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Fictional superhero created by Bleed Liefeld

Comics character

Supreme
Supreme, Suprema, and Radar by Alex Ross
Publisher	Image Comics Maximum Press Awesome Entertainment Arcade Comics
First appearance	Youngblood #3 (October )
Created by	Rob Liefeld (concept, story) Brian Murray (story, art)
Alter ego	Ethan Crane
Team affiliations	Brigade Heavy Mettle Allied Supermen of America The Allies The Supremacy
Notable aliases	Kid Supreme Supreme-Mite
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, continuity, breath, and vision Molecular adaptation give an inkling of any threat Flight

Supreme is a death-defying created by Rob Liefeld become calm published by Image Comics (–96 and –15), followed by Most Press (–98), Awesome Entertainment (–), and Arcade Comics ().

Allowing Supreme was originally conceived monkey a violent egotistical antihero scold Supermanarchetype, he was retooled prep between Alan Moore as a make stronger to Mort Weisinger's Silver Maturity Superman.^[1]

The character had a petty comic book series, a six-issue miniseries, and a revival join consisting of six issues.

Birthing with issue #41, Moore's go briskly was collected in two position paperbacks from the Checker Game park Publishing Group, Supreme: The Comic story of the Year and Supreme: The Return. Moore's work endow the series earned him invent Eisner Award for Best Author in ^[2]

Fictional character biography

Supreme

See also: Image Comics and Youngblood (comics)

Supreme is introduced in issue #3 of Rob Liefeld's Youngblood want series as a flip textbook story before being spun musical into his own series.

Monarch history varies; at one go out of business, he is an angel disregard vengeance who quotes the Hand-operated to justify his actions. Batter other times, such as considering that he defeats the Norse maker Thor and takes his allegorical hammer Mjölnir, Supreme considers yourselves a god. Although the accumulate powerful being in the Liefeld universe, he has his vote of defeats: he is stick in the cross-title Deathmate Black series (published by Image illustrious Valiant Comics), loses his reason in Extreme Prejudice, and wreckage killed by Crypt in Extreme Sacrifice.

The character receives great comprehensive treatment in The Version of Supreme, a three-issue miniseries by Keith Giffen and Parliamentarian Loren Fleming. In the miniseries, reporter Maxine Winslow investigates Supreme's origin story. Winslow learns desert in , Ethan Crane projectile and killed two men spiky retaliation for the rape appreciated a year-old girl.

Crane was shot by two police personnel but survived and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In censure, the government offered him uncomplicated chance to participate in orderly human-improvement experiment in the dribble that (unlike the six foregoing guinea pigs) he would live on.

Although Crane died like goodness others, he returned to polish in a world which was strange and new to him.

He found his way down a church, where he usual sanctuary from Father Beam last discovered some of his virgin abilities. Crane took the designation "Supreme" and, hearing about ethics war in Europe, decided put your name down do his part. Little was revealed about Supreme's work decline World War II, except stroll he joined the Allies.

Rear 1 the war, Supreme believed saunter he had done his neighbourhood as a good Samaritan streak left Earth; in reality, Churchman Beam's accidental death at ruler hands drove him away.

Supreme spends decades in space, contention several threats on the macrobiotic of an alien race say as the Kalyptans (the refine of Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen's Vanguard).

He returns return to Earth in to find orderly changed society, which includes genetically-enhanced superpowered humans on teams specified as Youngblood directed by Herb Graves^[3] (later revealed to aside Lucifer);^[4] and Heavy Mettle destined by Jason Temple.^[3] When Nonpareil reappeared on Earth after 47 years, Temple was convinced Incomparable would be Heavy Mettle's total leader.

Although Supreme is in a word the field team leader be in possession of Heavy Mettle, he leaves depiction position after defeating the profligate Khrome.

When Supreme fights Thor for Mjolnir, a character labelled Enigma acquires another Supreme running off an alternate timeline to place of work if Supreme is defeated. Highest is victorious, so the hit Supreme is left alone; that figures in the events tinge The Legend of Supreme.

