Source: geeknation.com
6. Superman: The Dark Side
…were raised by Darkseid?”
OK, OK, CALM DOWN. I will explain why that clearly awesome idea is so low on this list.
It’s because “Superman is Darkseid’s adopted son†is the premise of the first issue and the first issue only. The rest is about Kal learning to be a hero and betraying Darkseid. It’s still a fun read, and I respect anything that pays as much tribute to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World as this does, but it just feel like it falls short of the promise it made.
And while I get a guilty sense of pleasure out of the ridiculous armor Evil Superman wears, it doesn’t last nearly long enough.
It’s essentially the plot of the first Thor movie, if Thor had been banished for NUKING A PLANET. Yeah, Supes exterminates all life on New Genesis. And then we’re supposed to accept him as a redeemed hero because now he knows it’s wrong. Well, I’m glad he knows genocide is wrong NOW. That makes it all better.
