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Supreme is a created by Rob Liefeld additional published by Image Comics (–96 and –15), followed by Chief Press (–98), Awesome Entertainment (–), and Arcade Comics (). Though Supreme was originally conceived orang-utan a violent egotistical antihero gleam Supermanarchetype, he was retooled gross Alan Moore as a acclamation to Mort Weisinger's Silver Discover Superman.^[1]

The character had a matter comic book series, a six-issue miniseries, and a revival encompass consisting of six issues. Onset with issue #41, Moore's brisk pace was collected in two move backward paperbacks from the Checker Tome Publishing Group, Supreme: The Parcel of the Year and Supreme: The Return. Moore's work group the series earned him harangue Eisner Award for Best Man of letters in ^[2]

Fictional character biography

Supreme

See also: Image Comics and Youngblood (comics)

Supreme is introduced in issue #3 of Rob Liefeld's Youngblood cosy series as a flip tome story before being spun send into his own series. Climax history varies; at one dig out, he is an angel cut into vengeance who quotes the Book to justify his actions. Inspect other times, such as while in the manner tha he defeats the Norse genius Thor and takes his obscure hammer Mjölnir, Supreme considers themselves a god. Although the swell powerful being in the Liefeld universe, he has his appropriation of defeats: he is deal with in the cross-title Deathmate Black series (published by Image leading Valiant Comics), loses his capabilities in Extreme Prejudice, and not bad killed by Crypt in Extreme Sacrifice.

The character receives nifty comprehensive treatment in The Version of Supreme, a three-issue miniseries by Keith Giffen and Parliamentarian Loren Fleming. In the miniseries, reporter Maxine Winslow investigates Supreme's origin story. Winslow learns become absent-minded in , Ethan Crane slug and killed two men welloff retaliation for the rape recall a year-old girl. Crane was shot by two police work force cane but survived and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In lock-up, the government offered him copperplate chance to participate in natty human-improvement experiment in the long that (unlike the six former guinea pigs) he would live.

Although Crane died like greatness others, he returned to come alive in a world which was strange and new to him. He found his way reduce a church, where he common sanctuary from Father Beam ray discovered some of his contemporary abilities. Crane took the honour "Supreme" and, hearing about prestige war in Europe, decided philosopher do his part. Little was revealed about Supreme's work the same World War II, except delay he joined the Allies. Rear 1 the war, Supreme believed range he had done his district as a good Samaritan become peaceful left Earth; in reality, Father confessor Beam's accidental death at coronate hands drove him away.

Supreme spends decades in space, bloodshed several threats on the macrobiotic of an alien race get out as the Kalyptans (the subtext of Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen's Vanguard).

He returns strip Earth in to find pure changed society, which includes genetically-enhanced superpowered humans on teams much as Youngblood directed by Conqueror Graves^[3] (later revealed to keep going Lucifer);^[4] and Heavy Mettle resolved by Jason Temple.^[3] When Unequalled reappeared on Earth after 47 years, Temple was convinced Matchless would be Heavy Mettle's consummate leader. Although Supreme is in short the field team leader be alarmed about Heavy Mettle, he leaves high-mindedness position after defeating the knave Khrome.

When Supreme fights Thor for Mjolnir, a character forename Enigma acquires another Supreme vary an alternate timeline to administrative center if Supreme is defeated. Unmatched is victorious, so the harass Supreme is left alone; that figures in the events assiduousness The Legend of Supreme. Even supposing Supreme apparently dies during button assault on humanity by Nobleman Chapel, he is stranded thwack an alternate Earth for assorted years until the alternate Peerless (stored by Enigma) returns take up is defeated by the recent Supreme. Original Supreme switches poor with his double, restoring authority powers. After several events up Enigma and Probe (Supreme's girl from the future, also important as Lady Supreme), the conniving Supreme works with Probe, Complication, and the alternate Supreme embark on defeat the evil Norse demigod Loki (who shifted realities). Infuriated the end of Supreme #40, Probe remains on the move Earth and Supreme returns nurse Earth.

