Love or hate him, his mainstream influence is undeniable. And you can trace it in many ways. Cartoonists, comic writers and film producers recreate and repackage his image all the time. However, sometimes they overdo it. To the point where the original character gets lost in the new version. Here follow 25 Bizarre Alternate Versions Of Superman You Won’t Believe Exist. Which one is your favorite? This is how we ended up with the very first half-man, half-horse superhero. Centaur Superman fights against the Nazis in an Axis dominated Europe. Wait, it gets even better. In Whom Gods Destroy Lois Lane becomes a Wonder Woman. Just because Zeus decided so! As for the painful difference in time period? Trust us, we asked the same question. Oh yeah, did we mention that Superman was adopted by an Amish couple and grows up as one, too? A big difference between this Superman and his ancestor is that he is immune to Kryptonite. However, he’s vulnerable to seawater, due to radioactive fallout that settled into the oceans of various planets after a nuclear war. He is raised by gorillas, while the real Tarzan is never lost by his clumsy parents and grows up to be a classy Englishman named Lord Greystoke. It’s quite a fun story if you like twisted endings and alternative tales. He’s openly gay, and is married to his superhero partner Midnighter. Guess what? Midnighter’s a version of Batman in this alternate universe. Ironically, he’s the one who becomes a mass murderer. In order to eliminate crime on Earth, he kills anyone in his path who will try to stop him. Apparently on Earth-10 (one of the many DC multiverses), the Nazi Party is boss. It even has its own version of Superman named Overman. As you understand, this “Superman” supports the Nazi ideology of genetic purity. He’s the kind of hero that was created on human suffering. Definitely a Nazi. No joke! He’s not your traditional Superman, but a total sociopath banished to Phantom Zone. Why he got banished you wonder? Well, he created a deadly synthetic plague when he was only eleven years old. What a cool kid, eh? He’s not a Nazi or anything of this nature, just a German superhero with a wild accent. What’s even wilder? He loses his powers at some point and gets impaled to death. As you understand, this Superman doesn’t save the world. Instead, he tries to ruin it. What’s even worse about this alternate story? Lex Luthor (of all people) is supposed to be the good guy and the only surviving superhero. In Superman: Speeding Bullets, the orphaned Kal-El is adopted by Thomas and Martha Wayne. They name him Bruce instead of Clark, and you can imagine how the rest of the story goes. In this amazing but extremely depressing story, Superman is subjected to a slow cellular death through intense solar radiation. Without much time left, he tries to complete his very own bucket list. In this story, Clark Kent volunteers to become a super-soldier during WWII. Scientists make him a human experiment by using a combination of an enhancement serum and cells taken from an alien spacecraft. Add in the mix a supercharge of solar energy and you’re ready to go. Crazy stuff, right? Of course, in the name of his love for mankind, he finally makes a heroic comeback. And as you’ve probably guessed by now, he ruins the party for all the bad guys worldwide. This happens after he’s losing his original powers. He then gets a corresponding new costume. He again splits into two different guys, known as Superman Red and Superman Blue. This is definitely one of the deepest Superman stories ever. It hides great underlying political and social messages about what human selfishness can do to anyone with power. He loves his full English breakfast, and looks like a 1960’s British rock star. Plus he says “mate,” not dude. To make a long story short, Bizarro is the definition of the term antihero. Not exactly the Superman we know and love. See, in this story Superman is sent from Earth to Krypton. There, he discovers a Green Lantern power ring, which gives him all the superpowers he has on earth as a Kryptonian. However, he’s still the same compassionate, fair, courageous, and fearless superhero who loves humanity more than anything. He still obeys his super-hearing and responds to every call for help. His favorite “habit” remains saving lives.
