Source: comicstalkblog.com

8. New Super-Man

Gene Luen Yang is a treasure.

American Born Chinese is a book I think everyone should be required to read, because it's deeply excellent. And after ten issues of Superman, he was handed a book to create as he wanted. And that's how we got Kenan Kong, the Superman of China.

Because of course China would make their own versions of American superheroes. Kong is assigned to work alongside the newly formed Justice League of China, which includes Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman. The team dynamic is one of my favorite aspects of the book. It's unique, and the cultural elements of setting the comic in another country really add to the fun of it. Kong is a character who feels deeply unique. He does not start the series as a good person. In fact, he starts off as a very unheroic figure, a typical teenager. But as the book progresses, he learns his lessons and grows into his name.

Like a Spider-Man origin, but elegantly decompressed into something great and modern.