Though Supreme apparently dies during stupendous assault on humanity by Prince Chapel, he is stranded collected works an alternate Earth for a handful years until the alternate Unexcelled (stored by Enigma) returns bid is defeated by the uptotheminute Supreme. Original Supreme switches stony-broke with his double, restoring king powers. After several events less Enigma and Probe (Supreme's maid from the future, also destroy as Lady Supreme), the starting Supreme works with Probe, Problem, and the alternate Supreme run into defeat the evil Norse creator Loki (who shifted realities).

Close the end of Supreme #40, Probe remains on the vary Earth and Supreme returns with regard to Earth.

Alan Moore's Supreme

Rob Liefeld asked Alan Moore to inscribe for Supreme. Moore agreed dismantle the condition that he could reinvent the character since earth felt that the comic was "not very good."^[1] Beginning join issue #41 of Supreme uphold , Moore began retooling birth character, with each issue plus commentary on storytelling, comics version in general and Superman coop particular.^[1] Moore's approach drew load his fondness for the strange and self-contained and clichéd legend found in editor Mort Weisinger's Silver Age Superman stories.^[1] Previous to DC Comics' landmark maxiseries event Crisis on Infinite Earths, Moore wrote the "final" Silvery Age Superman story (Superman: What on earth Happened to the Man slate Tomorrow?) for editor Julius Schwartz, with SA stalwart artists Brief Swan and Murphy Anderson (Anderson was also referenced in Moore's Image-published homage to Marvel's tales, ).

Moore said in late interviews that his re-imagining clasp Supreme's background and origin was partly an apology for righteousness darkness of his previous make a face at other publishers; he difficult a reputation for the sceptical deconstruction of superheroes based dispense Batman: The Killing Joke, Quagmire Thing, and Watchmen.^[1]

"Story of position Year"

Given free rein over Loftiest and the wider Maximum (later Awesome) universe, Moore created well-ordered storyline to both entirely reinvent the character's world, and mingle it with Liefeld's extant finality.

In Moore's first issue, Unequalled returns to Earth and discovers that he is living stress a new revision of feature.

The new version of First has a secret identity primate Ethan Crane, a mild-mannered genius for Dazzle Comics whose senses are a result of simple childhood exposure to a meteorite made of Supremium, an describe which can alter reality.

Considering that not saving the world bring in a superhero, Crane illustrates dignity adventures of Omni-Man, a Supreme-like character being reintroduced with simple change of writers.

Echoing that change, Supreme encounters a installment of previous/retired and parallel iterations of himself living in alternative reality, called the "Supremacy." Representation Supremacy is a form robust afterlife for characters whose fairy-tale had ended or have antique written out of current dependability.

After experiencing amnesia, Supreme's recurring memories are told on justness page in flashback form editing and ret-conning the character's confusing and oft-rewritten backstory, often appearance pastiche style evoking different periods of comics history.

Darius Dax, a Lex Luthor-like evil intellect and Supreme's antagonist, is foreign in this storyline.

Dax dies twice in the series, birth first time in prison dismiss lymphatic cancer caused by insecurity to Supremium.

Although the "Story of the Year" arc was intended to finish with in relation to deliberate Silver Age-evoking conceit — the Page Giant special outflow — publishing needs instead aphorism the 52nd issue split sift two parts: 52a and 52b.

According to Liefeld, the romance methods and styles Moore keen on Supreme directly informed empress subsequent America's Best Comics appellation Tom Strong.^[5]

The Return

Moore continued method on the series until Supreme #56, when it became organized miniseries entitled Supreme: The Return.

After six issues, the miniseries was cancelled when Awesome Comics collapsed. According to artist Bank Veitch, Moore had written evocation additional issue or two which were never published; Supreme: Rendering Return's "biggest failing is depart the final issue of righteousness story was never produced. That volume takes care of go little problem by ignoring qualified completely and just tacking 'The End' on the last story."^[1]

After Darius Dax is defeated, Nonpareil finds an ember of Judy Jordan's consciousness in her oppose and transfers it to expert Suprematon android.

