Elseworlds Game, Round III

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In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places--some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't, or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.

Not all Elseworld books were in a diffrent place some were like what ifs e.g Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl.

So with that in Mind I give you .......


Superman's Ship does not land in Smallville. Instead it lands just outside of Metropolis and is Young Kal-El is found by Lex Luthor's parent's

How diffrent will he be? How diffrent will Metropolis be with him in it now? This is the story of Kal-El growing up with Lex Luthor as a brother!
 
I didn't even know about this game.

It's a pretty good idea. I'll think about a pitch...
 
How diffrent will he be? How diffrent will Metropolis be with him in it now? This is the story of Kal-El growing up with Lex Luthor as a brother!

I've got a question: Does Kal-El have to be Lex's brother, or can he be this universe's version of Lex himself?

I might not even go down that road, I might have them as brothers, in fact I might have Kal-El grow up to be the evil brother and Lex to be the good brother, but I was just wondering.
 
I've got a question: Does Kal-El have to be Lex's brother, or can he be this universe's version of Lex himself?

I might not even go down that road, I might have them as brothers, in fact I might have Kal-El grow up to be the evil brother and Lex to be the good brother, but I was just wondering.

Brothers (or step-brothers as superman came from space)
 
I'm already about 3 issues in. I've got a pretty good idea about what I'm doing with Luthor and Superman.
 
Bang. In a mere instant, a space pod is sent halfway across the galaxy and arrives on the planet Earth. The pod's dispatcher, Jor-El, is all but lost now along with Krypton, the planet on which he lived, in the confines of space. Moments before, Brainiac, Krypton's supercomputer, is instructed to set the pod to land on the Kents' farm on Earth, ensuring that the pod's passenger, Jor-El's son Kal-El, along with Krypton's spirit, will live an inspired blue-collar American life (Jor-El has overseen Earth's conditions and chooses a random, children-less couple, seeing the Kent farm as a suitable place for Kal-El to grow up in), but Brainiac instead programs the pod to land on the precise coordinates of the Luthor household, ensuring that Brainiac's spirit will live on to conquer Earth as a bastard billionaire industrialist like he caused Krypton's destruction. As Krypton explodes and Kal-El is rocketed into space, he swerves past the Kent farm and arrives at the Luthor mansion. The pod masks the setting Sun.

WHAT ALMOST WAS ....

Young Lex Luthor, bearing a full head of red hair, frollicks in the family greenhouse/atrium as Kal-El's pod crashes into the garden. Infant Kal-El emerges from the pod, taking his first steps on human soil. His hair - the few strands/follicles he had - has been burnt off, the result of a slight miscalculation made by Brainiac. Lex is neglected by his parents and laments them when they take young Kal-El as one of their own, his father embracing Kal-El and considering him the son he never had.

The Luthors adopt Kal-El and name him Liam. They keep his space pod in the cellar of their mansion. As the years pass, Lex becomes more and more paranoid about Kal-El's true purpose here on Earth, coming up with the idea that Kal was sent here to conquer and enslave the human race. Nobody buys his crack ideas, but years later, when an extraterrestrial invasion actually does happen, they **** bricks the size of Texas. This invasion actually has nothing to do with Brainiac or Krypton, however - it's actually the White Martian invasion that brings Earth's mightiest heroes together as the Justice League.

The Justice League of this universe is essentially the same one you remember, the only differences being that Superman is named Liam and Lex Luthor has strong ties with the team. After the White Martians are defeated, Liam enjoys a brief stint as a reporter at the Daily Bugle, and eventually marries Lois Lane and becomes a well-respected U.S. Senator. His adoptive parents long dead, Liam returns to his old home in Metropolis and unearths his old space pod, still in the cellar. He discovers an encoded holographic message inside the pod's memory chip. The message is from Brainiac, and explains Liam's destiny to him. Suddenly, a small cybernetic anthropod organism thingy, thought to be the offspring of Brainiac, jumps on Liam and attaches itself to Liam's face.

Several hours later, the anthropod detaches itself from Liam and dies. An egg inside Liam transforms him into an android type being, designating him Brainiac 2.0, and Liam accepts his destiny as the harbinger of the destruction of the human race. Basically, the **** hits the fan. Lex must use his genius-level intellect to tame the beast that is Brainiac 2.0, and save the world from his psychotic alien adoptive brother.
 
