Kid Supreme is a series of fictional characters appearing in the comic book series Supreme and related books. There have been three versions of the character: Charles Flanders,[1] a World-War-II-era sidekick of Supreme, who could tap into the hero's powers; Danny Fuller,[2] who received super powers during a fight between Supreme and Union; and a younger version of Supreme (known as Supreme-Mite as a toddler) written by Alan Moore as an homage to Superboy.[3]
The first Kid Supreme was Charles Flanders, a boy who could tap into Supreme's powers. He became Kid Supreme, Supreme's World War II sidekick, though his relationship with Supreme was not one of equal partners – rather, he was treated more like a pet than a friend by Supreme. Nevertheless, Charles was devastated when Supreme left the planet Earth after the war and he had to return to normal life as an ordinary fourteen-year-old boy. In adulthood he had a career writing Supreme stories for comic books. Convinced that Supreme would return to Earth eventually and need his help again, he kept himself in good physical condition until suffering a stroke in middle age.
Following Supreme's return to Earth in the 1990s, he and Charles reconnected. While under the influence of the villain Blackheart, Charles took the powers of the new Kid Supreme, Danny Fuller, and attempted to battle Supreme for sole right to the name, but he immediately relinquished the powers when Blackheart's influence on him was broken. Afterwards, he remained on good terms with Supreme and with Danny, as well as Lady Supreme.
The second original version of Kid Supreme was a teenager named Danny Fuller. He is caught at ground zero of the battle between Supreme and Union, and received super-powers in an explosion that occurs during the fight.[4] He finds that he has become invulnerable, super strong and capable of flight. As Danny is a fan of Supreme and super-heroes, he decides to become one himself. Supreme is initially reluctant to team up with him, but Danny persisted and continued operating as a superhero in his own right. He meets superheroes like Glory[5] and Lady Supreme, and fights villains such as the forces of Darkthornn.
After a mistake of Danny's indirectly leads to a man's death, he decides to quit being a superhero and live a normal life.[6] He moves in with his grandparents in the town of Montez, California, enrolling in a new school under the alias Sam Preston. However, he soon finds that he is unable to forego using his powers and returns to being Kid Supreme once again,[7] fighting villains such as Reptyle, Kilowatt, Blacktop and the Moretti crime family.[8] When reality is rewritten to introduce a new incarnation of Supreme, Danny is sent to the extra-dimensional realm known as the Supremacy,[9] – he is able to escape through the dimensional gateway at the last second and return to his life in Montez.[10] Some time later, he appears as part of an ad-hoc team of young superheroes helping S.P.I.C.E. (the cyborg sidekick of Fighting American) to evade capture when she is framed for mass murder; the team also includes Badrock from Youngblood, Dash from NewMen, and Geoff Sunrise and Kyra Knight from KaBOOM.[11]
An alternate version of Danny Fuller appears in "Supreme: Blue Rose". Seemingly powerless and confined to a wheelchair, he serves as a guide to Diana Dane.