Is DC’s Absolute Universe Based on a Classic Superman Story?

Superman, lightning, red, and blue? It seems like a familiar concept might already be rearing its head in the Absolute universe.

special that released last week, writers Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson teased that the key difference between the Absolute DC Universe and the main-line DC Universe is that the fate of the Absolute universe is tied to Darkseid, whereas the fate of the main universe is tied to Superman.

“The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue!” was a 1963 “Imaginary Story” by writer Leo Dorfman, with art by Curt Swan. In it, the Man of Steel is separated into two halves in order to accomplish more, but complications arise and his two halves eventually have to reconstitute themselves into one person. It was a short, one-off story, but it was one of those silly Silver Age tales that lodged itself in a lot of people’s brains.

Now, we’re coming up on another seven years removed from that, and we are struck with lightning, red, and blue — all motifs that permeated the ’90s and 2010s versions of the Superman Red/Superman Blue events.

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