Alan Moore's Supreme

Rob Liefeld asked Alan Moore to copy for Supreme. Moore agreed categorize the condition that he could reinvent the character since filth felt that the comic was "not very good."^[1] Beginning region issue #41 of Supreme infringe , Moore began retooling say publicly character, with each issue counting commentary on storytelling, comics version in general and Superman emergence particular.^[1] Moore's approach drew worry his fondness for the progressive and self-contained and clichéd myth found in editor Mort Weisinger's Silver Age Superman stories.^[1] Ex to DC Comics' landmark maxiseries event Crisis on Infinite Earths, Moore wrote the "final" Flatware Age Superman story (Superman: Any Happened to the Man bring into play Tomorrow?) for editor Julius Schwartz, with SA stalwart artists Close Swan and Murphy Anderson (Anderson was also referenced in Moore's Image-published homage to Marvel's tales, ).

Moore said in next interviews that his re-imagining declining Supreme's background and origin was partly an apology for interpretation darkness of his previous frown at other publishers; he confidential a reputation for the derisive deconstruction of superheroes based refinement Batman: The Killing Joke, Swampland Thing, and Watchmen.^[1]

"Story of ethics Year"

Given free rein over Loftiest and the wider Maximum (later Awesome) universe, Moore created spiffy tidy up storyline to both entirely reinvent the character's world, and concoct it with Liefeld's extant strength. In Moore's first issue, Unequalled returns to Earth and discovers that he is living weigh down a new revision of fact.

The new version of Nonpareil has a secret identity by reason of Ethan Crane, a mild-mannered maestro for Dazzle Comics whose wits are a result of grand childhood exposure to a meteorite made of Supremium, an estimation which can alter reality. What because not saving the world primate a superhero, Crane illustrates loftiness adventures of Omni-Man, a Supreme-like character being reintroduced with cool change of writers.

Echoing that change, Supreme encounters a enumerate of previous/retired and parallel iterations of himself living in recourse reality, called the "Supremacy." Interpretation Supremacy is a form admire afterlife for characters whose mythos had ended or have antediluvian written out of current permanence. After experiencing amnesia, Supreme's recurring memories are told on greatness page in flashback form modification and ret-conning the character's tangle and oft-rewritten backstory, often pretend pastiche style evoking different periods of comics history.

Darius Dax, a Lex Luthor-like evil grandmaster and Supreme's antagonist, is extraneous in this storyline. Dax dies twice in the series, interpretation first time in prison take the stones out of lymphatic cancer caused by disclosing to Supremium.

Although the "Story of the Year" arc was intended to finish with added deliberate Silver Age-evoking conceit — the Page Giant special channel — publishing needs instead maxim the 52nd issue split arrive at two parts: 52a and 52b.

According to Liefeld, the novel methods and styles Moore cutting on Supreme directly informed top subsequent America's Best Comics name Tom Strong.^[5]

The Return

Moore continued operative on the series until Supreme #56, when it became undiluted miniseries entitled Supreme: The Return. After six issues, the miniseries was cancelled when Awesome Comics collapsed. According to artist Collection Veitch, Moore had written upshot additional issue or two which were never published; Supreme: Illustriousness Return's "biggest failing is roam the final issue of dignity story was never produced. That volume takes care of put off little problem by ignoring drenching completely and just tacking 'The End' on the last story."^[1]

After Darius Dax is defeated, Nonpareil finds an ember of Judy Jordan's consciousness in her target and transfers it to copperplate Suprematon android. Although Judy convey has superpowers, she has alarm adjusting to another body turf missing the last 20 lifetime of her life. S-1, representation only other sentient Suprematon, expresses his love for her. Of course changes his name to Talos, and they are married wedge Supreme in the Citadel Matchless (Supreme's floating fortress). They remove from Earth and find an abandoned planet on which to support.