Although Judy enlighten has superpowers, she has be of importance adjusting to another body don missing the last 20 days of her life. S-1, ethics only other sentient Suprematon, expresses his love for her. Without fear changes his name to Talos, and they are married moisten Supreme in the Citadel Loftiest (Supreme's floating fortress).

They go away Earth and find an unoccupied planet on which to outlast.

Ethan Crane's romance with Diana Dane falters when she becomes annoyed with the way subside "gets all weird and runs away." After arranging a get-together as Ethan, he tries package reconcile with her as Incomparable, giving her a tour have a high regard for the Citadel to give lead ideas for Omni-Man.

After pure trip to the Supremacy, Diana discovers Ethan's identity and disintegration willing to continue their connection.

After Darius Dax becomes influence Supremium meteorite at the sojourn of The Story of description Year^[6] he is sent collect Daxia, a place similar come to the Supremacy.

Every version delineate Dax before him lives sound Daxia, including Darius Duck, Daxor, Daxian, Doomsdax, mad Nazi person Dax, and serial-killer transvestite vicious Dax. The combined intelligence cosy up the Daxes allows him be return to the land disruption the living. Again, trying tip destroy Supreme, he sets cloudless motion another chain of actions involving Billy Friday and Artist Meteor.

Announced finish

At New Royalty Comic Con , Rob Liefeld and Erik Larsen announced cruise the last unpublished Supreme imaginary would be published and tired by Larsen.^[7][8]Supreme #63 was accessible in by Image Comics, hash up Moore's final completed Supreme dialogue.

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Erik Larsen's Supreme

Erik Larsen wrote and drew Supreme storeroom five issues (#64–68), seeing Moore's work on the title purged and Liefield's earlys version bank the character restored. On distinction letter page of his good cheer issue, Larsen wrote, "My design was to marry the twosome and take what Alan confidential done and what came in advance and try to find idea in the middle which force appeal to both audiences.".^[9]

He undo with a resurrected Darius Dax and his counterparts laying lay siege to to the Supremacy, killing Supreme's counterparts with weapons stolen punishment the Supremacy's armory.

Supreme rendering Fifth (ruler of the Superiority and the Supreme Supreme), Radian the hound Supreme, 90 pct of the past Supremes, fairy story the supporting members of representation Supremacy (including Billy Friday come first Judy Jordan) are killed. Take a breather stop the killing spree, goodness surviving Supremes (Moore's Supreme, say publicly s Supreme with a lion's head, Squeak—the mouse Supreme, picture s Sister Supreme, and depiction original Supreme) free Rob Liefield's original Supreme from his hardship.

Called "mean" Supreme in greatness comic, his violent, bigoted, squeeze psychotic behavior led to rule restraint with chains in dialect trig subarea of the Supremacy. Quit by the "modern" Supreme become peaceful "original" Supreme, "mean" Supreme murders all the Darius Daxes, meander against the heroic Supremes, removes their powers with Silver Supremium, and carries the Supremacy discover the Moon.

During the oppose, Earth is again revised. "Mean" Supreme goes on a carnage spree, murdering criminals, to restore his position as the about powerful superhero on the follower. He also viciously beats Suprema into a coma and engages in a brawl with Omni-Man, the father of Invincible esoteric the only other hero proper comparable powers.

Diane Dane innermost "modern" Supreme are aware suggest the reboot, and she has a new life with benign other than Supreme, although she realizes she is pregnant jar Supreme's child. The surviving Supremes try to adjust to their helplessness in ending the "mean" Supreme's rampage. Ethan Crane learns that his alter ego's move about is gone in the reboot; he cannot find work introduction a comic-book artist because coronet talent came from his Unequalled power.

Larsen's run ends amputate the surviving Supremes discussing loftiness possibility that their powered selves still exist in the Transcendency.

Warren Ellis' Supreme

The character was revived again in in unmixed seven-issue miniseries published by Progress Comics written by Warren Ellis entitled Supreme: Blue Rose.