Bang. In a mere instant, a space pod is sent halfway across the galaxy and arrives on the planet Earth. The pod's dispatcher, Jor-El, is all but lost now along with Krypton, the planet on which he lived, in the confines of space. Moments before, Brainiac, Krypton's supercomputer, is instructed to set the pod to land on the Kents' farm on Earth, ensuring that the pod's passenger, Jor-El's son Kal-El, along with Krypton's spirit, will live an inspired blue-collar American life (Jor-El has overseen Earth's conditions and chooses a random, children-less couple, seeing the Kent farm as a suitable place for Kal-El to grow up in), but Brainiac instead programs the pod to land on the precise coordinates of the Luthor household, ensuring that Brainiac's spirit will live on to conquer Earth as a bastard billionaire industrialist like he caused Krypton's destruction. As Krypton explodes and Kal-El is rocketed into space, he swerves past the Kent farm and arrives at the Luthor mansion. The pod masks the setting Sun.

WHAT ALMOST WAS ....

Young Lex Luthor, bearing a full head of red hair, frollicks in the family greenhouse/atrium as Kal-El's pod crashes into the garden. Infant Kal-El emerges from the pod, taking his first steps on human soil. His hair - the few strands/follicles he had - has been burnt off, the result of a slight miscalculation made by Brainiac. Lex is neglected by his parents and laments them when they take young Kal-El as one of their own, his father embracing Kal-El and considering him the son he never had.

The Luthors adopt Kal-El and name him Liam. They keep his space pod in the cellar of their mansion. As the years pass, Lex becomes more and more paranoid about Kal-El's true purpose here on Earth, coming up with the idea that Kal was sent here to conquer and enslave the human race. Nobody buys his crack ideas, but years later, when an extraterrestrial invasion actually does happen, they **** bricks the size of Texas. This invasion actually has nothing to do with Brainiac or Krypton, however - it's actually the White Martian invasion that brings Earth's mightiest heroes together as the Justice League.

The Justice League of this universe is essentially the same one you remember, the only differences being that Superman is named Liam and Lex Luthor has strong ties with the team. After the White Martians are defeated, Liam enjoys a brief stint as a reporter at the Daily Bugle, and eventually marries Lois Lane and becomes a well-respected U.S. Senator. His adoptive parents long dead, Liam returns to his old home in Metropolis and unearths his old space pod, still in the cellar. He discovers an encoded holographic message inside the pod's memory chip. The message is from Brainiac, and explains Liam's destiny to him. Suddenly, a small cybernetic anthropod organism thingy, thought to be the offspring of Brainiac, jumps on Liam and attaches itself to Liam's face.

Several hours later, the anthropod detaches itself from Liam and dies. An egg inside Liam transforms him into an android type being, designating him Brainiac 2.0, and Liam accepts his destiny as the harbinger of the destruction of the human race. Basically, the **** hits the fan. Lex must use his genius-level intellect to tame the beast that is Brainiac 2.0, and save the world from his psychotic alien adoptive brother.

This is really good. I assume you're going off of the Smallville continuity then?
 
SUPERMAN/LUTHOR: THE ROOTS OF ALL EVIL

This is a bit long so bear with me. If no one wants to read the whole thing I can post a plot summary later on.

Issue 1
Rocketed from the planet Krypton to the planet Earth decades ago, the baby Kal El was directed towards a small farm in Kansas. Due to an asteroid knocking the rocket off course the rocket in fact landed in the Suicide Slums of Metropolis. The rocket is found by Lionel Luthor, a cruel man with a wife and son, the young Alexander Luthor. Finding an infant in the rocket, Lionel almost kills the baby thinking it a Russian space baby. Before he can exterminate it his wife stops him, telling him that the baby was a sign. Lionel would agree and go on to name the child Leonardo, after Leonardo da Vinchi. The years pass as both Lex and Leo become teenagers. Due to his inherent physical aptitude Leo is loved most by his father due to the potential career in sports he would have. Jealous of his brother, Lex puts out a large insurance policy on his parents. Days later, as the parents and Leo are riding in their car; it spins out of control and crashes into a ravine, killing his parents. Leo, however, is unharmed as his powers activate during the crash. Discovering that his brother has powers, Lex decides to exploit him for his own needs. Using the money gained from the insurance, both Lex and Leo set off across the world in order to take over the world.

