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Superman
Birthright
This wallpaper is fan art done by artist
Chris
Frahme
Artist Comment: I wanted to give Tom Welling a cross
between the Reeve suit and the Routh suit
Superman Birthright Superman: Birthright is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2003 - 2004, written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu.
The series revises the origin of Superman as well as the current Superman/Lex Luthor relationship. It returns to accepted DC continuity some of the history established before DC's 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and subsequent retcon by John Byrne, including an emphasis on alien heritage over human upbringing, and also introduces elements of the Smallville television series and Superman movies.
Although not explicitly stated, it is implied in Superman #200 that Birthright replaced Byrne's Man of Steel as Superman's origin due to the interference with the timeline seen in that issue.
The story mostly follows Superman's early years, including meeting Lois Lane and his first encounter with Lex Luthor in Metropolis. In the series, Luthor uses kryptonite and advanced technology to discover the history of Krypton, and then uses that knowledge to fake a Kryptonian invasion and thereby discredit Superman.
The series was collected in a hardcover (ISBN 1-4012-0251-9) with trade paperback edition released September 2005.
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Change made bring Superman a little closer to
the popular Smallville TV series bringing back the notion that Lex
Luthor was a resident of Smallville, a idea not seen since the
Silver Age of comics when Superboy was still flying around.
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