Elseworlds: Superman's Metropolis

I'd like to start out this post by asking the question of everyone, what is a metropolis? The dictionary defines it as "a very large city, often the capital or chief urban center of a country, state or region." Chicago has been called the metropolis of the Midwest. And yet there is a obvious division between the citizens of this so called "metropolis", you walk those streets long enough and you'll find the section where the well to do live, and continue walking and you will find the section where the poor and cast off live as well. But there are people who do try and try to make the city come together, so that the citizen's can live together in peace. That is what the main theme of Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film "Metropolis" is based around, social justice. In "Superman's Metropolis", it follows roughly the same pattern, with the same social division between the city's citizens and has the traditional cast of Superman characters. In it, Clarc Kent-son, the son of Jon Kent, the great architect and Master of Metropolis, becomes aware of the social injustice when he falls in love with Lois, a beautiful teacher from the undercity and he comes to see the horrors that the workers suffer. He goes to his father and begs him to right these wrongs, but after investigation comes to realize the real master of the city it Lutor, an old colleague of his father's who has used advanced hypnosis to make Jon his slave. Clarc discovers when his father lays dying, betrayed by Lutor that he was a foundling, adopted by Jon. Lutor placed mental blocks on Clarc and blanked his mind to make him forget his powers. Fearing a social revolution, Lutor kidnaps Lois and builds a robot named Futura, modeled after her to lead the workers to their doom. After breaking the blocks, Clarc becomes the Super-Man, the savior of Metropolis, fights and defeats Futura and Lutor and with Lois as his wife, become the new enlightened rulers of Metropolis. An excellent book for anyone who enjoys classic films as much as I do, and also loves reading about Superman too. I highly recommend this book to people.