Superman’s origin was not always what you know and this new story rescues one of the original ideas

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The origin of Superman has become a story as well known as any children’s story or mythological tale, such as Achilles or Hercules. DC has managed to make it part of Pop Culture thanks to all the animated series and films, highlighting The Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill.

What if we told you that it wasn’t always like this? Jerry Siegel suggested several ways to introduce the character and one of them was as a super-advanced human from the future. And precisely the comic Batman: Gotham by Gaslight – The Kryptonian Age #2 explores this concept, although it seems in reverse.

The panels of this alternative DC story, which premieres today (July 10), show Bruce Wayne and Adam Strange on an expedition to the Arctic. They find something unusual: very old ruins of the Era Kryptonianagiving meaning to the title of the series and as ScreenRant indicatesThere are several theories:

• It is a long-abandoned Kryptonian outpost, something that would match the established origin.
• The Kryptonians were an ancient and advanced race of humans. Wayne and Strange’s discoveries show that they were Sun worshippers and made sacrifices.

While this story maintains Kal-El’s arrival on Earth in a ship, we can’t rule out the possibility that the Kryptonians are an ancient race of humans who ventured into the stars long ago. That would explain the existence of the ruins and the arrival of the superhero. Remember that this story belongs to Elseworlds, a DC line that is not tied to any fixed element of the main series. The rest of the issues will have the answer.

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