| Superman: Red Son | |
|---|---|
 Cover art from the Superman: Red Son trade paperback. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) | Superman Batman Wonder Woman Lex Luthor Brainiac |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Mark Millar |
| Penciller(s) | Dave Johnson Andrew Robinson Walden Wong Killian Plunkett |
| Letterer(s) | Ken Lopez |
| Colorist(s) | Paul Mounts |
| Editor(s) | Anton Kawasaki Mike McAvennie Maureen McTigue Tom Palmer Jr. |
| Collected editions | |
| Red Son | ISBN 1-4012-0191-1 |
| Deluxe Edition | ISBN 1-4012-2425-3 |
Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003.[1][2] Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "What if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?" It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for best limited series.
The story mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such as Joseph Stalin and John F. Kennedy. The series spans approximately 1953–2001, save for a futuristic epilogue.
In Red Son, Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas. As an adult he becomes a state-sponsored superhero whose civilian identity is kept a state secret, and who in Soviet radio broadcasts, is described not as fighting for "truth, justice, and the American Way", but as "the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact".
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