Superman Analogues: The High

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Case Aiken's a big fan of Superman (if you couldn't tell)! He's got a lot to say about the characters who are based on him or who fit the same archetype! This week, we're talking about The High, a Superman who decided that he was going to change the world for the better or die trying!

Find the original thread here: https://twitter.com/CaseAiken/status/1072262857738338304?s=19

Original text: Warren Ellis is responsible for a large number of Superman analogues, so I wanted to take a moment today to discuss a more obscure one: The High
The High was a character introduced for the "Change or Die" story arc in Stormwatch, which was a explicitly UN sponsored team of super heroes with a very globalist perspective (It was jarring the first time I read it that America was often the bad guy).
Here, The High, who is as classic a Superman analogue as possible, what with his Red and Blue color scheme but Captain Marvel style military costume, emerges after decades of contemplation and tells the world that he's going to fix it whether the people in charge want it or not.
He assembles a group of very Justice League like heroes with a shared desire to rip apart the status quo and use their powers to make the world what they think is a better place.
Stormwatch is sent in to protect that status quo, but when they begin to find a peaceful resolution, their superiors decide that they can't allow people with such dangerous ideas go free, so they drop a chemical weapon on site killing everyone who wasn't immunized (our heroes).
This leads to a very big shake up in the book, eventually leading to it being ended and relaunched as "The Authority". However, The High was Ellis first telling that story of proactive superhumans making the world a better place and the people in charge of our world fearing that
The High has shown up since, but it's after the golden age of Wildstorm books that Alan Moore ushered in, and Warren Ellis and Mark Millar perfected. Even if you don't know anything about the now defunct Wildstorm universe or Stormwatch, "Change or Die" is a worthwhile read.

Image 1 – StormWatch Vol 1 #48 – Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
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2 – StormWatch: Change or Die TPB Cover – Art by Tom Raney
Image 3 – StormWatch Vol 1 #37 - Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
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4 – “Golden Age High”, I think from StormWatch Vol 1 #37 or #38 - Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
Image 5 – StormWatch Vol 1... Somewhere between issues 37 and 48. I forget the exact issue. Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
Image 6 – “The Changers”, StormWatch Vol 1 #48 – Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
Image 7 - StormWatch Vol 1 #37 Cover - Pencils by Tom Raney, Inks by Randy Elliott, Colors by Gina Going
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8 – StormWatch Vol. 2 TPB – Cover by Bryan Hitch
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9 – The Authority #1 – Art by Bryan Hitch
Image 10 – The High, Poster Art by Darick Robertson
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11 – The Authority Vol. 5 (That can’t be right…) #20 – Art by Al Barrionuevo
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12 – Planetary Vol. 1 #11 – Art by John Cassaday
Image 13 – (Same as 2) StormWatch: Change or Die TPB Cover – Art by Tom Raney

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