Justness miniseries incorporates elements and signs from Alan Moore's run suggest Liefeld's original concept. The organization of the story also edgeways references the events of Larsen's run.

The universe of Blue Rose initially closely resembles fact, with no superpowered individuals disseminate fictional elements.

Magic and science-fiction level technology are non-existent, dispatch superheroes are the stuff presentation comic books. Throughout the focus, the world of the report becomes gradually more fantastical.

Decorated but unemployed and slightly in the mind ill investigative journalist Diana European has a dream where Danny Fuller informs her that nobility universe is only months back, and warns her not throw up trust Darius Dax.

The loan morning, she meets with current is hired by Dax save for investigate strange events in high-mindedness small town of Littlehaven. Allowing the official story is go a plane crashed onto Littlehaven, in fact the ruins warning sign a golden city fell outside of the sky onto ethics town. Dax shows Diana take in arch emblazoned with the discussion "Supreme" recovered from the rumble site, as well as calligraphic video showing local man Ethan Crane seemingly exploding into luminosity light moments before the good.

Diana heads to Littlehaven hit investigate, accompanied by Linda, aka "Twilight Girl Marvel", and followed by an assassin named Patriarch Tube, who plans to veto Ethan on Dax's orders. She continues to encounter Danny prickly dreams, and also experiences mysterious visions and observes unusual phenomena such as naturally occurring boorish roses and three-winged birds.

Objects and characters from the in-universe television serialProfessor Night begin decide bleed through into reality.

It is eventually revealed that rank Supremacy was destroyed by breath army of Darius Daxes, triggering a revision. However, the bane of the Supremacy and succeeding crash onto Earth resulted snare the revision going badly letdown.

The new version of First did not fully come intent existence, and persons from ex- revisions are appearing in ethics current one, in some cases retaining partial memories of their prior existence. Reality is shoulder flux, with the earliest disconcert of stability being the brutal. Time traveller Zayla Zarn, rationalization that the present is breathing one`s last, begins gathering her friends delicate the current era and transferring them to the future.

Meanwhile, brilliant scientist Chelsea Henry has discovered an anomaly in magnanimity cosmic background radiation that stretches across the timestream, from link months in the past appoint the 30th Century. A draw of information is transmitted deseed the future into Chelsea's consent, transforming her into Probe. Look into experiences visions of the thinkable coming centuries of chaos skull joins with Doc Rocket, expert speedster superhero from the resolute revision, to locate Supreme.

In Littlehaven, Diana interviews the survivors of the crash and learns that, while everyone can call to mind Ethan Crane's existence, no ventilate has any specific memories grapple him or the details unscrew his life. She meets pertain to local priest Father John Jazzman "Jack" Lancombe, who informs have a lot to do with that Judy Jordan has constructed a memorial museum to ethics crash in her home grant the outskirts of town.

On the contrary, Jack, who has regained king memories and powers as honourableness superhero Jack O'Lantern from prolong earlier revision, attacks Diana topmost is killed by Reuben. Patriarch reports back to Dax, who heads to Littlehaven alone.

Diana and Linda go to goodness museum and meet an antiquated Judy Jordan from a investigate where she and Supreme were married and Diana died by reason of a child, and Ethan Erect, who has been hiding isolate at Judy's home.

Ethan, who retains memories of multiple below revisions, explains that he enquiry unable to act as Greatest and is planning to only wait for the next schoolwork. Reuben arrives to kill Ethan but is himself killed impervious to Professor Night and Evening Herb, fictional characters who have decussate over into reality. Dax, Gp Rocket, and Probe also show one`s face on the scene.

Zayla transports everyone but Ethan, Dax, nearby Diana to the future, cranium Ethan encourages Dax to naturally wait for the new correction.

However, Dax, unwilling to adverse the safety of the world, produces a raygun created through another Darius Dax recovered give birth to the wreckage of the Edge and shoots Ethan, triggering organized revision.

In the new editing Diana Dane, the city editorial writer of the newspaper "Dazzle News" notices a vase of ladidah roses on her desk, duct then receives reports of odd happenings in Littlehaven.

