A What if? Superman's ship crashed in medieval Europe instead of a Kansas farm. Your standard middle ages tale of a hero rising up to dethrone the local tyrant. Well told, with great art by one of the premier Superman artists of the 70's and 80's, José Luis García-López.The Superman mythos lends itself to the Elseworlds concept so well. All that needs to happen is that Baby Kal's spaceship crash lands in a different time or place.

One of the best elseworlds ever produced. Chivalry is impersonated in Kal, his deeds and adventures coded beautifully by Garcia Lopez. Gibbons scribes a masterpiece of fantasy, a gem of the nineties.

I'm surprised how good this one was. Elseworlds of this period were being cranked out like crazy, usually to very predictable and dull effect, but this one rises slightly above by being a little more creative and ambitious. Certainly not the best Elseworld ever, but better than most.

Powerful tale! This is a special prestige one-shot publication, in the line of "Elseworlds" tales, showing known DC Characters in a different environment.Creative Team:Writer: Dave GibbonsIllustrator: José Luis García-LópezLetterer: Todd Klein BRAVEHEART MEETS MAN OF STEEL Dave Gibbons, famous for his collaboration in not other than Watchmen, along with Todd Klein, one of the best letterers in the business, along with the adequate artwork of José Luis García-López, bring us a strong tragedy

Short and sweet, this book transposes Superman to Middle Ages England to great effect, and makes a fab one-off story.

Superman Kalby Dave Gibbons and José Luis Garcia-LopezDC created the Elseworlds imprint as kinda a new version of an old idea of theirs, and a cousin of Marvel’s What If? Here we see what would happen if Kal-El’s rocket landed not in 20th or 21st century Kansas but instead ends up in long ago Britain. Some peasants find and raise him, even thought they think he might be a demonspawn or something, all because he arrived in a strange vessel and shows usual abilities.When he is discovered, Kal is s...

Interesting premise, and reasonably well done, but considering the scale of the tale being told it all struck me as rather rushed. Baron Luthor is all nasty menace with no subtlety, kind of a comic-bookish Sheriff of Nottingham with a mean streak that's turned up to eleven. Likewise, the Lady Loise seems to exist more as a plot point than a person. Writer Dave Gibbons is capable of scripting characters with nuance, so I have to think the overall length of the book was the primary culprit. I susp...

Written much like an old-timey-fairytale, this alternate universe is fun and interesting.

A tragic ending but greatThis is a short self-concluding story with a really interesting and original concept. As a one-shot story this is great but this world had potential for so much more with a longer and more developed story, I would really like to read an alternative with this same concept including more fantasy elements.

This beautifully crafted Elseworld tale takes place in the times of brave knights, common people at the mercy of cruel overlords. See what happens to Kal (Superman) as he is a common blacksmith apprentice in a borough belonging to the Evil Lord Luthor.A must read for fans of Superman.

Media has to be careful when using rape as a plot device. And the rape/murder in this comic that happens to a character that has really no purpose other than to be there to be raped and murdered, is ham-fisted and frankly appalling.Clumsy attempt to tie it all into Arthurian legend.Just a mess. But an offensive mess, because of the aforementioned rape and murder.

This story takes place in Medieval times before the time of King Arthur.Baby "Kal-EL" is found by an elderly farm couple. They raise them as their son just like the Superman of "modern times". Kal falls in love with lady Lois who is held captive by the Baron Luthor. I don't want to give too much away here so I'll end that here. The ending had a great AH HA moment and put a smile on my face.

A nice medieval Superman story of an alternate universe. Recommended

Pretty average elseworld story. I agree with other reviewers that the "rape time!" moment feels stupid and cheap, considering that in reality - the same Gibbons tries to push down our throat with all the fuss about Kal being superhealthy in a unhealthy environment etc. while telling us that a three-years kid choose his own name - the Ius Primae Noctis was (if ever existed) nothing more than a monetary marriage tax. Comic authors should stop using such storytelling device AT ALL because it doesn'...

Superman: Kal examines the idea of what would happen if Superman's space crash-landed in medieval England. The result is a story with fantastic artwork that we reuses some of the classic characters (with variations in spellings) and tells a story that certainly is worthy of medieval legend.The book was released around the time of Rob Roy and Braveheart and has some similar plot elements. The two things I didn't like about Kal was the fact that Baron Luthor wore Kryptonite around his neck because...

loved the idea of a midevil superman.

comics where lois is brutalized will always be trash

Cool idea. Well done. Fun little book.

My reaction reading Superman: Kal went something like this: Ooooooo Superman is gonna meet Merlin! Superman is gonna be this world's Merlin! . . . . . . Luthor is a tyrannical ruler. Sigh, how original, I'm quaking in my boots with suspense. Oh, goodie he's the only one with Kryptonite. Loisse is the fair maiden trapped by the evil baron. Okay I'll bite, I'm a sucker for Robin Hood and Maid Marian storyline. BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS NEVER DEVELOPED You're probably reading this shaking your he...

An Elseworlds story which begins with baby Kal-El's rocket crashlanding in Medieval England and goes on to tell a version of Superman's tale recast as an Arthurian tragedy.I won't lie, most of the Elseworlds books I've read so far have been pretty underwhelming. It usually seems that they begin with a clever 'what if...?' idea but then feel like they don't have to deliver on anything beyond that. So, I wasn't holding out much hope for this book actually amounting to anything more than 'What if S...