Issue 2
After years of traveling abroad, Lex has gained a reputation as the world's foremost up and coming scientist. He has built several new weapons for the United States military and has earned a reputation as the smartest man in the world. Luthor has finally finished construction of Luthor Towers in Metropolis, the largest buildings in the world. Lex is a media darling, and is even engaged to the beautiful reporter Lois Lane of the Daily Planet, of which he owns. During a hostile takeover of the conglomerate Wayne Enterprises, Wayne outbids Luthor and keeps him from taking over his company. Infuriated by his loss to Wayne, Luthor orders a strike against the CEO. Later on his plane ride home, Wayne's plane is taken down by a missile-like object. Wayne is reported dead and Luthor proceeds to take over Wayne Enterprises. Later, a state of the art plane, which Lois Lane is reporting from, begins to crash. Just when the ship is about to crash, a red streak flies past the plane and catches it in mid-air. The plane is set down gently on the ground as Lois and the other reporters leave the plane confused. Floating in front of them is Leo, dressed in a red and black uniform and an 'S' displayed on his chest.

Issue 3
With the media buzzing over the new hero, attention towards Luthor's controversial takeover of Wayne Enterprises is almost all but died down. As no one had seen Lex's brother before, the identity of the new "Super-Man" *** Luthor is calling him is still unknown. Back at the Luthor mansion, Lex reveals to Leo that he was going to reveal him sooner or later and with the media attention towards him for the Wayne takeover the timing was perfect. Leo then asks him what he plans to do and Luthor plans to use him as a media distraction for some of Luthor's seedier business operations. Luthor tells him to continue on saving people and helping the "little man." Luthor then goes to meet with Lois at dinner while Leo continues his patrol of Metropolis. During dinner, Luthor and Lois talk about his brother taking on the Super-Man identity. Lois had known Leo before the incident and knew that he was Super-Man and was asking Lex what he was planning. Luthor told her that he felt that Super-Man was needed to protect the citizens of Metropolis. Lois is skeptical, but decides that her fiancée is really telling the truth. On the beaches outside of Metropolis, a figure comes out from the water, broken and bleeding. It's revealed to be Bruce Wayne, who calls Alfred to come pick him up. He also reveals that Luthor is finally going to get what's coming to him.

Issue 4
In the middle of Metropolis the terrorist cell known as Intergang is attempting to attack Luthor's high-tech weapons stock. Super-Man flies in and stops the men, sending them to prison. Later, in a press conference, Bruno Mannheim, a Metropolis businessman, denies reports that he is in charge of Intergang and gets off free due to lack of evidence. Furious at this, Luthor orders tells Leo that something needs to be done about Mannheim. That night in his office, Mannheim reads over some documents when he notices Super-Man standing behind him. Mannheim attempts to escape but is pinned against the wall by Super-Man. Super-Man looks at him and incinerates him with his heat-vision. He drops Mannheim's lifeless body to the ground and then starts a fire in his office, burning down the building. News reports show the death of Mannheim and think that the fire was accidental. Lois begins to question Lex's innocence to Perry White, but he shoots her down stating that Lex controls the paper and won't stand for it. Lois continues searching the situation without Perry knowing. Back in Gotham City, Bruce sits in the Batcave watching footage of the fire and asks Alfred to bring him the files. Out from the shadows steps a large man in an overcoat who asks him about the plan. Another man holding a mace walks out and puts his helmet on, revealing himself to be Hawkman. Bruce tells them the plan is simple as the man changes into his real form of the Martian Manhunter.

Issue 5
As Bruce, Hawkman and Martian Manhunter discuss in the Batcave what to do about the Super-Man; they bring up candidates for a new League of super heroes. Bruce tells him they'll begin their search in Star City. Back in Metropolis, Lex and Leo talk as Leo questions him about his attack on Mannheim. Lex tells him that some men need to be silenced in order to maintain the peace in the world. Leo is still skeptical but Luthor reminds him that it's what their father would have wanted. Leo agrees and he leaves the room. After he leaves Luthor pulls a piece of shrapnel from his desk that has a distinctive insignia on it (Brainiac's). As Super-Man observes the earth from the atmosphere he notices a large explosion in California. He flies past the speed of sound towards the light and sees a battle between Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Evil Star. As the two battle it out, flying between buildings and causing great destruction, Super-Man kills Evil Star with his heat vision. Green Lantern flies up to him kind of shocked but thanks him for helping him out. Super-Man punches him and sends him flying through a building, toppling it. He then tells him that Earth only needs one superhero and flies off.

