The Emerald City

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• The Last Son of Krypton by The_Author

  Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Superman (Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  09 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Lex Luthor/Erica Alexandra Del Portenza
  • Jonathan "Pa" Kent/Martha Kent
  • Clark Kent
  • Lex Luthor
  • Jonathan "Pa" Kent
  • Martha Kent
  • Erica Alexandra Del Portenza
  • Pete Ross
  • Lana Lang
  • Lionel Luthor
  • Winslow Schott Sr.
  • Ultra-Humanite
  • Lena Luthor
  • Alternate Universe - Historical
  • Historical References
  • World War I
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • Flappers
  • Smallville Kansas (DCU)
  • Kryptonite (DCU)
  • Clark Kent Needs a Hug
  • Young Clark Kent
  • Lex Luthor Being an Asshole
  • Lex Luthor Needs a Hug
  • Kryptonite Poisoning (DCU)

  Summary

  He lands in Kansas in 1916, traveling over 6,000 lightyears.

   

  While Clark Kent grows up in the wheat fields of Smallville, weak and sickly and not quite human, a young Lex Luthor fights in the trenches of France and comes home with a glowing stone in his pocket.

  This is the beginning. Before Superman. Before LexCorp. Before Metropolis.

  This is Book I of "The Emerald City," a historical Superman series that reimagines Krypton’s fall and America’s rise across the 20th century. "The Last Son of Krypton" covers 1916 to 1929.

  Featuring: a Jewish Martha Kent, early industrial denialism, the KKK in Kansas, glow-in-the-dark toys, Lex and Erica's roaring 1920s love affair, and a very haunted version of the American Dream.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Emerald City

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  13,799

  Chapters:

  3/?

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