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In one version of the DC Universe ’s hereafter , an elderlySupermansecretly watches over a unexampled generation of sub . While he ’s no longer an active superhero , the older Clark Kent take on a grandfather role to the Legion of Super - Heroes .
There have been many versions of Superman ’s future throughout strip , exploring the man he becomes once he ’s past his peak . Whether he ’s still leading the Justice League inBatman Beyondor feed mode to a new hero to take his place , Superman tend to remain firm in his ideal . In Mark Waid and Alex Ross’Kingdom Come , Superman fully incarnate the characterthat readers had known , as he became even more like himself in older eld . The iconic story imagining the DC grinder later in their life received an epilog inJustice Society of America # 22 , write by Geoff Johns with art by Dale Eaglesham and Alex Ross .
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About 1,000 years after the event ofKingdom Come , an elderly Superman exist secretly among man , watching as a new generation of superheroes take to the sky . Standing among ordinary citizen , old man Clark looks up at the Legion of Super - Heroes flying over the city . Alex Ross ’ delineation of the elderMan of Steel draw resemblanceto Gandhi , emphasizing their standardised roles in the earth . Although ostensibly unable to be the Superman he once was , Clark is still the same man at heart , well-chosen to see the bequest of the Justice League last on .
The reveal thatKingdom Come’sSuperman lives 1,000 yr later is an interesting extension on his Kryptonian biology ’s wallop under the yellow Dominicus . Fans were already aware that Clark ages slower than humans , as referenced inBatman BeyondandAll - Star Superman . However , it was undecipherable how old Clark could live . witness the collapse of society and helping the domain rebuild , this take onSuperman is a more fantastical and larger-than-life versionthan other iteration of his future ego .
As an old man who had seen slew of death when he was younger , it says a pot about Superman ’s future that he remains bright and uncynical . watch as his fellow Justice League members pass on , he continues to look ahead to a new historic period which they inspired together . Despite not get the physical advantages he once did , he still symbolise the salutary of world . It ’s only fitting that the faery tale ofSupermanshould conclude with him O.K. the new Cuban sandwich .
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