Superman: War of the Worlds

Superman: War of the Worlds is a DC Comics Elseworlds published in 1999. Written by Roy Thomas with Michael Lark as the artist, Willie Schubert as the letterer and Noelle Giddings as the colorist. The story is roughly an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, but is primarily based on the Superman mythos. Wells' story is transported from early 20th century Britain to 1938 Metropolis where the Martian invasion is met with a Gol... more

Superman: War of the Worlds is a DC Comics Elseworlds published in 1999. Written by Roy Thomas with Michael Lark as the artist, Willie Schubert as the letterer and Noelle Giddings as the colorist. The story is roughly an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, but is primarily based on the Superman mythos. Wells' story is transported from early 20th century Britain to 1938 Metropolis where the Martian invasion is met with a Golden Age Superman, who is not blessed with the full range of powers he has in modern times. Most characters of the story are based on the cast from The War of the Worlds or DC Comics characters Earth is being watched by the envious eyes of Mars. On the red planet a cold and unsympathetic civilization plans to invade our world. Far away, an even older world, Krypton, sends its last son to Earth. The baby Kal-El is found by the Kents and develops super strength, the ability to run faster than a steam line train, leap an eighth of a mile and has... less