NOTE: Comics are tricky to
read if you’re not used to them, mostly because they seem so busy with all the
images surrounding the dialogue. The trick is to read slowly and re-read
whenever possible. If you’re having trouble, look at all the images on a page
first, then go back and read the words. Make sure to appreciate how the words
and images work together, since each of them tell a slightly different story
that comes together in the frames.
Answer TWO of the
following:
Q1: Why does Superman
decide to become the Supreme Leader when he earlier refused it? What makes him
change his mind? Would the “real” Superman make the same decision? Why or why
not?
Q2: Science fiction loves
to ask “what if” and Superman: Red Son asks the ultimate what if
question: would ‘Red Superman’ be a universal hero and icon for humanity? Is
heroism beyond politics, or does being a hero depend on which side he’s on? How
does the book explore this question?
Q3: At one point in the
comic, Pyotr tells Superman, “that’s easy to say when you’re streaking through
the skies, Superman. Not so much fun when you’re down here working in the
gutters like the rest of us” (33). In some ways, is this an anti-superhero comic?
Is this partly why the Soviet Batman wages war against Superman and what he
represents?
Q4: How does the book
reinterpret the Cold War and US/Soviet rivalry through the war between Luthor
and Superman? Why might changing history in this light help us appreciate what
really happened, or help us see the invisible forces behind politics itself?
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