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Supermangot his dark costume after his rocket was found byDarkseid ! For most of his 80 - plus year of universe , Superman ’s kit has stayed the same , with a few tweak here and there , but in the three - issue miniseriesSuperman : The Dark Sidefrom 1998 , Darkseid gives the Man of Steel a full set of demonic armor . The miniseries was written by John Francis Moore with art by Kieron Dwyer .
Superman’scostume is iconic , and every superhero rig since can be look at as some variation on it ; as note earlier , the costume has stay the same for the most part since the character ’s introduction in 1938 . There have been a few exceptions over the years , most notably the “ Electric ” Superman of the late 1990s , which then spun into the Superman Red / Superman Bluestory . Around the same metre , DC published a melody of titles calledElseworlds , which cast some of DC ’s most iconic character reference in new and different ways ; for example , in one world , Superman ’s roquette was establish by Martha and Thomas Wayne . These story cater for playfulness and unique takes on the original , and inSuperman : The Dark Side , Kal - El ’s rocket is found by none other thanDarkseid , the Lord of Apokolipshimself !
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The chronicle begins to unfold as it always does : Jor - El and Lara send their infant boy to Earth , but just as the rocket enter Earth ’s atmospheric state , Metron of New Genesis teleports the rocket to Apokolips . Darkseid takes self-will of the infant , stir him in secrecy to be his occult weapon . As Apokolips is not under a yellowish sun , Superman has no powers . Instead of a mantle and leotards , Superman now hold out pitch-dark and cerise battle armor , complete with a fearsome helmet and a sword . The “ S ” logoalso appear in a corrupt form on the armor .
Superman assist Darkseid until he is ship to Earth . There he learns of his true nature , renounce Darkseid and leads an army against him . The Holy Writ terminate with Kal - El take on a more traditional , Superman - style suit . Yet the image he cuts in the armour Darkseid created for him is in truth horrifying . reader see everything good about the Man of Steel , even his logo , corrupted by Darkseid . Superman is not the type to cover his face behind a mask , or a helmet , but under Darkseid ’s influence , that is just what he does . The “ S ” logotype is rick to resemble the symbol of the SS , the stormtroopers of Nazi Germany ; this is perhaps the most disturbing sign ofSuperman ’s corruption by Darkseid .
Superman’scostume is know by funny fan and the worldwide public the man over , but in an alternating realism he was give his darkest young look byDarkseid — his greatest foe .
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