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It lays the foundation for the ComicBook/PostCrisis version of Franchise/{{Superman}}, retelling his origin and showing his first encounters with his friends, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and ComicBook/LexLuthor.

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It lays the foundation for the ComicBook/PostCrisis version of Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}}, retelling his origin and showing his first encounters with his friends, Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and ComicBook/LexLuthor.



# Superman investigates a vigilante in Gotham City, and winds up helping Franchise/{{Batman}} crack his latest case. The two heroes gain a grudging respect for each other, but (in deliberate contrast to the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} status quo) are too different in outlook to become close friends.

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# Superman investigates a vigilante in Gotham City, and winds up helping Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} crack his latest case. The two heroes gain a grudging respect for each other, but (in deliberate contrast to the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} status quo) are too different in outlook to become close friends.

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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: In this series, Kryptonians were born in a "birthing matrix," and immediately isolated from every other Kryptonian. In this manner, there was no way ''anything'' one Kryptonian said or did could possibly offend another. When Jor-El contemplated sending his child to Earth, he initiated a face-to-face meeting with the child's mother, Lara; the first such meeting between Kryptonians in several hundred years. When Lara views Jor-El's images of Earth, she is horrified at the sight of a field worker with his shirt off. Nevertheless, Jor-El convinces her to send the birthing matrix to Earth and they continue their illicit affair until Krypton is destroyed.

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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: In this series, Kryptonians were born in a "birthing matrix," and immediately isolated from every other Kryptonian. In this manner, there was no way ''anything'' one Kryptonian said or did could possibly offend another. When Jor-El contemplated sending his child to Earth, he initiated a face-to-face meeting with the child's mother, Lara; the first such meeting between Kryptonians in several hundred years. When Lara views Jor-El's images of Earth, she is horrified at [[RoughOveralls the sight of a field worker with his shirt off. off.]] Nevertheless, Jor-El convinces her to send the birthing matrix to Earth and they continue their illicit affair until Krypton is destroyed.


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* RoughOveralls: Pa Kent--a farmer--is seen working in the fields wearing a pair of overalls and no shirt while Jor-El is explaining where he's sending Kal-El. Lara is horrified by this, declaring that the people of Earth are savages for being so obscene, illustrating the CultureClash between humanity and Kryptonians.
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* SuperHeroOrigin: The miniseries largely serves to tell Superman's origin as it occurs in the Post-Crisis continuity.

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* SuperHeroOrigin: The In addition to rebooting the comic by establishing a new starting point, the miniseries largely serves to tell Superman's origin as it occurs in the Post-Crisis continuity.
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* ContinuityReboot: The miniseries serves as the starting point of a brand new ''Superman'' continuity after ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' wiped the slate of the DC Universe clean.

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* HeroicSacrifice: "Bizarro", apparently.

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* HeroicSacrifice: "Bizarro", apparently. Superman believes that Bizarro knew he was breaking apart and let himself disintegrate to restore Lucy's sight.



* MegaCorp: [=LexCorp=]

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* MegaCorp: [=LexCorp=]Luthor's company [=LexCorp=] naturally gives him a stranglehold over Metropolis.



* SuperHeroOrigin

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* SuperHeroOriginSympathyForTheDevil: During his first team-up with Batman, Superman remarks that he feels sorry for Magpie because of her compulsive obsession with shiny objects. Batman remarks that he also sympathizes with Magpie, but does so more for her victims.
* SuperHeroOrigin: The miniseries largely serves to tell Superman's origin as it occurs in the Post-Crisis continuity.
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** "Bizarre-- Oh, forget it!"

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** Bizarro goes unnamed in his story, but his name is referenced when Luthor remarks "Bizarre-- Oh, forget it!"it!" while complaining about the failure of his attempt to clone Superman.

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