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08-19-2013, 11:17 AM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: West Coast
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What If Superman Crashed/Was Raised in a Communist Country?
.. or in Nazi Germany? Would he still fight for "truth and justice", or would the ideals that Jor-El/etc tried to instill in him fall on deaf ears?
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08-19-2013, 11:28 AM
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Martian Manhunter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Dela-where??
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Isn't this what happened Superman: Red Son?
I didn't read it, I just saw the comic covers and I think he ends up in the Soviet Union instead of the US. Details are sketchy for me obviously because I'm going off cover art alone 
And as a sidenote, it's good to see you posting on here more. Hope things are taking a turn for the better for you 
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08-19-2013, 12:42 PM
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Suicide Squad
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Having not read those alternative origin books, I'll offer this...
Going along with the atrocities committed by the NAZI regime would have conflicted with Kryptonian way of life and the teachings of Jor El. Same goes for the things Stalin did.
I think he would have been in conflict, he would have possibly believed propaganda at first, but they could not hide the evil things they were doing and he would have rebelled as he got older.
That is my take on it.
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08-19-2013, 12:49 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Barcelona
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Definitely get 'Red Son' those of you who haven't, it's a great read.
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08-19-2013, 04:09 PM
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Imperial Guardsman
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Work: Chandrilar Home: Strontia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shoo
Definitely get 'Red Son' those of you who haven't, it's a great read.
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I was gonna say, didn't this get explored in the "Red Son" series, but it looks like you've got it covered. 
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08-19-2013, 04:55 PM
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Advanced Tweet Mechanic
Adamantium Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Yesterday's Future...
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Hey this was covered in Red....aw forget it...
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08-19-2013, 06:44 PM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
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The problem I have with Red Son is that it isn't a story about what happens if Kal-El lands in the USSR; rather, it's a entire reimagining of the DC Universe where Kal-El just happens to land in the USSR, and that made it not as interesting to me. There were too many peripheral things changed by Millar, like Batman being a soviet dissident rather than Bruce Wayne, Jimmy Olsen being a government agent, and Oliver Queen not being Green Arrow, that had no relation to a change in where Kal-El landed. The story didn't make sense to me.
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08-20-2013, 07:28 PM
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Adamantium Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
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The "What if Superman crashed in Nazi Germany?" story has been done too. A lot of Elseworlds stories are predicated on the idea of Superman arriving somewhere other than Smallville.
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08-22-2013, 09:24 PM
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Columnist Thunder Mod
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Denver Area, between Asgard and Krypton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kicksplode
The "What if Superman crashed in Nazi Germany?" story has been done too. A lot of Elseworlds stories are predicated on the idea of Superman arriving somewhere other than Smallville.
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It has? What's the story's name? Would love to read it.
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08-22-2013, 10:06 PM
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
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I suspect his costume would be a very drab brown or possibly olive at best.
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