Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-seriespublished by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003.[1][2] Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "what ifSuperman had been raised in the Soviet Union?" It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for best limited series. Cover art from the Superman: Red SonTPB. Publication informationPublisherDC ComicsScheduleMonthlyFormatLimited seriesGenre Superhero Publication date2003No. of issues3Main character(s)Superman Wonder Woman Lex Luthor BatmanCreative teamWritten byMark MillarPenciller(s)Dave Johnson Andrew Robinson Walden Wong Killian PlunkettLetterer(s)Ken LopezColorist(s)Paul MountsEditor(s)Anton Kawasaki Mike McAvennie Maureen McTigue Tom Palmer Jr.Collected editionsRed SonISBN 1-4012-0191-1Deluxe EditionISBN 1-4012-2425-3 The story mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such asJoseph Stalin and John F. Kennedy. The series spans approximately 1953-2001, save for a futuristic epilogue. In Red Son, Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farmrather than in Kansas, an implied reason being a small time difference (a handful of hours) from the original timeline, meaning Earth's rotation placed Ukraine in the ship's path instead of Kansas. Instead of fighting for "truth, justice, and the American Way", Superman is described in Soviet radio broadcasts "as the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle forStalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact". His "secret identity" (i.e., the name his adoptive parents gave him) is a state secret.