Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Reaching Hand," Mark Waid and Ty Templeton reimagine iconic DC characters through wildly alternate realities—where Metallo Kent confronts Brainiac Lincoln, Wonder Woman steals for her adoptive father Luthor, and Batman battles beneath the sea. With Templeton handling pencils, inks, colors, and letters, this Elseworlds 80-Page Giant delivers a kaleidoscopic journey through impossible twists of fate, from the Golden-Age Teen Titans to a Darkseid rejected by the LSH, all bound together by a cover by Ty Templeton.
When Superman is seemingly lost, his son, Superman, Jr., steps into the role of Earth's protector—grappling with the weight of his father's legacy and discovering his own strength in the process. A heartfelt story of identity and legacy, told with quiet power and emotional depth.
In "Worlds Apart," a tragic twist of fate binds two legends: Superman's arrival claims Bruce Wayne's parents and leaves him scarred, while Lex Luthor raises the alien child as his own. As the years pass, a broken Wayne, consumed by grief and rage, seeks vengeance against the man he blames for his past—only to confront a destiny far darker than he imagined.
In this wild, retro-futuristic twist on the DC Universe, a rogue Silver Age hero named Metallo Kent takes a deadly stand against Brainiac Lincoln, while Wonder Woman steals from her adoptive father, Luthor, in a twisted act of loyalty. From underwater Gotham to a time-traveling Teen Titans, from Darkseid’s rejection by the Legion of Super-Heroes to Grodd Columbus leading an invasion of Central America, each tale reimagines classic characters in bold, unexpected roles—some heroic, some sinister, all unforgettable.
In "Dark Night of the Golden Kingdom," a weary Superman grapples with the weight of legacy after the passing of the first generation of heroes, haunted by the relentless beeping of Jimmy Olsen's signal watch—a faint, persistent echo in a world that no longer feels like his.
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Reprinted in Bizarro Comics #[nn] (2001), Bizarro Comics #[nn] (2003), Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] (2008), DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (2012), Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons #[nn] (2017), Elseworlds: Justice League #2 (2017)
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