Superman: Last Son of Earth

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Superman: Last Son of Earth
Cover to Superman: Last Son of Earth #1, art by Doug Wheatley.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
FormatMini-series
Genre
Publication date2000
No. of issues2
Main character(s)Kal-El
Lois Lane
Lex Luthor
Creative team
Written bySteve Gerber
Artist(s)Doug Wheatley
Colorist(s)Chris Chuckry

Superman: Last Son of Earth is a 2000 American comic book miniseries, published by

power ring. With the powers of a Green Lantern, Krypton's adopted son journeys to Earth, the planet of his birth, discover the remnants of a civilization struggling to survive amid both ecological adversities and a ruthless would-be dictator named Luthor. A sequel, Superman: Last Stand on Krypton
was released in 2003.

Characters

The characters appeared in the story are from both elements and cast of the

mythology:

Plot

Green Lantern ring and saves Krypton. He later uses the ring to recover his memories and he returns to Earth, where he meets his love, Lois Lane, and his greatest enemy, Lex Luthor. Due to Kal-El's body having adapted to the stronger gravity of Krypton, he is a physical powerhouse when he returns to Earth (with superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, and resistance to injury,[1]
much like the classic Superman in his earliest appearances), which he discovers when Luthor steals his ring in an attempt to access its power.

Sequel

The sequel Superman: Last Stand on Krypton was released in 2003, also written by Steve Gerber and art by Doug Wheatley. The story picks up 10 years after Superman: Last Son of Earth.

In other comics

The premise of Superman becoming a Green Lantern on Krypton was visited in mainstream continuity. In

Key traps the Justice League in their own private dreamworlds using a neural virus. In Superman's mind, he was born and raised on a Krypton that had not exploded. One day he discovered the dying Green Lantern Tomar-Re crashed on Krypton. Tomar gave Superman his power ring and named him the Green Lantern of Sector 2813. In this fake reality Superman was able to use his ring to trap criminals in the Phantom Zone.[2]

Publication

  • Superman: Last Son of Earth #1-2 (52 page, July-August 2000)

See also

References

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