Special Heritage

Upon learning that writer David Goyer is influenced by Geoff Johns work on the Secret Origins storyline as he writes Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel I decided to purchase the deluxe collected edition of  the six issue mini series. I had read the single issues after getting them on loan from a buddy...But now I wanted a copy for my bookshelf

The story is told from the perspective of Clark Kent and does not feature his homeworld of Krypton. and starts with Clark's "earliest memory," and is, "his story of self-discovery and the world's story of meeting Superman"

In his introduction for the book Goyer says hat he hopes to gain inspiration for the script from Johns' story...

"As I write this, I am midway through my first draft of a new Superman screenplay," he writes. "It's a task that has stymied many talented filmmakers in the years since Donner's film. And for all I know, it will end up stymieing me as well. … But I've got one advantage that the screenwriters who came before me didn't have—and that's access to all the wonderful Superman stories written by Geoff Johns—first and foremost being the Secret Origin issues reprinted in the very volume you are now holding."

The writer also points out the  moment early in the story that really got to him.

"Young Clark is told the truth about his heritage," says Goyer. "He races out into the night, sobbing, stumbling through the cornfields. Eventually, his foster father, Jonathan, finds him. 'I don't want to be someone else,' says Clark. 'I don't want to be different. I want to be Clark Kent. … I want to be your son.' Right there in that moment, Geoff contextualized Superman in a way that I'm not sure has ever really been done before."