Superman Communist and Deadpool-duck: the most unexpected versions of famous superheroes

In the wake of popular characters in comics about superheroes movies know, even those who never read the graphic stories. But over time, many began to think that the authors too repetitive. After all, everyone knows about the death of the parents of Batman or the death of the uncle of Spider-Man.

In the comics really usedaboutMost of the plots should be one canon, only slightly correcting characters. But there are cases when the authors change their origin, nature, and even the direction in which they are fighting. And some of these stories have made it to the screen.

The new film "Fueling the fire," which was produced by the author of "Guardians of the Galaxy" James Gunn, tells the story of a boy, a stranger, educated in ordinary American family. The character discovers his enormous strength, puts on a superhero costume. It would seem that everything repeats the familiar story of Superman. But the hero is not sent to save the world, but just revenge on all those who offended him.

And this is not the first time that the fate of the character is not the same as all come to expect.

1. "Superman: Red Son" - Superman helps to Stalin

One of the most unusual version of Superman created by Mark Millar, writer (author of comics as "Kick-Ass" and "Kingsman: The Secret Service»). In his version of the ship with a small kriptontsem he fell to the ground just 12 hours later and hit the Ukrainian collective farm.

The rest of the story is similar to the original. Superman just grows and tries to protect the world. That's only on his chest hammer and sickle, and primarily kriptonets helps to Joseph Stalin, and after the death of the leader he becomes the head of the Soviet Union.

Comics on the verge of wit and madness: Millar turned the all the familiar stories inside out, showing the main villain Lex Luthor comic savior of the world, and Superman - the future tyrant. And the final turns everything upside down. And yet there is a Soviet Batman in a cap with earflaps.

On the comics are already developing a cartoon, but it is about him, little is known.

2. "Gotham in the gas light" - a Victorian Batman vs. Jack the Ripper

With this history in 1989 started the DC imprint company called Elseworlds, which allowed the authors to tell alternative stories of heroes, in no way connected with the main world.

The action unfolds in a comic strip in 1889. Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, Returns to his native Gotham City. But soon the city covers the crime wave. And the suspicion falls first and foremost on most of Wayne.

Batman takes on the investigation and understands that faced the most dangerous serial killer of the XIX century - Jack the Ripper. Comics offers a glimpse at the history of the Dark Knight in a time when there was no high-tech gadgets and communications equipment, and people share class and gender stereotypes.

At the same time cut off from the main comic book series allowed the authors to change the character of many characters. Therefore, isolation is virtually impossible to predict.

Comics already filmed: the eponymous animated feature was released in 2018, just following the plot of the original.

3. "Fleshpoint" - all out of place

In the comics, sometimes there are global events that update the universe and restart it. Thus the plot and was "Fleshpoint" in 2011 by the current president of DC Entertainment Geoff Johns.

In this series, Flash moves back in time to fix the most tragic event in their lives - mothers murder. When he returned, he discovers a very different world.

Young Bruce Wayne was killed in the alley and Batman became his father Thomas and mother March crazy. Aquaman did not grow up on the land, and in Atlantis, and now his army is at war with the inhabitants of the land. Wonder Woman captured Britain and tries to turn it into a new Themiscyra.

Changed almost all the characters, even Shazam Now the other - it has six children, who are transformed into a powerful wizard. A land strongest Superman hero all his life spent in prison and never saw sunlight, so it looks emaciated man.

Only Flash knows when the world was different, and he needs to understand how it can be corrected.

On the basis of this story arc released animated feature "Justice League: The paradox of the source of the conflict." In history it is filed more briefly, because in Action Comics covers virtually all the characters in the world.

4. "The Return of the Dark Knight" - an older Batman

Over the years, the issue Batman comic book goes from a young man just starting path of a superhero, to experienced defender of justice. Yet most are accustomed to seeing a strong man in the prime of life. The more so because the screen image of Batman until recently looked that way.

The most striking example of an aging Batman - comic famous author of "300" and "Sin City" by Frank Miller, entitled "The Return of the Dark Knight."

In this story, Batman is already 50. He's tired, gray-haired and heavyset. Bruce Wayne was out for a long time in Gotham. During this time the government is subdued Superman and banned all other superheroes. Batman finds a new Robin (now a young girl), and comes into the fight with a gang of mutants. And then he decides to fight with himself Superman.

In the story of the comic book of the same name filmed cartoon, accurately conveys the content. And then Zack Snyder I took this story as a basis for the painting "Batman vs. Superman: At the dawn of justice."

The director has greatly changed the characters and their motives, but an elderly Bruce Wayne and the fight in the heavyweight iron suit came straight from Miller's stories.

5. «Injustice: Gods Among Us" - a tyrant Superman

In 2013 he published a video game in the genre of fighting game based on an alternate history DC Comics universe. Later the world more fully described in the comics.