Issue 6
At the Daily Planet Lois Lane researches her fiancée Luthor's past works. While she's looking up old news reports of him in Africa Leo shows up with glasses on to talk to her. She asks him if he killed those people and he tells her that Lex is doing everything for the good of everyone else. Lois isn't sure but tells Leo to be very careful with what he's doing. Super-Man hears a large bang and takes off at the speed of sound to investigate. In New York City Wonder Woman is having her first battle with the mad god Ares. Diana seems to be beating him back but Leo grabs her and flings her out of the way; he then turns on Ares and begins to fight with him. Super-Man fights with Ares and he ends up killing the god on live television. Wonder Woman goes to thank him for his help but he turns out of aggression and slams her into the Statue of Liberty, knocking it down. She breaks free from the rubble ready to fight but he is already gone. Super-Man is flying off worried about the repercussions of his actions. He flies by Lois' apartment and decides to stop by and see her. The two begin to talk and Lois asks Leo what he's going to do with his situation. Super-Man tells her that he never wanted to hurt anyone but he's never wanted to disappoint Lex. Lois tries to talk down but he begins to start crying in front of her not sure of what to do. The two continue talking and begin to kiss. Unbeknownst to them Lex is watching security footage of this from his own office; he then tells Mercy to get his jet prepped for him.

Continued in Part Two:
 
SUPERMAN/LUTHOR: THE ROOTS OF ALL EVIL PART TWO

Issue 7
In a meeting in Star City at Queen Industries, Luthor is attempting to take over Oliver Queen's company. Queen's board members reveal to him that Luthor's offer is too big to turn down and they've sided with them. Queen goes into a rage and tells Luthor that he'll be sorry and he'll get what's coming to him. After Queen is escorted out of his own building by security he gets into his limo fuming to the chauffer. The man is revealed to be Bruce Wayne and he gives Queen an offer to join something much larger than his company. Back in Metropolis, Leo is making breakfast for Lois who is lying in bed. The two discuss the night before as Lois asks him if he'll stop working for his brother. Leo reveals that he still isn't sure of what to do as more news reports come on the screen of Super-Man and Ares' attack in New York City. Leo begins to get worried again but has no time to think as breaking news shows the screen of an attack on Metropolis. Super-Man gets dressed and flies off after the noise to see Metallo attacking downtown New York. When Super-Man tries to fight him he is blasted back by a shot of Kryptonite and is knocked down. Not sure of what he's experiencing Super-Man flees the fight with Metallo in order to avoid getting hurt again. Metallo proceeds to destroy several parts of downtown Metropolis and knocks down the Daily Planet with Perry White inside. Super-Man is cowering in fear during the attack in Lex's mansion, as his brother walks in to see him crumpled on the floor.

Issue 8
While Metallo continues his attack on Metropolis Lex tries to console his brother and get him to go back into the fight. Super-Man tries to tell Lex that he's never been hurt before and he didn't think he could face it again. Lex then goes into a tirade demanding to know why he would have an affair with Lois. Luthor then pulls a glove (containing the Brainiac tech) out of his desk and begins to beat Super-Man with it shouting tirades about all he's done for him and why he would betray him. Luthor then sets the glove down as Leo lies bleeding on the floor. Luthor looks back at the screen and sees a red blur racing towards Metallo. Metallo is caught of guard as the Flash comes in and starts to fight him. The Flash begins to explain to him how since the almighty "Super-Man" ran away scared someone needs to take of the super villains. Flash proceeds to defeat Metallo and save nearby onlookers from any danger. The people of Metropolis begin to rejoice as the Flash has saved them and start praising him for helping him. Back at his apartment Luthor begins to fume that now the people's trust in Super-Man has failed and he has lost Lois to him. Luthor puts the glove back on the beat Super-Man more but falls to the floor in pain. A technological wave flows over his body and he is overtaken by a robotic entity. Super-Man watches in horror as his brother is overtaken by Brainiac.

Issue 9
News reports flash across the screen as anchors question Super-Man's recent activities and begin to wonder how Luthor was connected to him. Lois also finally comes out with a story detailing the lives of Luthor and Super-Man as brothers. Luthor watches on in his lab and converses with Brainiac about what he plans to do. Brainiac reveals his trajectory was thrown off in the same asteroid storm that knocked Super-Man's rocket off course years ago. Brainiac reveals that he now has enough power built up to strike against Earth and assimilate all of its information. Brainiac plans on destroying the Earth and then continuing on in his assimilation of the universe's information. Luthor must go on with this as the two continue to watch footage of the heroes on TV. A press conference soon comes on screen showing the debut of the Justice League, consisting of Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Hawkman. Meanwhile Super-Man is being kept locked up in a cell located in Luthor's mansion. Brainiac decides the time is right and escapes his cell attacking the heroes. The heroes and Brainiac square off in the middle of Metropolis as the world watches on.

