The 5 Worst and 5 Best Elseworld Origin Stories with Superman

A while back I did a list for Topless Robot of the “30 Best Origins for Superman”. While there was some argument over the rankings for each entry, the biggest complaint that I got was that I didn’t include Red Son, the story which explores how differently things might have been if the Kryptonian rocket had landed in Russia. The thing is that I’d decided to drop any Elseworld stories in alternate universes and focus on primary DC Universe tales and examples from other media.

Elseworlds has been seen by a lot of Marvel fans as the DC equivalent to What If, which is kinda true. The difference being that What If stories generally branch off from one specific event in Marvel history, while Elseworld rebuild the core concept of a hero or villain. There have been a lot of great stories stories that reimagine key elements of the DCU. There’s also been a lot of really bad ones. So here’s a look at some of the worst and the best.

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