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DC Comics once make a character whose backstory purposely parallel that ofSuperman ’s . confront with the annihilation of their world , two scientist prepare to institutionalize their child away in a garden rocket ship where he will hopefully find another creation where he would expand and populate , dissimilar but never alone . With the fortune that he could even display otherworldly power as a result of the last - instant exodus , their eyes were full of snag as the ship departs , hopeful that they shall live on within his computer storage and his marrow . The child would finally determine the ' Great World ' to call home , and would go by the nameUlysses , the Last Son of Planet Earth . Does this sound conversant ? As it turns out , that is exactly what his creators were going for .
Created by writerGeoff Johnsand artistJohn Romita Jr , the grapheme Ulysses was project with a backstory that intentionally paralleledSuperman ’s pedigree story . InSuperman # 32 , Ulysses re-emerge as a fully - grown adult who wait on Superman in overcome the powerful Klerik who had arrived from Ulysses ' homeworld . Amazed that Earth had not been destruct as he had think for age , Ulysses expose amazing powerfulness and ability that rival Superman but with an purity and naivety that required Superman ’s counseling and input signal .
While investigating Ulysses ' alleged backstory , Superman fix up a tearful reunion with Ulysses parent Neil and Bridget , who confirmed his parentage . They had been scientist working in a secret hush-hush base on projects involving parallel proportion and a sudden workplace incident had lead to the belief that Earth was doomed . They sent their only shaver Neil into an unexplored dimension , where he was discovered by brute of that world who mention him after the company branding present on his ship . They would find out that his trip and the alien standard atmosphere would allot him superhuman abilities which he used to protect his rest home , an idyllic paradise , from threats such as Klerik .
With his foe incarcerated , Neil chose to persist on Earth and assist Superman in fighting superhuman threats but his carrying out begins to show cranny in his otherwise perfect demeanor . offend at the capacity for greed , violence , hate and other savage personality traits within man , Ulysses reveals himself and his backstory to the world and offers to take six million multitude with him aboard ship to his home in the Fourth Dimension . As the ship are flooded with multitude eager to go to another world , Ulysses ' behavior warrants enough mistrust to invoke a opposition with Superman , where the Man of Steel is defeat , imprison , and learns the truth behind Ulysses ' paradise . The Great World is powered by a core that requires to be replenish every ten and Ulysses is sent out to search the other attribute in rescript to find proper nutriment . Klerik is not his enemy but really his father and their fight was stag for gain trust from Earth for lay the fundament for their charge , a mission they have done many time before . Those six million people are not going to a practiced future , they ’re headed for a destiny as fossil fuel so another humanity can inhabit .
Although he argues that him and Superman are above such lofty apotheosis of good and evil , the presence of Neil ’s parents aboard the ships channelise to the Great World manages to win over Neil to free Superman and send everybody back to Earth . However , their activeness result in the destruction of Neil ’s adopt homeworld which sets a vindictive Ulysses hellbent on doing the same to Earth as well . As the two first-rate - powered entities battle throughout Metropolis , Ulysses is only vote down when Superman accidentally uses his " Solar Flare " mogul at the expense of temporarily wiping out his powers . Clark visits an imprison and burn Ulysses and essay to apologize for failing to save Neil ’s homeworld to which his former friend tells him to exit and never repay .
The arc titled " The Men of Tomorrow " was one of the notable gems during the New 52 period in DC Comics . Geoff Johns balanced top - notch natural process and modest yet significant character second , with the help of all - star artist John Romita Jr , in this chronicle of Superman meeting someone who he could truly relate to . Ulysses was one of the few the great unwashed who could understand the loneliness , restraint , and responsibleness that Superman carried and dealt with every sidereal day . When Ulysses ' reliable aim were revealed , Superman ’s right nature is able to sway the former Earth child to aid him but Superman , unfortunately , make a promise he failed to keep .
With the would - be sacrifices repay safely to Earth but Ulysses ' adopted homeworld destroyed , Supermanmust again face the fact that not only he ca n’t relieve everybody but that he is not exempt from nonstarter or the consequences of his failure . He whom once was a friend is now an enemy but in the last , there is a small chance of redemption shown . That hope among all else is paramount to everything important to Superman and although we have n’t seen much ofUlyssessince his debut , there ’s always a luck that this potentially malefic Superman could make an unexpected comeback . Supermen have been get it on toreturn from the dead .
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