What Else?

Over on the Newsarama boards, posters have been discussing their favorite Elseworld and What If? stories. Some of the more common choices are Kingdom Come and Superman: Red Son. While I, of course, love Kingdom Come a whole bunch (Mark Waid and Alex Ross, it'd be damn hard to screw up with talent like that), my favorite's probably The Golden Age. It was a great look at the lesser-known Golden Age heroes, and unlike Kingdom Come and Marvels, where our view into the insular world of superheroes comes from outsider-civilians like Norman McKay and Phil Sheldon, The Golden Age's perspective-provider is John Chambers. Flash fans may remember him from Mark Waid's run on the book. But that's just my silly pick for best out-of-continuity tale. Share your own! Spread the love. Make the babies.