Superman the communist
 The Superman that comic lovers everywhere know landed in his escape capsule in Smallville, USA, and became an ardent believer in American values as he grew up to become the world's most powerful being. What if he had landed in Ukraine in the Soviet Union instead?
That is the question Mark Millar tries to answer in a series of comic albums, starting with Superman: Red Son. He is still the decent, law-abiding and loyal superhero we know, but he's a communist working for Stalin's Soviet. Could be interesting.
My interest in superhero comics was greatly revived when I read Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns many years ago. The caged crusader came to life for me, darker, more sinister, fighting his inner demons as well as his powerful adversaries. Superman didn't come away from that story looking too good, either.
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