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Fictional superhero created by Rob Liefeld

Supreme is a superhero created by Rob Liefeld and published by Image Comics (1992–96 and 2012–15), followed by Maximum Press (1996–98), Awesome Entertainment (1999–2000), and Arcade Comics (2006). Although Supreme was originally a violent, egotistical Superman archetype, he was retooled by Alan Moore as a tribute to Mort Weisinger's Silver Age Superman. The character had a 56 issue comic book series, a six issue miniseries, and a revival in 2012 consisting of six issues. Beginning with issue #41, Moore's run was collected in two trade paperbacks from the Checker Book Publishing Group, Supreme: The Story of the Year and Supreme: The Return. Moore's work on the series earned him an Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1997.

Supreme is introduced in issue #3 of Rob Liefeld's Youngblood limited series as a flip book story before being spun off into his own series. His history varies; at one point, he is an angel of vengeance who quotes the Bible to justify his actions. At other times, such as when he defeats the Norse god Thor and takes his mystical hammer Mjölnir, Supreme considers himself a god. Although the most powerful being in the Liefeld universe, he has his share of defeats: he is killed in the cross title Deathmate Black series (published by Image and Valiant Comics), loses his powers in Extreme Prejudice, and is killed by Crypt in Extreme Sacrifice. The character receives a comprehensive treatment in The Legend of Supreme, a three issue miniseries by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming. In the miniseries, reporter Maxine Winslow investigates Supreme's origin story. Winslow learns that in 1937, Ethan Crane shot and killed two men in retaliation for the rape of a 15 year old girl. Crane was shot by two police officers but survived and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In prison, the government offered him a chance to participate in a human improvement experiment in the hope that (unlike the six previous guinea pigs) he would survive. Although Crane died like the others, he returned to life in a world which was strange and new to him. He found his way to a church, where he received sanctuary from Father Beam and discovered some of his new abilities. Crane took the name "Supreme" and, hearing about the war in Europe, decided to do his part. Little was revealed about Supreme's work in World War II, except that he joined the Allies. After the war, Supreme believed that he had done his part as a good Samaritan and left Earth; in reality, Father Beam's accidental death at his hands drove him away. Supreme spends decades in space, fighting several threats on the side of an alien race known as the Kalyptans (the race of Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen's Vanguard). He returns to Earth in 1992 to find a changed society, which includes genetically enhanced superpowered humans on teams such as Youngblood directed by Alexander Graves (later revealed to be Lucifer); and Heavy Mettle directed by Jason Temple.

Moore continued working on the series until Supreme #56, when it became a miniseries entitled Supreme: The Return. After six issues, the miniseries was cancelled when Awesome Comics collapsed. According to artist Rick Veitch, Moore had written an additional issue or two which were never published; Supreme: The Return "biggest failing is that the final issue of the story was never produced. This volume takes care of that little problem by ignoring it completely and just tacking 'The End' on the last story." he is sent to Daxia, a place similar to the Supremacy. Every version of Dax before him lives in Daxia, including Darius Duck, Daxor, Daxian, Doomsdax, mad Nazi scientist Dax, and serial killer transvestite 1980s Dax. The combined intelligence of the Daxes allows him to return to the land of the living. Again, trying to destroy Supreme, he sets in motion another chain of events involving Billy Friday and Master Meteor.

At New York Comic Con 2011, Rob Liefeld and Erik Larsen announced that the last unpublished Supreme stories would be published and drawn by Larsen. Supreme #63 was published in 2012 by Image Comics, with Moore's final completed Supreme script.

Erik Larsen wrote and drew Supreme for five issues (#64–68), seeing Moore's work on the title purged and Liefield's early 1990s version of the character restored. On the letter page of his first issue, Larsen wrote, "My thought was to marry the two and take what Alan had done and what came before and try to find something in the middle which might appeal to both audiences.". He opened with a resurrected Darius Dax and his counterparts laying siege to the Supremacy, killing Supreme's counterparts with weapons stolen from the Supremacy's armory. Supreme the Fifth (ruler of the Supremacy and the Supreme Supreme), Radar the hound Supreme, 90 percent of the past Supremes, and the supporting members of the Supremacy (including Billy Friday and Judy Jordan) are killed. To stop the killing spree, the surviving Supremes (Moore's Supreme, the 1950s Supreme with a lion's head, Squeak—the mouse Supreme, the 1970s Sister Supreme, and the original Supreme) free Rob Liefield's original Supreme from his imprisonment. Called "mean" Supreme in the comic, his violent, bigoted, and psychotic behavior led to his restraint with chains in a subarea of the Supremacy. Freed by "modern" Supreme and "original" Supreme, "mean" Supreme murders all the Darius Daxes, turns against the heroic Supremes, removes their powers with Silver Supremium, and carries the Supremacy to the Moon. During the fight, Earth is again revised. "Mean" Supreme goes on a killing spree, murdering criminals, to re establish his position as the most powerful superhero on the planet. He also viciously beats Suprema into a coma and engages in a brawl with Omni Man, the father of Invincible and the only other hero with comparable powers. Diane Dane and "modern" Supreme are aware of the reboot, and she has a new life with someone other than Supreme, although she realizes she is pregnant with Supreme's child. The surviving Supremes try to adjust to their helplessness in ending the "mean" Supreme's rampage. Ethan Crane learns that his alter ego's life is gone in the reboot; he cannot find work as a comic book artist because his talent came from his Supreme power. Larsen's run ends with the surviving Supremes discussing the possibility that their powered selves still exist in the Supremacy.

