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June 3, 2010: Cary Bates Talks "Last Family of Krypton"

After a long time away from the Man of Steel, Cary Bates is returning to write Superman. The 3-issue "Elseworlds" mini-series titled "The Last Family of Krypton" looks at the familiar tale of baby Kal-El flying to Earth from the destruction of Krypton... with a twist. What if Jor-El and Lara came with him?

    Much of this re-imagined take stems from the absence of a certain vital element in the Superman mythos - his adoptive parents Jonathan and Martha Kent. Many writers and fans alike attribute the hero's benevolent nature to the Kansas couple and their altruistic influence while raising the super boy. In this version of the story, the Els arrive with the whole world watching and the young Kal grows up as a member of the most famous family on Earth - a lifestyle contradictory to the low-key one experienced with the Kents. All of this adds a new twist on the Clark Kent/Superman dynamic and the age-old question for many Super-fans on which persona is the real one.

    "I'm not sure there ever will be a definitive answer to that," admitted Bates. "This project complicates the question even further by adding a third persona to the mix, so it becomes a Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman dynamic. If I've done my job correctly, readers should come away from 'Last Family of Krypton' with different but equally valid conclusions about who the 'real' person is."

Check out the entire article/interview at ComicBookResources.com.



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