Wonder Woman's chestplate traditionally bears an eagle, which in Greco-Roman mythology represents the god king Zeus (aka Jupiter).
In this story, it bears a double-headed eagle, a symbol of Roman mythology which eventually passed down the years to become a Russian national symbol.
In this story, it bears a double-headed eagle, a symbol of Roman mythology which eventually passed down the years to become a Russian national symbol.
Svetlana, this story's version of Lana Lang, was known as Lana Lazarenko in the "Red Son" comic.
Braniac tells Superman that suicides are down since he "added fluoroxitine hydro-chloride to the water supply." This is the chemical name for the antidepressant Prozac. The line is also an oblique reference to the widely circulated claim in the 1950s and 60s that fluoridation of drinking water in the United States (done for dental health purposes) was actually part of a Communist mind control plot.
The newscaster in the beginning of the movie is named George Taylor.
George Taylor was the editor of the Daily Star newspaper who hired Clark Kent in Action Comics #1 in 1938.
(In 1940, the newspaper was changed to the Daily Planet and shortly thereafter, Perry White appeared as Editor-in-Chief.)
Stalin is Russian for "steel man", or more appropriately "Man of Steel", one of Superman's nicknames.