In the story, the Joker tricked Superman to kill his beloved Lois Lane and their unborn child. After that, a bomb explodes in Metropolis. Losing a loved one in such an important period of change all the principles of Superman.

Mad with rage, he kills the Joker, and then decides to set the world on the whole earth. But in the end it becomes a tyrant Superman. All the characters are divided into followers and opponents, which is headed by Batman. Between the factions war begins.

This cruel comic shows the change in the character of Superman, which will inevitably affect the whole world, and even those who are trying to remain neutral. Authors ruthlessly killed many favorite characters and a few times change action in unexpected ways.

6. "What if ..." - the butterfly effect

In Marvel there is an entire line of comics, which tells how the world would change if a particular hero acted differently. It began with the release of stories, "What if Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four?".

Most often, the story is conducted on behalf of the supreme being Uatu Watcher, which monitors the Earth. And in each small series authors take one event and, starting from him, show changes in the world.

Over the years, there was a lot of interesting stories: Captain America became the president of the United States, Peter Parker did not kill Uncle Ben and Aunt May (or in general, all survived), Punisher became Venom and The Hulk - barbarian.

Now Marvel is planning an animated series based on the series. We already know that the first story is about Peggy Carter, Captain America, who became her lover instead.

7. «Marvel. Noir "- the characters in the thirties

A whole series of Marvel comics shows would look like heroes, if familiar story unfolds in the thirties with the technology and mores of those times.

In this series, Tony Stark - not just a millionaire playboy, and another archaeologist and adventurer. In his chest a battery that needs to be charged. In this case, Pepper Potts - his assistant, journalist, writing under the male pseudonym.

Wolverine runs a private detective. He takes on the case rich Japanese, who claims that she was being followed. But it soon becomes clear that this is connected with the past of Logan. Nuarny Matt Murdock, who is known as the Daredevil comics, of course, did not become a lawyer - in the thirties such a position could not take a blind boy from a poor family. So he sells newspapers on the street.

Spider-Man is wearing a black suit and hat, and in the first case does not forget to grab the gun. At the same time his Aunt May calls on the streets to build communism.

Series "Noir" supergeroiku mixes well with the traditions of the old detective: there appear gangsters, banned alcohol, stratification of the society and corrupt cops.

Unfortunately, these comics have not yet made it to the screen, only nuarny Spider-Man has appeared in the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Universe». But there is hope that Marvel them sooner or later yet filmed.

8. "Ruins" - decaying world of superheroes

One of the most controversial and scary comics from Marvel. The authors decided to show what would happen to a superhero, if their formation occurred in the real world. The plot revolves around a journalist who sees the comic book world only in dreams.

But in reality he is trying to explore unusual people, and each of them is very grim fate. Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, but he has found no superpowers, but only contracted the deadly virus.

Banner Bruce came under irradiation and turned into a terrible mutant consisting of tumors. It is being called the Hulk, but it is not like a strong monster. Matt Murdoch eyes were chemicals, but he has found no acute hearing and strength - just died in pain.

Stuntman Johnny Blaze ignites his head during execution of the next trick, but does not enter into a contract with the devil and is not transformed into Ghost Rider. He just died of burns.

"Ruins" - is quite small story arc of the two issues, but her love and at the same time hate, because to show the world of superheroes is so doomed and dying did not dare to no one.

9. "Deadpool-duck" - chatty and feathered mercenary

stories about Deadpool It has always been strange and often comical scenes. He had the opportunity to stay a woman, zombie, dog, and get out of the world of comics and to kill their creators.

But in 2017 there was one of the funniest versions talkative mercenary. Due to a failure in the process of teleportation Deadpool is in one body with Howard-duck. And now the hero is not only a red suit, but also feathers.

More fun that cynical Howard becomes something like an inner voice of the character. And the two heroes have to fight for power over the body. And then they will somehow find a common language to still separate.

10. "Stunning Spider-Ham" - two animals in one body

Spiderman also frequently appears before the readers in unusual versions. One of the funniest - Spider-Ham. This story was originally conceived as a parody of superhero comics, so it is strange everything.

In the story, Peter was an ordinary spider, who lived in the laboratory scientist-May Porker pigs. Mei invented the world's first hair dryer, working on nuclear powered, but in the process of testing them heavily irradiated. After this Post doctorate bitten Peter, and soon it became a cross between a spider and a humanoid pig.

Subsequently Peter Porker faced Captain Amerikotom, Rabbit-Hulk, Ghost Goose and many other comic book character, turned into animals.

As nuarny Spider-Man, Peter Porker appears in the movie "Spider-Man: Across the Universe," which is becoming a major supplier of jokes. And rumor has it that he can get his own animated series.