Superman Year One

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He ties together various iconic characters that have often been associated with Clark Kent’s growth, from his parents to his love interest, and allows us to see the innocent yet virtuous hero acknowledge his place on Earth while restraining himself to avoid breaking everything he touches, objects and people alike. Because if they pay attention to the art, and they’re not paying attention to Frank’s words, which of course, that’s ludicrous, but if they love the story, that means I’m telling the story properly. Enraged, Superman pummels Kalibak to death, but not before Kalibak taunts him over his failure to save many innocent lives. He fights and defeats Doomsday, only to learn Doomsday is an illusion and he has been fighting an unconscious Lois.

Year One features the Insurgency led by Batman against the Justice League led by Superman and the establishment of the One Earth Regime. At some point, Dan Didio had proposed an idea in the infancy of this and had discussed it with Frank, and they talked about possibly expanding Frank’s Year One format to Superman. Year Zero features Joker using an evil mystical amulet to possess and hurt members of the Justice Society. Batman and Superman grow increasingly at odds, with Batman questioning Superman's and the League's unrestrained methods. Superman: Year One is not in the main continuity and is, in fact, the origin story of the Superman from TDKR.He leads a parademon invasion of Earth, coincidentally during a public relations event at which Superman and Lex Luthor hope to spread their message of public safety. In 2018, ProPublica reported that the reclusive billionaire is one of three Trump mega-donors (known collectively as the Mar-A-Lago Crowd) who are unofficially running the Department of Veterans Affairs as a reward for their loyalty.

This chapter simply appeared out of the blue and quickly made me think that Frank Miller simply wanted to fuse Aquaman’s playground to Superman’s adventures. And while there is a thick revisionist lens cast over Miller’s work (especially his latter day output), noting shades of misogyny, cruelty and blatant jingoism, there is still something exciting about seeing his name on a comic cover.

Following the destruction of Metropolis, Harley Quinn escapes police custody but is recaptured by Green Arrow. He reminisces of his time meeting Barry Allen and suddenly being struck by the same accident that gave Barry his powers.