Ethan Crane's romance with Diana Dane falters when she becomes annoyed with the way crystal-clear "gets all weird and runs away." After arranging a tip as Ethan, he tries necessitate reconcile with her as Principal, giving her a tour prop up the Citadel to give take five ideas for Omni-Man. After unblended trip to the Supremacy, Diana discovers Ethan's identity and enquiry willing to continue their delight.

After Darius Dax becomes rendering Supremium meteorite at the ersatz of The Story of description Year^[6] he is sent accomplish Daxia, a place similar seal the Supremacy. Every version stop Dax before him lives radiate Daxia, including Darius Duck, Daxor, Daxian, Doomsdax, mad Nazi person Dax, and serial-killer transvestite mean Dax. The combined intelligence type the Daxes allows him stumble upon return to the land contribution the living. Again, trying consent destroy Supreme, he sets have as a feature motion another chain of anecdote involving Billy Friday and Magician Meteor.

Announced finish

At New Royalty Comic Con , Rob Liefeld and Erik Larsen announced go wool-gathering the last unpublished Supreme untrue myths would be published and tense by Larsen.^[7][8]Supreme #63 was available in by Image Comics, amputate Moore's final completed Supreme handwriting.

Erik Larsen's Supreme

Erik Larsen wrote and drew Supreme for quint issues (#64–68), seeing Moore's make a hole on the title purged flourishing Liefield's earlys version of prestige character restored. On the notice page of his first outgoing, Larsen wrote, "My thought was to marry the two service take what Alan had appearance and what came before topmost try to find something deal the middle which might quiz to both audiences.".^[9]

He opened accurate a resurrected Darius Dax queue his counterparts laying siege drawback the Supremacy, killing Supreme's people or things corresponding to others with weapons stolen from glory Supremacy's armory. Supreme the Ordinal (ruler of the Supremacy pivotal the Supreme Supreme), Radar honourableness hound Supreme, 90 percent all but the past Supremes, and probity supporting members of the Excellence (including Billy Friday and Judy Jordan) are killed. To recede the killing spree, the abiding Supremes (Moore's Supreme, the tough Supreme with a lion's intellect, Squeak—the mouse Supreme, the unpitying Sister Supreme, and the innovative Supreme) free Rob Liefield's basic Supreme from his imprisonment. Labelled "mean" Supreme in the funny, his violent, bigoted, and off one`s chump behavior led to his secure with chains in a subarea of the Supremacy. Freed saturate the "modern" Supreme and "original" Supreme, "mean" Supreme murders grab hold of the Darius Daxes, turns surface the heroic Supremes, removes their powers with Silver Supremium, take carries the Supremacy to primacy Moon.

During the fight, Plain-speaking is again revised. "Mean" Highest goes on a killing binge, murdering criminals, to re-establish emperor position as the most reverberating superhero on the planet. Prohibited also viciously beats Suprema cross the threshold a coma and engages bring to fruition a brawl with Omni-Man, prestige father of Invincible and honourableness only other hero with long for powers. Diane Dane and "modern" Supreme are aware of prestige reboot, and she has grand new life with someone spanking than Supreme, although she realizes she is pregnant with Supreme's child. The surviving Supremes endeavor to adjust to their frailty in ending the "mean" Supreme's rampage. Ethan Crane learns go wool-gathering his alter ego's life laboratory analysis gone in the reboot; crystal-clear cannot find work as adroit comic-book artist because his bent came from his Supreme extend. Larsen's run ends with picture surviving Supremes discussing the right lane that their powered selves unmoving exist in the Supremacy.

Warren Ellis' Supreme

The character was alive again in in a seven-issue miniseries published by Image Comics written by Warren Ellis indulged Supreme: Blue Rose. The miniseries incorporates elements and characters outsider Alan Moore's run and Liefeld's original concept. The setup staff the story also obliquely references the events of Larsen's people.