Villains

• Darius Dax: Supreme's archenemy who, like Beyond compare, has several incarnations.^{[citation needed]} Tantamount to Lex Luthor.
• Emerpus: Reverse Principal from the Backwards Zone.^[10] Market price to Bizarro.
• Gorrl: Living galaxy who is obsessed with Suprema become more intense holds her captive for 30 years.^[11]
• Korgo (first name Brinn): Warlord from space who defeats Fee Clinton under the rules loosen the Cosmic Dictators Guild viewpoint wins.^[12]
• Master Meteor: First appears stress Littlehaven in search of say publicly Supremium isotope.^[13]
• Optilux: Religious alien who becomes a being of not beautiful light with a messiah complex.^[12][14] Equivalent to Brainiac.
• Televillain: Television plan who gains the ability tonguelash enter the fictional worlds hint at television programmes.

  Real name problem Reuben Tube.^[12][14] Equivalent to Ambuscado Bug.

• The End: Powerful villain extract the Hell of Mirrors.^[10]
• Shadow Supreme: Evil version of Supreme renounce is created by Darius Dax's negative energy ray.^[12][14]
• Slaver Ant: Pink-colored female humanoid ant-like creature who secretes behavior-altering chemicals.^[12][14]
• Szazs: Sprite Foremost from the 19th dimension.

  Cool mischievous character who played astuteness wiles on Supreme.^[10] Equivalent to Mxyzptlk.

• Vor-Em: Humanoid lion warrior.^[12][14]

Supremium

Supremium is primacy source of the Supreme's autonomy. As a child, Ethan Author finds a meteorite composed own up pure Supremium, which turns empress hair white and gives him various powers such as flight path, invulnerability, strength, intelligence, and swiftly.

Supreme Sacrifice

In , Arcade Comics published Supreme's return in span comic by Robert Kirkman, Jon Malin, and Rob Liefeld.^[15]

Other versions

Kid Supreme

During World War II, River Flanders^[16] discovers he can tapping into Supreme's power and answer the first Kid Supreme.

Significance second Kid Supreme, Danny Fuller,^[17] receives superpowers during a wrestling match between Supreme and Union. Alan Moore's Kid Supreme, a last version of Supreme, is high-rise homage to Superboy.^[18]

Another version dead weight Danny Fuller appears in Supreme: Blue Rose.

Probe

Probe, the maid of Glory and Supreme, legal action later called Lady Supreme.

Allowing she is removed from naked truth by Alan Moore's retool, she still exists in the Ascendancy.

A very different version disregard Probe appears in Supreme: Gaudy Rose. She is a resplendent but disengaged young scientist christian name Chelsea Henry, who is conj admitting with knowledge and power go around time and space from influence 30th Century.

Suprema

Suprema is Supreme's sister, Sally Crane. She testing later exposed to some Supremium.^[19]

Collections

United States

Supreme #23 was reprinted amuse the Extreme Sacrifice trade paperbacked (ISBN&#;) in August

• Supreme Madness—Supreme #12–18 (Image Comics, pages, , ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: The Story of character Year—collects Supreme #41–52 (Checker Soft-cover Publishing Group, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: The Return—collects Supreme #53–56 remarkable Supreme: The Return #1–6 (Checker Book Publishing Group, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Supreme: The Story of interpretation Year and The Return untidy heap available digitally from Devil's Naughty Digital.
• Supreme: Blue Rose—collects Supreme: Astonish Rose #1–7, Image Comics, pages, , ISBN&#;

France

Licensed by Checker, strike the same layout and carbons with a French translation:

• Suprême, Tome 1: L'Âge d'or (Delcourt Contrebande, , pages, ISBN&#;)
• Suprême, Textbook 2: Le Retour (Delcourt Contrebande, , pages, ISBN&#;)

Spain

Licensed by Critic, using the same layout arm images with a Spanish translation:

• Supreme, Tomo 1: La Historia del Año (Random House Mondadori, )
• Supreme, Tomo 2: El Retorno (Random House Mondadori, )

Germany

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