Poll Do you think Superman's story would be far more interesting if he had some of Omniman's backstory? (21 votes)
So this is just an idea of some possible changes to Superman's origin story, that could make for a more interesting character. So let start from beginning, what if Krypton was not destroyed, but instead Superman's people were much like the Vultrimites, that conquered other planets and incorporated them into their empire. We can even say that Krptonians did this through a combination of their natural abilities under a yellow sun, as well as, their advance tech.
Just like on Invincible, a Kryptonian realized how barbaric the empire was, and decided to rebel. We could say that Jor-El and Lara-El were such Kryptonians, and realizing they could not escape the empire, secretly constructed a rocket to help their son escape. We can even take inspiration from Man of Steel, and show them being found out by Zod, who kills Clark's parent, but is too late to stop the rocket from escaping the planet. And without knowing the trajectory or final destination, is unable to find him, and doesn't bother looking.
Clark crash lands in Smallville, Kansas, and is raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent. His development and time on earth follows much the same as in the original timeline.
Clark grows up and eventually finds out about his Kryptonian heritage. But, his father wanting him to avoid being entangled with the Kyrptonian empire, lies to him about his people being destroyed from the planet exploding.
Clark's uncle, Zor-El, eventually figures out where Clark's rocket had landed, and sends his daughter, Kara-Zor-El, to bring him back to the empire. A bloody battle ensues on Earth, where Clark fights his cousin, and finds out that he is not the last son of Krypton. He finds out from her, that years of conquest had resulted in Krypton's enemies decimating their population through biological warfare, and they are now reduced to a few 100. Clark is shaken by this information, but hold his resolve and he defeats his cousin, and eventually imprisons her. Clark then spends many months trying to convince his cousin that there is more to life than conquest, strength and glory. But she resists him, and calls him a traitor for turning is back on his own people.
We can then have a fight set up between Clark an Zod by utilizing, the growth codex plot from Man of Steele. We can state that Lara and Zor-El being worried about their daughter's long departure to Earth, became worried that she was captured or possibility killed. They inform Zod of Clark's presence on Earth, as well as, dispatching their daughter to the planet to retrieve their nephew. They also manipulate Zod by informing him about the growth codex on Clark's ship, that has the potential to repopulate their race. Zod hearing this sets out conquest for Earth and retrieval of the codex.
Zod's forces are met with resistance by the Justice League, the military and other Earth base heroes. Amoral decisions are made by Zod during the conflict for the sake of victory. These decisions eventually result in the loss of many Kryptonians, include Supergirl's parents, which results in a large % of Kryptonian switching sides and fighting on behalf of Earth.
When the war ends, Zod and those extremely loyal to him are imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. The remaining Kryptonians that helped save Earth are given the option to leave or stay. Some choose to stay on Earth, assimilate among the humans and live out life as normal people. Others decide to become heroes in their own rights. While some choose to take to the stars and make amends for what they've done during their years of conquest.
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