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DC Comics Confirms One Of Our Absolute Superman #1 Spoilers
Last week, as Absolute Superman #1 hit its Final Order Cut-Off date, we ran three very specific spoilers and DC has just confirmed the first
Article Summary
- DC Comics confirms Absolute Superman spoiler: Jor-El & Lara aren't part of Krypton's elite, forbidden from research.
- Krypton's class divide: scientific elite rule over laborers; Jor-El and Lara become farmers due to climate issues.
- The 'S' shield signifies lowest caste on Krypton; Absolute Superman defies this on Earth.
- Absolute Lois Lane serves in military; Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval offer fresh Superman narrative.
Last week, as Absolute Superman #1 hit its Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC, we ran three very specific spoilers that might make you warm towards the title, as was done for Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman. And since then, DC Comics has confirmed two of them in a post-FOC preview.
We had said that "Originally Jor-El, Superman's biological father, was a leading scientist on the planet Krypton before its destruction. Later versions saw Lara join her husband in that role. But in Absolute Superman, they are not part of this elite. Turns out that independent scientific research is illegal… and Lara and Jor are forbidden from engaging in it." And that's what we get.
That "This Krypton has a serious class system imposed upon it from the scientific elite over the unskilled labourers. Instead, they are farmers and part-time mechanics. But what technological expertise ordinary Kryptoniana have is dwarfed by climate change. And geography change. And geology change."
"Rain costs, the tech isn't what it once was and something is clearly up. Both politically, as Lana sees it, and environmentally, as Jor-El does. And both have been exiled to the commonest of castes as a result."
We also reported "The S shield is not the House Of El in Absolute Superman. It is the caste symbol of the lowest of the low. The labourers, the workers, the people of steel. So no wonder that their son, the Absolute Superman, is keen for the same not to occur on Earth. Meanwhile, the Lazarus Corporation makes a practical workers' class of its own." Also, "There are Omega Men" and as we said before, Absolute Lois Lane is in the military. She is Agent Lane…
Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval goes ion sale on the 6th of November, 2024.
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