue #25 shows Mastema fighting against Mike and Rya in the cover. She never comes close to trading blows with the two, instead she spends the whole issue fighting Lore's right-hand woman Kallista.

The Cyborg Superman and the Toyman joined forces in an attempt to destroy Superman's energy form, but instead Superman was split into a second form - the aggressive Superman Red and the calmer Superman Blue. [105] Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Magic can be strengthened through pain, specifically psychological pain. As a child, Mikey underwent magic training by trying to remember pain and Brennan is able to learn his full potential by being prodded by Kallista with resentment over Mikey.Birthright is the rare Superman story that places as much emphasis on Clark Kent the journalist as it does Kal-El the superhero. It reminds us that Clark is more than just a cover identity for an all-powerful alien. And it also shows that Superman can and should be a hero for all peoples, not just the citizens of Metropolis. Superman: Secret Identity - A Relatable Man of Steel Screw Destiny: Played for Drama, when The Chosen One Mikey destined to bring down the Big Bad Lore decides to make a deal with him and become his agent instead to return home.

Worf Had the Flu: Mikey is surrounded by a large SWAT force and puts up an impressive fight against them, but because he was already weakened by his fight with Sameal, he ends up being overwhelmed. Clark talked to Lana again about stopping her divorce, but she had made up her mind. When Superman finally captured Ruin, he unmasked the villain to discover it was none other than - Pete Ross! Pete was taken to prison and beat up by other prisoners. What Superman comics would you like to see inspire his next cinematic adventure? Cast your vote in our poll and sound off in the comments:Superman returned to Metropolis and had to convince the city that he was the real Superman - for real this time. Unfortunately, he had to "reacquire" the right to the name and symbol "Superman," but after helping the young Superboy come to terms with his origins as a clone of Clark and accept himself as "Superboy", the kid declared Clark once and for all the real Superman. [67] The entire dynamic between John and Clark regarding his Superman identity has also been reversed. In Byrne's era, Superman was committed to using his powers in secret, and once "outed" he retreated to Smallville, unsure of what to do. It was Jonathan's suggestion that he adopt a costume and dual identity, inspired by the JSA of the 1940s. Waid's story, however, has Clark coming up with the idea of the costume and identity, and shows Jon dismayed at the idea, feeling like Clark is trying to abandon his identity (and, by extension, his connection to his earth family).

La Résistance: A very loose one located in Terrenos against Lore's rule persists even after the Five's departure. They are very battered and nowhere near as close to ousting Lore as the mages were. Dimension • Apokolips • Argo City • Bizarro World • Colu • Daily Planet • Daily Star • Daxam • Fortress of Solitude • Kandor • Kent Farm • Krypton • Kryptonopolis • LexCorp • Lexor • Metropolis • New Genesis • Phantom Zone • Project Cadmus • S.T.A.R. Labs • Smallville • Stryker's Island • Suicide Slum • Vathlo Island • Warworld Captured on Purpose: Mikey's reveal at the end of #20 is that he's completely OK with being taken alive and tortured since it will get him into the most heavily fortified complex of the surviving mages. It works out, as he manages to kill another mage (Kylen, this time) and weaken the barrier enough to help Kallista tranverse into Earth. When Superman was warned that Doomsday was in Metropolis, the Man of Steel sped to the scene, only to be dragged into outer space by Lex Luthor, who had acquired godlike superpowers and planned to destroy Superman once and for all. Using his new superpowers to mentally torture Superman within his own mind, Luthor re-discovered that Superman was Clark Kent and that he had grown up with a very happy childhood with very loving parents. Luthor, furious with jealousy, attempted to finally kill Superman but learned that his new powers had the one flaw that wouldn't allow him to do that. Lex's powers subsided as well as his memory of who he was, and fell into the Phantom Zone, ending their conflict forever. Superman's origins were heavily revised in the Superman: Secret Origin mini-series written by Geoff Johns in 2009; this made the history established by Mark Waid in his 2003 mini-series Superman: Birthright non-canon following Infinite Crisis in 2006. It would remain the definitive origin until 2011 when Flashpoint established the DCnU and Grant Morrison's Action Comics updated the story.Forced Sleep: In Issue 26, Mikey is placed under magical sleep by Sameal and is taken to Scotland just so they could find a way to remove the Nevermind from his body without killing him. If you are looking for the similarly titled Superman comic, see Superman: Birthright. Also not related to the tabletop game of the same name, nor with the sequel of Albedo: Erma Felna EDF, named Birthright. The Five will use any measure to preserve this world and stop Mikey from destroying the protective spell that threatened Terrenos, such as unleashing a Diviner on Earth and targeting Mikey's family (who are innocent and don't know about his true nature as Lore's agent). One of them, Kylen (who is masquerading as a government agent), goes as far as vaporizing a SWAT group to pin the blame on Mikey, and turn him into a national threat. Alura In-Ze • Bibbo Bibbowski • Cat Grant • Chloe Sullivan • Clark Kent • Chief Parker • Dan Turpin • Dubbilex • Emil Hamilton • Gangbuster • George Taylor • Guardian • Jimmy Olsen • Flamebird • Franklin Stern • House of El • Kelex • Kents • Jonathan Kent • Jor-El • Kong Kenan • Lana Lang • Lara Lor-Van • Lena Luthor • Lois Lane • Lori Lemaris • Lucy Lane • Lyla Lerrol • Maxima • Maggie Sawyer • Martha Kent • Mon-El • Natasha Irons • Newsboy Legion • Nightwing • Paul Westfield • Perry White • Pete Ross • Power Girl • Professor Potter • Ron Troupe • Sam Lane • Scorn • Steel • Steve Lombard • Strange Visitor • Superboy • Supergirl • Superman Family • Superwoman • Thorn • William Henderson • Zor-El