10 Comics Fan Theories Rejected By The Creators

10. Superman Was Replaced With A Sand Duplicate

In the Superman story, The Sandman, the Man of Steel battles a silicon-based double of himself. Superman gradually loses each of his powers while the doppelgänger obtains more and more of the Kryptonian's abilities. After it obtains all of the Man of Steel's powers, the sand-duplicate dies.

However, some readers hypothesised that Superman himself died after losing his powers and his double replaced him. This fan-theory is plausible because it could potentially explain future stories about Superman.

One month after this story was published, Doomsday debuted and killed Superman. When he came back to life, readers theorised that Doomsday killed the sand duplicate and the "resurrected" Superman was the real one.

However, it was revealed that the resurrected Superman was the real deal and he had returned to life using Kryptonian technology.

But the fan-theory didn't stop there. One year later, Superman found the body... of another Superman! The Eradicator validated this body as the real Superman, strengthening the sand-duplicate theory.

When the writer of the story, Walt Simonson, was asked if there was any truth to this concept, he dismissed it, saying, "All I can really say about this matter is that nothing I could say would be as interesting as the article."