History ComicBook / SupermanAmericanAlien

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Clark is noticeably more impolite and informal than most portrayals.

** An argument with Pete Ross sends Clark angrily flying into space, where he is rescued by [[Franchise/GreenLantern Abin Sur and Tomar-Re]], who identify him as a Kryptonian.
** ComicBook/RasAlGhul briefly appears mentoring Bruce Wayne.
** Clark encounters [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]] in a [=LexCorp=] daycare.

* AssShove: Superman threatens to do this to SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} with his bike.

* RealityEnsues:
** PowerPerversionPotential is subverted with Clark's X-ray vision. As a teen, he admits to using it on people at first but he found that human bodies [[RealityIsUnrealistic don't look very sexy]] when wearing clothes, being all "weird" and "smushed".
** Batman vs Superman goes almost exactly how one expects a normal man going up against a near-invincible demigod to go. Unlike other stories, this is their first meeting and so Batman doesn't have his "preptime" to even the odds.
** Clark attempts to fly to the moon after a heated argument with Pete Ross. However, atmospheric decompression screws with his breathing, causing him to suffocate. Even if he's invulnerable, Clark still needs to breathe like everyone else. Presumably this is before he masters super breath-holding.

Had a sequel in the works, named ''Superman: Agent of Batman'', which focuses on Clark teaming with the Dark Knight to take down a rogue Justice League. While the actual comic fell through, Landis has begun sharing his outlines for the story and the rest of his Kryptonian Epic concept on his [=YouTube=] channel.

Had a sequel in the works, named ''Superman: Agent of Batman'', which focuses on Clark teaming with the Dark Knight to take down a rogue Justice League. While the actual comic fell through, Landis has begun sharing his outlines for the story and the rest of his Kryptonian Epic concept on his YouTube channel.

Has a sequel in the works, named ''Superman: Agent of Batman'', which focuses on Clark teaming with the Dark Knight to take down a rogue Justice League.

* ClarkKenting: Pete lampshades the fact that Clark has "Superman's haircut, Superman's height, Superman's... ''everything''", and that everyone would see the resemblance if it weren't for the glasses. Clark remarks that the only response taking them off gets is "You look just like Superman."

* BringMyBrownPants: One of Clark's first attempts at superheroing results in a criminal pissing himself.

** Jimmy Olsen is black in this story.

* MindScrew: [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Mxyzptlk}}'s cameo in Issue 3's epilogue points out some screwy things about the comic medium. Like how his name doesn't actually have an official pronunciation only interpretations, he doesn't have a voice but the readers can still somehow hear him , and his form constantly shifts in an invoked case of DependingOnTheArtist.]]

** In a back-up story, Jimmy Olsen gives one to Perry White for wanting to help suppress the revelation that the thought-dead Harvey Dent is actually the "Two-Faced Killer".

* FieryRedhead: Averted with Barbara Minerva, who is more observant and deductive unlike the other invited in Bruce Wayne's yacht, who immediately believe that Clark is Bruce Wayne. It's also hinted a bit of BrokenBird throw-in.

* MindScrew: [[spoiler:Mxyzptlk's cameo in Issue 3's epilogue points out some screwy things about the comic medium. Like how his name doesn't actually have an official pronunciation only interpretations, he doesn't have a voice but the readers can still somehow hear him , and his form constantly shifts in an invoked case of DependingOnTheArtist.]]

** Ra's al Ghul briefly appears mentoring Bruce Wayne.
** Clark encounters Dick Grayson in a [=LexCorp=] daycare.

** Also justified with Deathstroke. The otherwise-competent assassin is completely blindsided by his target not being who he thinks he is, and gets both his sword broken and Clark ''flicks'' him off the boat. To make it worse for him, the entire confrontation is PlayedForLaughs.

** Pete Ross's chewing out Clark appears to be one towards Superman writers who tend to focus more on his alien identity rather than his growing up on human ideals.

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* AdaptationalWimp: Justified in that Clark was still developing his powers, thus his invulnerability is not as strong as it will be. That is why as a teenager he noticeably bleeds and grimaces when shot by gangsters and is unable to do more than weakly beg them to stop.

* ClarkKenting: When questioned on the effectiveness of the glasses, Clark remarks that the only response taking them off gets is "You look just like Superman."

* FieryRedhead: Averted with Barbara Minerva, who is more observant and deductive unlike the other invited in Bruce Wayne's yach, who immediately believe that Clark is Bruce Wayne. It's also hinted a bit of BrokenBird throw-in.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Clark is told by Pete and Kenny that he should [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague team up with Batman and other superheroes]].
** Clark being mistaken for Bruce Wayne appears to be this to the future stories where Superman and Batman successfully impersonate each other.

* IdenticalStranger: Everyone in Bruce Wayne's yach (sans Barbara Minerva) mistake Clark Kent with Bruce Wayne.

** Barbara Minerva is the only one in #3 that realizes Clark is not Bruce Wayne in the yacht of the latter, but she keeps this as secret and even encourages Clark to suplant Bruce Wayne in the party.
* SecretSecretKeeper: It's implied that Barbara Minerva becomes aware about Clark's powers, even if she doesn't say nothing about this.

** In a back-up story, Jimmy Olson gives one to Perry White for wanting to help suppress the revelation that the thought-dead Harvey Dent is actually the "Two-Faced Killer".

** Barbara Minerva is the only one in #3 that realizes Clark is not Bruce Wayne is the yacht of the latter, but she keeps this as secret and even encourages Clark to suplant Bruce Wayne in the party.

** Barbara Minerva is the only one in #3 that realizes Clark is not Bruce Wayne is the yacht of the former, but she keeps this as secret and even encourages Clark to suplant Bruce Wayne in the party.

* SecretKeeper: Pete Ross and another childhood friend named Kenny knew about Clark's powers since at least high school.

** PowerPerversionPotential is subverted with Clark's X-ray vision. As a teen, he admits to using it on people at first but he found that human bodies don't look very sexy when wearing clothes, being all "weird" and "smushed".

* AlternateContinuity: Basically an {{Elseworld}} but not published under that label.

** PowerPerversionPotential is subverted with Clark's X-ray vision. As a teen, he admits to using it on people at first but he found that human bodies don't look very sexy when wearing clothes, being all "smushed".
** Batman vs Superman goes almost exactly how one expects a normal man going up against a near-invincible demigod to go.
** Clark attempts to fly to the moon after a heated argument with Pete Ross. However, atmospheric decompression screws with his breathing, causing him to suffocate. Even if he's invulnerable, Clark still needs to breathe like everyone else.

** PowerPerversionPotential is subverted with Clark's X-ray vision since it makes him more bored of nudity than anything else even when he's going through puberty. It's similar to nudists who learn to see nudity as non-sexual out of sheer banality.