Source: Adventures of Superman #570 (1999)
Type: Computer simulation
Reign continues to host Amalgamondays! And we're past the halfway point of Reign's first year to boot! Time flies... And so does Superman. Continued from last Monday: Superman experiences virtually-modeled alternaties in which Kal-El's rocket was sent to a different planet. This week, that planet is Rann...
This week: Becoming Adam Strange
Landing site: Rann in the Alpha Centauri system
Adoptive parents: The scientist Sardath
A new life: Kal-El, taking the name Skyforce, sees it as his destiny to protect his adopted world from the many invasions that always seem to plague it. With his great powers, he builds a mighty Fortress where he incarcerates those who would harm Rann, imposes no-fly orders on the citizenry, and brooks no dissent even from his adopted sister/fiancée Alanna. But that all changes on the 147th day of his 29th year when a man from Earth - Adam Strange - is brought to Rann via Zeta beam. From him, the Skyforce learns about love, friendship and freedom. He extradites his Fortress' convicts, allows the Rannians to protect themselves again, flies Adam Strange to Rann to be with Alanna, and starts living on Earth. One question remains: Why does he keep using the jet pack?!
Final score: B
This isn't a Superman we like. Bit too fascist. And though we don't get Jor-El's notes here, we already know he didn't like the Oan Superman's devotion to pure logic. He's probably feel the same way (or worse) about his Rannian pragmatism.
Type: Computer simulation
Reign continues to host Amalgamondays! And we're past the halfway point of Reign's first year to boot! Time flies... And so does Superman. Continued from last Monday: Superman experiences virtually-modeled alternaties in which Kal-El's rocket was sent to a different planet. This week, that planet is Rann...This week: Becoming Adam Strange
Landing site: Rann in the Alpha Centauri system
Adoptive parents: The scientist Sardath
A new life: Kal-El, taking the name Skyforce, sees it as his destiny to protect his adopted world from the many invasions that always seem to plague it. With his great powers, he builds a mighty Fortress where he incarcerates those who would harm Rann, imposes no-fly orders on the citizenry, and brooks no dissent even from his adopted sister/fiancée Alanna. But that all changes on the 147th day of his 29th year when a man from Earth - Adam Strange - is brought to Rann via Zeta beam. From him, the Skyforce learns about love, friendship and freedom. He extradites his Fortress' convicts, allows the Rannians to protect themselves again, flies Adam Strange to Rann to be with Alanna, and starts living on Earth. One question remains: Why does he keep using the jet pack?!
Final score: BThis isn't a Superman we like. Bit too fascist. And though we don't get Jor-El's notes here, we already know he didn't like the Oan Superman's devotion to pure logic. He's probably feel the same way (or worse) about his Rannian pragmatism.
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