Quote Originally Posted by superduperman View Post
I'm curious, and I've never been able to find someone who would know the answer to this, what was Birthright originally supposed to be? Was it going to be DC's version of the Ultimates or was it always intended to be a hard reboot designed to make the books look more like Smallville? It certainly had a lot of elements similar to the show. Lex as schoolmate of Clark's. Lana as cheerleader with another boyfriend. Clark as outcast who hides his powers. Birthright was far and away my favorite Superman origin and I'm really disappointed it didn't work out.
It was originally supposed to be kind of Ultimate-like, yeah. I know it was expanded by about 4 issues and the original outline was for 8. The Luthor stuff accounted for most of the added stuff. My IMPRESSION as a reader was that it was basically Waid's go at a Superman screenplay.