SUPERMAN: Son of Al-Khalil – A Superman AU zine

Lex Luthor, Israeli-American Industrialist.

Our take on Lex Luthor, illustrated by the incredible @cheesywheesy

In Son of Al Khalil, Lex isn’t just a billionaire or scientist; he’s a system-builder. Someone who turns fear, surveillance, and instability into expansion.

BRUCE WAYNE — GOTHAM’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL BILLIONAIRE.

CEO of Wayne Industries. Public advocate for a Free Palestine.

Bruce Wayne built his entire life around control; control of Gotham, control of himself, control of the systems that failed him. But some systems cannot be beaten with fear or fists alone.

And for the first time in a long time, Batman is being forced to confront a world he cannot simply punch into submission.

Featuring our interpretation of Bruce Wayne in Superman: Son of Al-Khalil.

🖤Meet our Kara Zor-El🤍

💚Art by our talented contributor @dandeidolon ❤️

Kara was sent to Earth to protect her baby cousin.

Instead, she arrives to find him already grown; no longer Kal-El of Krypton, but Khalil of Palestine. Superman.

She survives the destruction of her homeworld only to land in another world shaped by occupation, displacement, grief, and survival. Palestine becomes her second home not because it is peaceful, but because people continue loving, rebuilding, laughing, resisting, and protecting one another despite everything being done to break them.

Kara is impulsive, emotional, reactive, and deeply empathetic. She carries immense survivor’s guilt from Krypton and an almost self-destructive need to protect others from experiencing the same loss she did. She believes no one deserves to be dehumanized, and when confronted with cruelty toward defenseless people, she struggles to stay restrained.

Her greatest fear is not death.

It is becoming a weapon.

A symbol emptied of humanity.

But for now we have an important question:

Tapes from Al-Khalil

before he was superman, khalil was just a kid with a cassette player and too many feelings.

i made two playlists for khalil from my project SON OF AL-KHALIL — one for the music he grew up with, and one for the music he gravitates toward as an adult.

the childhood playlist is made up of the things khalil grew up hearing constantly; children’s songs like Taer Al Nouwras, spacetoon openings, old cds and cassettes playing in the background of everyday life. music from kitchens, taxis, family gatherings, early mornings before school. the kind of songs that get absorbed into you before you’re old enough to understand why they stay with you.

the adult playlist carries many of the same roots, but filtered through age, grief, responsibility, and survival. classical arabic music, political music, songs about longing, dignity, homeland, and love that persists even under pressure.

i wanted both playlists to feel like different phases of the same person: someone shaped by love, pressure, homeland, fear, community, and the constant decision to keep caring anyway.

Baby Careem

Spotify | Youtube Music

Adult Khalil

Spotify | Youtube Music

A friend of the Superman Son of Al-Khalil is currently fundraising to help two young children survive and reach safety.

She herself survived the genocide in Gaza as a teenager. She lived through unimaginable violence and displacement, and despite everything she continues to fight for others with a level of care and determination that humbles me deeply.

I know how much weight she carries for the people she loves and for the children still trapped in impossible circumstances. So I wanted to share this here and ask people to support if they can.

Please donate, share, and keep speaking about Gaza. Every contribution matters.

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