Issue 10
The Justice League and Brainiac begin to square off in the middle of Metropolis. The League acts as one to stop him but Brainiac counters every one of their moves and keeps them from stopping him. Lois watches on from the sidelines and decides to go get Super-Man from Lex's mansion. Brainiac launches Green Lantern out of orbit and breaks every one of Hawkman's bones in his body. Brainiac analyses Martian Manhunter's alien physiology and douses him in flames, burning him severely. As the Justice League think that all is lost Batman pulls out his final wildcard and calls in the Captain. A young boy steps out into the clearing and shouts out SHAZAM, which transforms him into Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel begins to clash with Brainiac and flies him deep into the heart of Metropolis. After a bit Brainiac finally knocks down Captain Marvel standing above him victoriously. People begin to wonder if anyone can stop Brainiac.

Issue 11
During the fight with Brainiac the Justice League takes it to him but still is unable to slow him down. During the battle Lois has rushed to Lex's mansion in order to free Leo from his cell. Getting past security Lois is able to free him but he refuses to fight his own brother. Lois tells him that it's Brainiac that's in charge, not Lex. Both Super-Man and Lois discuss everything that has happened in his life and how he only ever wanted to make his brother proud. Lois convinces him that the only way to redeem himself is to save his brother from Brainiac, which prompts him to take off after the robotic construct. Back in Suicide Slum Brainiac has beaten every single one of the Justice League and plans to take the fight to the rest of Earth. He is stopped, however, by Super-Man ready to fight him.

Issue 12
As Super-Man and Brainiac begin to fight, Super-Man gains an upper hand and begins to destabilize Brainiac's systems. Brainiac only saves himself by changing his face to that of Lex's, which stops Super-Man from killing him. Brainiac turns the tables on him and begins to rant about how Leo was always inferior to Lex, and the only reason that Lex let him tag along in life was because he had survived the crash when Lex killed his parents. Appalled to learn his brother had betrayed him Leo swings away at Brainiac until there is barely any left of him. Super-Man is about to strike the killing blow when Brainiac launches a kryptonite bullet through his heart, killing him. As Lex sheds the last pieces of Brainiac off of him he holds his brother in his arms as he dies. He then tells the police to take him away and confesses to the crimes he has committed. As the world celebrates the death of Brainiac, and the Justice League continues on in Super-Man's stead, Lex sits sobbing in his prison cell, having lost the only true friend he had ever had.
 
Damn. Kinda hard to beat that.

All mine was gonna be about is that there is no Lex Luthor.

Kal-El crashes on Earth and is found by Lionel Luthor and his 3-month pregnant wife. They name the baby Callum Alexander Luthor.

Several months later, Lionel's wife and baby die from kryptonite radiation poisoning and this is the catalyst that turns Lionel into a driven-soul crushing power businessman. He then instills the "survival of the fittest" mentality into Cal.

Years later Cal begins to get his powers. And instead of using them to protect the weak, he uses them to basically conquer America and the story ends with him planning on a global domination.

It's basically a "coming to age and power" story gone wrong.


It'd read very similar to Red Son.
 
Not all Elseworld books were in a diffrent place some were like what ifs e.g Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl.

So with that in Mind I give you .......


Superman's Ship does not land in Smallville. Instead it lands just outside of Metropolis and is Young Kal-El is found by Lex Luthor's parent's

How diffrent will he be? How diffrent will Metropolis be with him in it now? This is the story of Kal-El growing up with Lex Luthor as a brother!
I wish I could come up with something for this.

But this is a brilliant idea, Mole.

I'm not too hot on Lex necessarily being his brother... but I wouldn't rule it out either. But anyway: Clark Kent as Big City Kid (rather than Small Town Farm Boy) is AWESOME.
 
I wish I could come up with something for this.

But this is a brilliant idea, Mole.

I'm not too hot on Lex necessarily being his brother... but I wouldn't rule it out either. But anyway: Clark Kent as Big City Kid (rather than Small Town Farm Boy) is AWESOME.

How'd you feel about mine man?
 

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