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Superman: A Nation Divided is a one-shot published in 1999.
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Synopsis for "Superman: A Nation Divided"
Appearing in "Superman: A Nation Divided"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Atticus Kent) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Jeremiah
- Joesphus Kent (Flashback and main story)
- Sarah Kent (Flashback and main story)
- Jor-El (Flashback and main story)
- Lara Lor-Van (Flashback and main story)
- Abraham Lincoln
- Frederick Douglass
- Ulysses S. Grant
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Confederate
- Confederate States Army
- John C. Pemberton
- J.E.B. Stuart
- Jefferson Davis
- Union
- William T. Sherman
- George Armstrong Custer
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Union Army
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- Reprinted in Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1.
- In Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths, the setting of Superman: A Nation Divided was canonically sets in Earth-1863.
Trivia
- Lincoln's exasperated response to General Ulysses Grant's letter regarding to Superman and saying "Has Grant been drinking?" is a reference to Grant's perceived alcoholism that was greatly exaggerated by his detractors.
- Frederick Douglass mentions the Siege of Port Hudson and Battle of Milliken's Bend. Black Union soldiers participated in these battles, a fact which influenced their military recognition.
- At Ford's Theatre, Superman and Lincoln attended a performance of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, while historically the performance was Our American Cousin.
- Atticus' new frontier attire and his silver horse is an implied reference that he becomes this world's Lone Ranger, the heroic former Texas Ranger.
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