Who Is Supreme? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Supreme is a Image comic book character, the alter ego of Ethan Thomas Crane, with over 165 comic issue appearances. The equivalent of Superman in Rob Liefeld's comic book universe.

Who is Supreme?

Creation Youngblood issue #3 Originally, Supreme was created by artist Rob Liefeld as a violent, arrogant version of Superman for his independent comic book line Image Comics . However, after 40 issues he handed to reigns of the character over to Alan Moore . Much like his work on Swamp Thing and Marvelman , Alan Moore wiped aside all pre-existing character continuity for Supreme. Moore is reported to have said that before he took over, the comic was “not very good.” He then reinvented Supreme not as a violent clone, but as a loving tribute to Silver Age era Superman. Heavily influenced by Mort Weisinger , the writer of Superman during the 50s and 60s, Moore used his run on Supreme to explore the Superman mythos. Each issue explored cliches and gimmicks that made the old Superman stories endearing. In one of the first stories he penned for the character, Supreme discovered that he was literally just the most recent incarnation of a character that had undergone several revisions. All of the past versions of Supreme lived in a specific reality called the Supremacy .

Key facts

Supreme is of human origin. The character is published by Image. With 165 recorded issue appearances, Supreme ranks among the most featured characters in comics.