History YMMV / LegendsOfTheDeadEarth

* ValuesResonance: Several of the annuals are built around the villains being leaders or authority figures who exploit their power for personal gain, instigate fear and prejudice to serve their own ends, or terrorize the people they are supposed to serve with the justification it is for the greater good. With the heroes framed as those fighting back against such tyranny to liberate their worlds, these stories became especially relevant as of the 2020s due to the Black Lives Matter movement, the constant protests against police brutality, and the rise of the Alt Right.

** "The Never-Ending Battle" (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' Annual 1996): ComicBook/LexLuthor is TheEmperor who ordered the destruction of [[TheHero Kaleb's]] home planet Hydros and the genocide of its people. A survivor from the eventual destruction of planet Earth, Luthor created an empire from ashes and [[GalacticConqueror launched wars of conquest throughout the universe]], which he describes as "glorious". Keeping himself alive through centuries using multiple clones, Luthor's empire has a policy of [[FinalSolution annihilating the native population]] of planets with species similar to Kryptonians. Once Kaleb confronts him personally, Luthor reveals that the champions of the tournaments to become his personal guard are killed, with their genes used to improve his biologically engineered guards before trying to kill Kaleb with radiation that emulates Kryptonite for the Hydrosians. A decrepit and senile old man with massive power, Luthor's ambition, paranoia and grudges killed countless innocents.

* ValuesResonance: Several of the annuals are built around the villains being leaders or authority figures who exploit their power for personal gain, instigate fear and prejudice to serve their own ends, or terrorize the people they're supposed to serve with the justification it's for the greater good. With the heroes framed as those fighting back against such tyranny to liberate their worlds, these stories became especially relevant as of the 2020s due to the Black Lives Matter movement, the constant protests against police brutality, and the rise of the Alt Right.

** "The Never-Ending Battle" (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' Annual 1996): ComicBook/LexLuthor is TheEmperor who ordered the destruction of [[TheHero Kaleb's]] home planet Hydros and the genocide of its people. A survivor from the eventual destruction of planet Earth, Luthor created an empire from ashes and [[GalacticConqueror launched wars of conquest throughout the universe]], which he describes as "glorious". Keeping himself alive through centuries using multiple clones, Luthor's empire has a policy of [[FinalSolution annihilating the native population]] of planets with species similar to Kryptonians. Once Kaleb confronts him personally, Luthor reveals that the champions of the tournaments to become his personal guard are killed, with their genes used to improve his biologically engineered guards before trying to kill Kaleb with radiation that emulates Kryptonite for the Hydrosians. A decrepit and senile old man with massive power, Luthor's ambition, paranoia and grudges killed countless innocents.

** "Silent Running" (''ComicBook/TheFlash'' Annual 1996): Tristan Mallory is the younger [[CainAndAbel brother]] of the heroic Bryan Mallory. When his father returns from a seemingly deadly mission, Tristan is [[DrivenByEnvy angry]] when said father chooses his non-religious brother for a holy mission. Accompanying his brother to the quest, Tristan takes advantage of his brother's powers [[UngratefulBastard even after Bryan saved him]]. A believer on a religion based on The Flash's deeds, Tristan puts his brother into a machine that kept him in complete [[AndIMustScream isolation for 300 years]] and turns himself on the highest authority of his society. Seeing himself as the pillar of society, Tristan uses the machine to create a suitable environment while he also draining the LifeEnergy of his own people, shortening their natural lifespan to 50 and using loyal acolytes to maintain his power and youth. When Bryan is freed by a former follower, Tristan sends followers to capture him, before starting to drain the life energy of the millions of inhabitants of his city to fight Bryan to put him back in the machine and keep ruling a society dependent on himself.

** "Silent Running" (''ComicBook/TheFlash'' Annual 1996): Tristan Mallory is the younger [[CainAndAbel brother]] of the heroic Bryan Mallory. When his father returns from a seemingly deadly mission, Tristan is [[DrivenByEnvy angry]] when said father chooses his non-religious brother for a holy mission. Accompanying his brother to the quest, Tristan takes advantage of his brother's powers [[UngratefulBastard even after Bryan saved him]]. A believer on a religion based on The Flash's deeds, Tristan puts his brother into a machine that kept him in complete [[AndIMustScream isolation during 300 years]] and turns himself on the highest authority of his society. Seeing himself as the pillar of society, Tristan uses the machine to create a suitable environment while he also draining the LifeEnergy of his own people, shortening their natural lifespan to 50 and using loyal acolytes to maintain his power and youth. When Bryan is freed by a former follower, Tristan sends followers to capture him, before starting to drain the life energy of the million of inhabitants of his city to fight Bryan to put him back in the machine and keep ruling a society dependent on himself.
** "The Never-Ending Battle" (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' Annual 1996): ComicBook/LexLuthor is TheEmperor who ordered the destruction of [[TheHero Kaleb's]] home planet Hydros and the genocide of its people. A survivor from the eventual destruction of planet Earth, Luthor created a empire from ashes and [[GalacticConqueror launched wars of conquest throughout the universe]], which he describes as "glorious". Keeping himself alive through centuries using multiple clones, Luthor's empire has a policy of [[FinalSolution annihilating the native population]] of planets with species similar to Kryptonians. Once Kaleb confronts him personally, Luthor reveals that the champions of the tournaments to become his personal guard are killed, with their genes used to improve his biologically engineered guards before trying to kill Kaleb with radiation that emulates Kryptonite for the Hydrosians. A decrepit and senile old man with massive power, Luthor's ambition, paranoia and grudges killed countless innocents.