page_title: Superman: Red Son
section_title: Collected editions
hierarchical_section_title: Superman: Red Son / Collected editions
caption_attribution_description: English: Scottish comics writer Mark Millar at an April 25, 2013 signing at Midtown Comics in Manhattan for his miniseries, Jupiter's Legacy, which debuted the day prior. In the photo, Millar is signing a copy of one of his previous works, Superman: Red Son. This photo was created by Luigi Novi. It is not in the public domain, and use of this file outside of the licensing terms is a copyright violation. If you would like to use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, you may do so, only if I am properly credited, either by linking the photograph to this page, or with an easily visible credit placed near the photo in each instance in which it is used. Please credit authorship as follows: &#160;© Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons. Please maintain the original file name in all uses. You can see a gallery of some of my other photos here. If you have any questions, you can contact me by sending me an email or leaving a note at the bottom of my talk page.
context_page_description: Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003. Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "What if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?" It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for best limited series.
  The story mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such as Joseph Stalin and John F. Kennedy. The series spans approximately 1953-2001, save for a futuristic epilogue.
  In Red Son, Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas. Instead of fighting for "truth, justice, and the American Way", Superman is described in Soviet radio broadcasts "as the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact". His civilian identity is a state secret.
context_section_description: In 2004 the story was collected into a 160-page trade paperback. (Titan Books, March 2004, ISBN 1-84023-801-1)
  In 2009, it was collected into a 168-page hardcover Deluxe Edition. (Titan Books, December 2009, ISBN 1-84856-431-7)
caption: Writer Mark Millar signing a copy of the collected edition during an appearance at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
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