![What If Kal-El arrived to earth in rural England to become Colin Clark, repressed British Superman? (From the DC Comics Elseworlds tale Superman: True Brit #1) image](https://media.zencastr.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=640,quality=85/image-files/61bd0910b26fe300a7cdc2f6/2f8cf878-f97c-4f9a-9148-45dc88528008.jpg)
We head to jolly olde Britain to ask the question, what if Superman was British? We tackle 2004's Superman: True Brit, written by Monty Python co-founder John Cleese and Monty Python scholar Kim Howard Johnson with art by John Byrne. This story sees Colin Clark coming of age in rural Britain before moving to the big city to work for a famous tabloid. We talk our love for British comedy, the Elseworlds history of Superman and speculate on what other location or time periods Superman could pop up in. Grab your headphones and a cup of tea and listen up!
Ep. 125 What If Kal-El arrived to earth in rural England to become Colin Clark, repressed British Superman?
from DC Comics' Superman: True Brit #1
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Forget "truth, justice and the American way", it's time to have a stiff upper lip and carry on as Superman is raised British! We cover official Elseworld's Superman: True Brit, co-written by British comedy legend John Cleese and drawn by comics legend John Byrne. This nearly 100 page story sees Superman save The Rutles, impale someone with a cricket bat, meet the Queen and a whole lot more. We also talk Superman's long history in Elseworlds (from the USSR to Tarzan), our backgrounds with Monty Python, where else we'd want to see Kal-El's spaceship crash land and could Batman be as successful in a small rural village? Turn off the BBC and tune in to Dear Watchers!
Reading / Watch List:
- Superman: True Brit #1 (DC Comics 2004)
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