The character was revived again in 2015 in a seven issue miniseries published by Image Comics written by Warren Ellis entitled Supreme: Blue Rose. The miniseries incorporates elements and characters from Alan Moore's run and Liefeld's original concept. The setup of the story also obliquely references the events of Larsen's run. The universe of Blue Rose initially closely resembles reality, with no superpowered individuals or fictional elements. Magic and science fiction level technology are non existent, and superheroes are the stuff of comic books. Throughout the series, the world of the story becomes gradually more fantastical. Decorated but unemployed and slightly mentally ill investigative journalist Diana Dane has a dream where Danny Fuller informs her that the universe is only months old, and warns her not to trust Darius Dax. The next morning, she meets with and is hired by Dax to investigate strange events in the small town of Littlehaven. Although the official story is that a plane crashed onto Littlehaven, in fact the ruins of a golden city fell out of the sky onto the town. Dax shows Diana an arch emblazoned with the word "Supreme" recovered from the crash site, as well as a video showing local man Ethan Crane seemingly exploding into bright light moments before the crash. Diana heads to Littlehaven to investigate, accompanied by Linda, aka "Twilight Girl Marvel", and followed by an assassin named Reuben Tube, who plans to kill Ethan on Dax's orders. She continues to encounter Danny in dreams, and also experiences strange visions and observes unusual phenomena such as naturally occurring blue roses and three winged birds. Objects and characters from the in universe television serial Professor Night begin to bleed through into reality. It is eventually revealed that the Supremacy was destroyed by an army of Darius Daxes, triggering a revision. However, the destruction of the Supremacy and subsequent crash onto Earth resulted in the revision going badly wrong. The new version of Supreme did not fully come into existence, and persons from previous revisions are appearing in the current one, in some cases retaining partial memories of their prior existence. Reality is in flux, with the earliest point of stability being the 2800s. Time traveller Zayla Zarn, reasoning that the present is doomed, begins gathering her friends in the current era and transporting them to the future. Meanwhile, brilliant scientist Chelsea Henry has discovered an anomaly in the cosmic background radiation that stretches across the timestream, from four months in the past to the 30th Century. A stream of information is transmitted from the future into Chelsea's mind, transforming her into Probe. Probe experiences visions of the possible coming centuries of chaos and joins with Doc Rocket, a speedster superhero from the last revision, to locate Supreme. In Littlehaven, Diana interviews the survivors of the crash and learns that, while everyone can remember Ethan Crane's existence, no one has any specific memories of him or the details of his life. She meets with local priest Father John Oliver "Jack" Lancombe, who informs her that Judy Jordan has constructed a memorial museum to the crash in her home on the outskirts of town. However, Jack, who has regained his memories and powers as the superhero Jack O'Lantern from an earlier revision, attacks Diana and is killed by Reuben. Reuben reports back to Dax, who heads to Littlehaven alone. Diana and Linda go to the museum and meet an elderly Judy Jordan from a revision where she and Supreme were married and Diana died as a child, and Ethan Crane, who has been hiding out at Judy's home. Ethan, who retains memories of multiple earlier revisions, explains that he is unable to act as Supreme and is planning to simply wait for the next revision. Reuben arrives to kill Ethan but is himself killed by Professor Night and Evening Primrose, fictional characters who have crossed over into reality. Dax, Doc Rocket, and Probe also arrive on the scene. Zayla transports everyone but Ethan, Dax, and Diana to the future, and Ethan encourages Dax to simply wait for the new revision. However, Dax, unwilling to risk the safety of the universe, produces a raygun created by another Darius Dax recovered from the wreckage of the Supremacy and shoots Ethan, triggering a revision. In the new revision Diana Dane, the city editor of the newspaper "Dazzle News" notices a vase of blue roses on her desk, and then receives reports of strange happenings in Littlehaven.

Darius Dax: Supreme's archenemy who, like Supreme, has several incarnations. Equivalent to Lex Luthor. Emerpus: Reverse Supreme from the Backwards Zone. Equivalent to Bizarro. Gorrl: Living galaxy who is obsessed with Suprema and holds her captive for 30 years. Korgo (first name Brinn): Warlord from space who defeats Bill Clinton under the rules of the Cosmic Dictators Guild and wins. Master Meteor: First appears in Littlehaven in search of the Supremium isotope. Optilux: Religious alien who becomes a being of pure light with a messiah complex. Equivalent to Brainiac. Televillain: Television repairman who gains the ability to enter the fictional worlds of television programmes. Real name is Reuben Tube. Shadow Supreme: Evil version of Supreme that is created by Darius Dax's negative energy ray. Equivalent to Mxyzptlk. Vor Em: Humanoid lion warrior.

During World War II, Charles Flanders discovers he can tap into Supreme's power and become the first Kid Supreme. The second Kid Supreme, Danny Fuller, receives superpowers during a fight between Supreme and Union. Alan Moore's Kid Supreme, a younger version of Supreme, is an homage to Superboy. Another version of Danny Fuller appears in Supreme: Blue Rose.

Probe, the daughter of Glory and Supreme, is later called Lady Supreme. Although she is removed from reality by Alan Moore's retool, she still exists in the Supremacy. A very different version of Probe appears in Supreme: Blue Rose. She is a brilliant but disengaged young scientist named Chelsea Henry, who is provided with knowledge and power over time and space from the 30th Century.

Suprema is Supreme's sister, Sally Crane. She is later exposed to some Supremium.