#Death of superman cbr full
Shortly before Doomsday's rampage began, Wonder Woman #66 by William Messner-Loebs, Paris Cullens, Robert Campanella, Matt Hollingsworth, and John Costanza kicked off a months-long storyline in which Diana and Russian astronaut Natasha Teranova were lost in space, abducted and brought to Hope's End, a prison planet full of people enslaved by the alien Sangtee Empire.Įventually, Diana and Natasha managed to stage a revolt that led to the end of slavery in the empire, but by the time Diana returned to Earth, Superman was dead. In Diana's defense, she wasn't even on Earth at the time of Doomsday's attack. While this eclectic lineup of the League was ultimately not terribly effective, Wonder Woman is one of the few heroes who could've been strong enough to turn the tide, possibly even preventing Superman's death. The rest is history, with the Man of Steel falling in the landmark Superman #75. When Superman, Guy, Fire, Bloodwynd, and Booster launched a combined attack it backfired and freed the monster completely. As a testament to its power, Doomsday overwhelmed the team without its full abilities, as it was still partially bound within an assortment of ancient cables. Superman was occupied in an interview with Cat Grant when the battle began but left immediately as soon as he heard it. Booster was unintentionally responsible for giving the creature its name when he remarked that "it's like Doomsday is here." The monstrous Kryptonian first battled the Justice League International, with Guy Gardner's Green Lantern, Booster Gold, Ted Kord's Blue Beetle, Maxima, Fire, Ice and Bloodwynd, who was Martian Manhunter in disguise. That seems to be DC flat-out admitting that they're about to kill the Kal-El Superman, harkening back to Jon Kent's future knowledge of his father's death - and even directly invoking Doomsday, the villain who killed Kal-El way back in the mega-popular 1992-93 event ' The Death and Return of Superman.Created by Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Brett Breeding, Roger Stern, and Louise Simonson, Doomsday first appeared in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 in 1992, although his destructive rampage throughout the DC Universe didn't begin until a few months later.
(We weren’t kidding about that Doomsday comparison, folks)." "And it's one that the future-visiting Jon has warned he won’t survive. " will likely be Superman's biggest, most challenging battle since he first crossed fists with Doomsday," DC warns.
The publisher's accompanying text with the preview pages calls back directly to the last time Superman died, painting a fairly vivid picture of what readers should expect.
Speaking of Superman's classic enemies, DC recently lent even more credence to the ominous nature of Kal-El's fate with an early look at pages from November 12's Action Comics #1036, the issue that kicks off Superman's mission on Warworld. Jon will also put a new twist on one of his dad's classic rivalries in the upcoming Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual, in which he squares off with Superman's iconic archenemy, Lex Luthor.Īll of this seems to be setting up Jon Kent as the true inheritor of his father's legacy as Superman, similar to the way Wally West became the permanent Flash when his uncle Barry Allen died in Crisis on Infinite Earths.Īnd not for nothing, Jon and Wally recently connected, with Wally offering to mentor Jon as the successor of one of the world's greatest heroes. And of course, during DC Fandome, the publisher officially changed Superman's motto from its most widely recognized version of "Truth, Justice, and the American Way," to "Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow" - a slogan seemingly designed specifically to match Jon Kent's superhero philosophy of trying to materially improve the world in ways only someone with the powers and profile of Superman can.