Superman's Metropolis (One-Shot)

is a DC Comics comic book "Elseworlds" publication and the first part in a trilogy based on classics of German Expressionist cinema. It was written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier and Roy Thomas, and illustrated by Ted McKeever. The story of Superman's Metropolis is "patterned" after Fritz Lang's film .

Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow." Unlike its Marvel Comics counterpart What If...?, which bases its stories on a single point of divergence from the regular continuity, most Elseworlds stories instead take place in entirely self-contained continuities whose only connection to the canon DC continuity are the presence of familiar DC characters. --

Forget Tim Burton's Batman, just think about Fritz Lang's Superman. That's right, writers Jean-Marc Lofficier and Roy Thomas and edgy expressionist artist Ted McKeever present an "Elseworlds" story in which Clark Kent and Superman inhabit the world of Lang's Metropolis. Even if you're not familiar with the Lang film, this book is worth it for the stunning and creepy McKeever art, presented in full color on high-quality, glossy paper. --

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