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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
It was pretty good riiiiiiight until the very end when it got STUPID. Also, I wanted to know way more about
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SOVIET BATMAN than Superman by the end. Plus, his hat! So awesome.
Really interesting concept, but didn't execute on the idea as well as I'd hoped. The epilogue seemed more like it was trying to be cool than to actually provide a though provoking wrap-up (and I think it may have also been a plot hole, if you care about those sorts of things).
So it's Superman, as a communist. I figured I would enjoy this story for the novelty factor alone, but it ended up being seriously badass. Clever, well written, and way different from any other Superman story I've ever read. This is the type of comic I'd make someone read even if they hated Superman.
Excellent alternate reality comic
Keeps you in the edge of your seat to the very end. Great imaginative Superman story for fans and others
Keeps you in the edge of your seat to the very end. Great imaginative Superman story for fans and others
Nothing spectacular but a fun what-if scenario wherein Superman becomes a member of the Communist Party. I wouldn't dig too deep in here for any actual interesting politics or anything as the US is saved by an insane capitalist despot fighting Superman's Orwellian Communist despot but it's a fun read throughout.
Come for the Commie Superman and stay for the KGB Batman.
Come for the Commie Superman and stay for the KGB Batman.
This is a good example of the difference between graphic novels and comic books. While, yes, this does feature Superman and Lex Luthor, this is as stark a departure you can get from Superman's Action Comics roots. It basically inverts everything you know about Superman by asking one simple question -- What if Superman's ship crashed in Soviet Russia instead of Kansas?
Well exactly what happens I won't spoil, but it starts with Superman as Stalin's champion of Socialism, Louis Lane married to Lex Luthor, and Jimmy Olsen as an agent in the CIA's Anti-Superman division, and later weaves in excellent sequences with an American Bizarro, a Soviet Batman, and Lex Luthor as the U.S. President.
The story is told in shades of grey, as Superman is still doing what he believes to be morally right, while Luthor is just as villainous as ever. But with their allegiances reversed, it really punches the reader in the gut. The climax also lives up to the rest of the story, with earned twists and revelations, and the aftermath is as mind-bending as it is perfect.
I only wish there were more pages dedicated to fleshing out some of the plot points -- such as the Brainiac attack, the Green Lantern Corps, and the mind control devices worn by rebellious comrades in Superman's Soviet regime. But all in all, this is a rare, must-read Superman story, as this is exactly the kind of out-of-the-box scenario it takes to make Superman a truly interesting character.
Well exactly what happens I won't spoil, but it starts with Superman as Stalin's champion of Socialism, Louis Lane married to Lex Luthor, and Jimmy Olsen as an agent in the CIA's Anti-Superman division, and later weaves in excellent sequences with an American Bizarro, a Soviet Batman, and Lex Luthor as the U.S. President.
The story is told in shades of grey, as Superman is still doing what he believes to be morally right, while Luthor is just as villainous as ever. But with their allegiances reversed, it really punches the reader in the gut. The climax also lives up to the rest of the story, with earned twists and revelations, and the aftermath is as mind-bending as it is perfect.
I only wish there were more pages dedicated to fleshing out some of the plot points -- such as the Brainiac attack, the Green Lantern Corps, and the mind control devices worn by rebellious comrades in Superman's Soviet regime. But all in all, this is a rare, must-read Superman story, as this is exactly the kind of out-of-the-box scenario it takes to make Superman a truly interesting character.
I had read parts of this before, but having read it straight through I loved it. Amazing, imaginative piece of work that's quite true to Superman.
Interesting What If scenario of Superman landing in Russia instead of the US. The story kept me riveted until about 2/3rds of the way through. Slightly rushed and I feel the plot could have expanded more into other areas.