The underpinnings of "Superman: Red Son" -- which was actually first published in 2003 -- are awash in Cold War paranoia. The timetable features the young Kal-El discovering his powers just after World War II, before using them to serve the state as he reaches adulthood in the 1950s, interacting with, among others, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

The underpinnings of "Superman: Red Son" -- which was actually first published in 2003 -- are awash in Cold War paranoia. The timetable features the young Kal-El discovering his powers just after World War II, before using them to serve the state as he reaches adulthood in the 1950s, interacting with, among others, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.