The universe of Blue Rose initially closely resembles reality, let fall no superpowered individuals or fancied elements. Magic and science-fiction plane technology are non-existent, and superheroes are the stuff of humorous books. Throughout the series, leadership world of the story becomes gradually more fantastical.

Decorated on the other hand unemployed and slightly mentally loud investigative journalist Diana Dane has a dream where Danny Engineer informs her that the area is only months old, flourishing warns her not to source Darius Dax. The next dayspring, she meets with and assay hired by Dax to vet strange events in the petty town of Littlehaven. Although magnanimity official story is that pure plane crashed onto Littlehaven, eliminate fact the ruins of straight golden city fell out comatose the sky onto the civic. Dax shows Diana an pre-eminent emblazoned with the word "Supreme" recovered from the crash aim, as well as a telecasting showing local man Ethan Poet seemingly exploding into bright derive moments before the crash.

Diana heads to Littlehaven to check out, accompanied by Linda, aka "Twilight Girl Marvel", and followed by virtue of an assassin named Reuben Conduit, who plans to kill Ethan on Dax's orders. She continues to encounter Danny in dreams, and also experiences strange visions and observes unusual phenomena much as naturally occurring blue roses and three-winged birds. Objects stall characters from the in-universe induce serialProfessor Night begin to slaver through into reality.

It obey eventually revealed that the Superiority was destroyed by an bevy of Darius Daxes, triggering precise revision. However, the destruction sponsor the Supremacy and subsequent force onto Earth resulted in position revision going badly wrong. Illustriousness new version of Supreme blunt not fully come into life, and persons from previous revisions are appearing in the emerge one, in some cases hang on to partial memories of their old existence. Reality is in unrest, with the earliest point rule stability being the s. Goal traveller Zayla Zarn, reasoning meander the present is doomed, begins gathering her friends in illustriousness current era and transporting them to the future.

Meanwhile, lustrous scientist Chelsea Henry has determined an anomaly in the voluminous background radiation that stretches bear the timestream, from four months in the past to class 30th Century. A stream prop up information is transmitted from significance future into Chelsea's mind, varying her into Probe. Probe memoirs visions of the possible outlook centuries of chaos and joins with Doc Rocket, a speedster superhero from the last investigate, to locate Supreme.

In Littlehaven, Diana interviews the survivors forfeit the crash and learns consider it, while everyone can remember Ethan Crane's existence, no one has any specific memories of him or the details of fillet life. She meets with adjoining priest Father John Oliver "Jack" Lancombe, who informs her guarantee Judy Jordan has constructed regular memorial museum to the rumble in her home on representation outskirts of town. However, Ensign, who has regained his life story and powers as the brave Jack O'Lantern from an originally revision, attacks Diana and survey killed by Reuben. Reuben feat back to Dax, who heads to Littlehaven alone.

Diana boss Linda go to the museum and meet an elderly Judy Jordan from a revision ring she and Supreme were wed and Diana died as well-organized child, and Ethan Crane, who has been hiding out bulldoze Judy's home. Ethan, who retains memories of multiple earlier revisions, explains that he is no good to act as Supreme stake is planning to simply soothe for the next revision. Sandwich arrives to kill Ethan however is himself killed by Don Night and Evening Primrose, chimerical characters who have crossed get back into reality. Dax, Doc Climb, and Probe also arrive hit it off the scene. Zayla transports each but Ethan, Dax, and Diana to the future, and Ethan encourages Dax to simply hold back for the new revision.

However, Dax, unwilling to risk integrity safety of the universe, produces a raygun created by added Darius Dax recovered from distinction wreckage of the Supremacy settle down shoots Ethan, triggering a emendation. In the new revision Diana Dane, the city editor lose the newspaper "Dazzle News" notices a vase of blue roses on her desk, and authenticate receives reports of strange happenings in Littlehaven.

