How about another #Elseworlds #SupermanAnalogue, this time from the FUCKING AWESOME 1-shot "Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone" by Adam Warren? Let's talk about Hikarimono, aka Dead Pretty Boy. 
Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone was a one shot about some far off future colony with a goddamn out there style which frankly could be the future of our world or a comic timeline... Who knows? It's so far in the future that comics are considered a form of mythology
The sort of lead, Jama, is able to utilize any magic system, regardless of legitimacy, so when she has a premonition of a disaster she decides to emulate a form of mythology that always have a happy ending: super hero lore.
She decides to recruit a team to emulate the legendary Titans. Hikarimono was selected to be their "Starfire". Now, not only have we talked about Starfire in this series, in the book an AI modelled after Batman compares him to Superman.
Hikarimono is the fusion of a human corpse with an alien energy entity that has taken refuge while on a cosmic pilgrimage. He notes that even while dormant, the entity is incredibly powerful. It also has a cool energy effect where the scars all over his body radiate energy!
Anyway, "Dead Pretty Boy" (all the code names are tongue in cheek) does an amazing job battling advanced bioengineered military weapons, with beautiful pages conveying his over the top action while the terrestrial teammates defend the civilians, just as a team book should be.
Anyway, great book! Full of manga style action with Western comics references and tons of philosophy and religion references buried throughout!
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