Last Son of Krypton is a novel written by Elliot S! Maggin and based on the DC Comics character Superman.
Last Son of Krypton is Elliot S! Maggin's first Superman novel. It tells the "life story" of Superman; from his birth on the planet Krypton, to his childhood in Smallville and his career as Superboy, to his arrival in Metropolis and his career as Superman. The main antagonist in this story is a mysterious alien ruler with ties to Superman's past. Superman and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor must join forces to retrieve a document written by Albert Einstein and stop the alien ruler.
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Last Son of Krypton e-book (http://aphaynai-mataion.nu/thebook/lsok_contents.php)
Maggin wrote LastSon prior to DC's revitalization of the Superman character, done in the 1980s with both the Crisis on Infinite Earths series and John Byrne's landmark Man of Steel limited series.
LastSon was probably more palatable for readers at the time it came out.
Perhaps LastSon would come across better if it was judged purely on its own merit, and not viewed through the prism of two decades of change in society and the comic book characters.
Kalibak, son of Darkseid, arrives in Metropolis to kill Superman, and subsequently show his ability as a warrior to his father.
Believing this is his own past, Bizarro constructs a "Krypton" in downtown Metropolis with the intent to blow it up in the same manner that Krypton exploded.
While Superman is exploring the remains of his home world of Krypton, he finds a teenage girl who is the last survivor of Argos, a sister planet of Krypton who's civilization was destoyed when Krypton exploded.
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