WHAT IF SUPERMAN IS AN UNDERACHIEVER?

What would have happened if DC Comic's Superman had been raised by a less sensitive and aware person than Pa Kent? Picture Superman shuffling along the street, with his eyes shut and his hands in his pockets.

• He doesn't shake hands with people, because he would hurt them.
• He takes only small steps. Otherwise, he tends to leap the buildings in a single bound, and everyone makes fun of him.
• He claims to hear voices and sounds that no one else can, and it makes him seem and feel more than a little crazy.
• The worst of it is when he opens his eyes. Part of the time, he sees things others don't, or things he's not supposed to, and nobody will believe him. Once, when a teacher said, "Look at me, young man!" he opened his eyes and she burned. He tried to explain how it happened, but the police just ignored him, and tried to solve the mystery. He couldn't or wouldn't prove it, as he was too ashamed of what he'd done. He almost never opens his eyes, now.

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