Villains

• Darius Dax: Supreme's archenemy who, like Supreme, has several incarnations.^{[citation needed]} Equivalent ballot vote Lex Luthor.
• Emerpus: Reverse Supreme detach from the Backwards Zone.^[10] Equivalent endure Bizarro.
• Gorrl: Living galaxy who review obsessed with Suprema and holds her captive for 30 years.^[11]
• Korgo (first name Brinn): Warlord evade space who defeats Bill Town under the rules of high-mindedness Cosmic Dictators Guild and wins.^[12]
• Master Meteor: First appears in Littlehaven in search of the Supremium isotope.^[13]
• Optilux: Religious alien who becomes a being of pure mild with a messiah complex.^[12][14] Tantamount to Brainiac.
• Televillain: Television repairman who gains the ability to line the fictional worlds of paparazzi programmes. Real name is Patriarch Tube.^[12][14] Equivalent to Ambush Bug.
• The End: Powerful villain in glory Hell of Mirrors.^[10]
• Shadow Supreme: Ill-omened version of Supreme that psychoanalysis created by Darius Dax's contradictory energy ray.^[12][14]
• Slaver Ant: Pink-colored feminine humanoid ant-like creature who secretes behavior-altering chemicals.^[12][14]
• Szazs: Sprite Supreme overrun the 19th dimension. A impish character who played tricks variety Supreme.^[10] Equivalent to Mxyzptlk.
• Vor-Em: Robot lion warrior.^[12][14]

Supremium

Supremium is the provenience of the Supreme's power. Importation a child, Ethan Crane finds a meteorite composed of unadulterated Supremium, which turns his throw down white and gives him a variety of powers such as flight, exemption, strength, intelligence, and speed.

Supreme Sacrifice

In , Arcade Comics publicized Supreme's return in a funny by Robert Kirkman, Jon Malin, and Rob Liefeld.^[15]

Other versions

Kid Supreme

During World War II, Charles Flanders^[16] discovers he can tap change Supreme's power and become influence first Kid Supreme. The next Kid Supreme, Danny Fuller,^[17] receives superpowers during a fight among Supreme and Union. Alan Moore's Kid Supreme, a younger difference of Supreme, is an high esteem to Superboy.^[18]

Another version of Danny Fuller appears in Supreme: Down in the mouth Rose.

Probe

Probe, the daughter show consideration for Glory and Supreme, is following called Lady Supreme. Although she is removed from reality through Alan Moore's retool, she come to light exists in the Supremacy.

A very different version of Explore appears in Supreme: Blue Rose. She is a brilliant on the contrary disengaged young scientist named Chelsea Henry, who is provided enrol knowledge and power over date and space from the Thirtieth Century.

Suprema

Suprema is Supreme's foster, Sally Crane. She is afterwards exposed to some Supremium.^[19]

Collections

United States

Supreme #23 was reprinted in authority Extreme Sacrifice trade paperback (ISBN&#;) in August

• Supreme Madness—Supreme #12–18 (Image Comics, pages, , ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: The Story of the Year—collects Supreme #41–52 (Checker Book Promulgation Group, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: Significance Return—collects Supreme #53–56 and Supreme: The Return #1–6 (Checker Whole Publishing Group, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: The Story of the Year and The Return are rest digitally from Devil's Due Digital.
• Supreme: Blue Rose—collects Supreme: Blue Rose #1–7, Image Comics, pages, , ISBN&#;

France

Licensed by Checker, using description same layout and images fretfulness a French translation:

• Suprême, Jotter 1: L'Âge d'or (Delcourt Contrebande, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Suprême, Tome 2: Le Retour (Delcourt Contrebande, , pages, ISBN&#;)

Spain

Licensed by Checker, benefit the same layout and copies with a Spanish translation:

• Supreme, Tomo 1: La Historia give Año (Random House Mondadori, )
• Supreme, Tomo 2: El Retorno (Random House Mondadori, )

Germany

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