Centaursite.com - For Whom the Gods Destroy

For Whom the Gods Destroy is a 4 issue prestige format mini-series by DC comics that was issued in the summer of 2000.

This is one in a series called 'Elseworlds'. The premise being that the Germans won World War II and the (Greek) Gods are at war amongst themselves. Apparently it was supposed to be a 'What if the Trojan War was World War II with some Superheroes tossed in' sort of story.

These pages are from issue #3 of this series, and are just the ones showing the centaur characters. The story gives no explanation on how Superman ends up a centaur. The last time we saw him before this, he was losing a fight with Typhoon towards the end of issue #2 and the reappears as a centaur in the middle of issue #3.

Although a bit disjointed, and confusing, it's an interesting story. Here's Superman, the man of steel, now a centaur. His power and strength personified by his equine aspect. The threat of his superpowers uncontrolled depicted in his drunken and passionate wildness before brought to his senses by the thought of having harmed Lana Lang.

The images of Superman, in centaur form in a house are nice, as seeing him with humans (Well, sort of) of normal stature. His size is made clear by seeing him in the context of everyday objects, chairs, lamps, and Hecate and Lana standing in front of him, all illustrate his size. If we estimate Lana as standing only 5 feet tall (and she's surely taller than that), Clark would be nearly eight feet in height. It's also interesting to see a Centaur in a context of 'relaxing', just walking along, not in a 'heroic pose'.

And of course later, when Lois takes centaur form... Well, if I had been turned into a Centaur, and the girl I'd loved, but had never been able to be with, was walking along a romantic moon-lit beach with me became one too, and we were able to... Well anyway, you get the idea.