1. Superman One Million
DC ComicsWe know we don't half
bang on about DC One Million, but it's no without a good reason. It's because it's really, really good you guys! This JLA crossover story from the late nineties gave us a look at the far-flung future of the DC Universe, where metahumans have proliferated across the galaxy, inspired by the heroes of our day. In fact there's a whole team of Supermen that have taken up the red, blue and yellow in the absence of their inspiration, who is presumed dead along with the rest of the modern-day Justice League because...well, it's a million years in the future. Even Facebook won't be around by then. Probably. Hopefully. In fact one of the greatest twists at the end of the story is that Kal-El hasn't gone the way of the Dodo - a Dodo who was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive etc etc - but has gone to live in the sun. Yes, the actual sun. That big old ball of fire that means we have to rub sticky cream all over our bodies so it doesn't roast us alive. The very same sun that gives Superman his powers in the first place, actually, which means that when he finally decides to leave his fiery home for the first time in centuries, he's feeling pretty good about himself. That's putting it mildly: where the Last Son of Krypton had previously been treated as a god by the rest of humanity, both for his amazing powers and his benevolence, the Superman of DC One Million was an actual god. Not only have his usual powers been boosted to a ridiculous degree thanks to that mega tan he worked on, but when he reappeared he absorbed all the powers of the ancillary Supermen who had taken his place, meaning he had basically every superpower known to man (or at least to writer Grant Morrison), including a immunity to long-time Man of Steel weakness Kryptonite. And he got a Green Lantern ring. So Superman One Million could do absolutely anything - including reconstituting a long-dead Lois Lane out of thin air - and couldn't be killed. We're pretty sure that's a god, and a neat way of extrapolating the way Kal-El is worshipped in modern-day DC (and DC fandom) to the natural conclusion.