10 Alternate Versions Of Superman You Need To Know About

2) High Chancellor Superman

Perhaps the most famous alternate Superman for those who don’t read the comics is the star of Injustice: Gods Among Us. The smash-hit video game’s story goes that, due to an evil scheme by the Joker, Superman was inadvertently responsible for the destruction of Metropolis and the death of a pregnant Lois Lane.

The tragedy tipped Superman over the edge and he became the totalitarian dictator of the world. While most of his fellow heroes supported him – like Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, etc. –  his old buddy Batman did not and ran an underground rebellion against him.

Initially just a way to explain why the superheroes were fighting each other in Injustice‘s Mortal Kombat-style gameplay, the storyline of Injustice struck a chord with fans and went on to spawn a hit comic book series which details this version of the DC universe in more detail.

If those doom-laden nightmare sequences in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice – where a darker Supes speaks of losing Lois and has soldiers working for him – are any indication, the DCEU might take inspiration from it as well.