The Death of Superman

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In fairness, John had only known that Clark was Superman for a little while at that point, because he had first found out in your Superman: Lois and Clark limited series. The creature comes across an overpass and destroys it along with another semi that was passing over on the overpass. It then grabs a car and throws it hundreds of feet into the air, with Superman catching it. At this point, the creature wanders into a department store, where he hears a TV commercial in which he hears the word "Metropolis" as Superman once again engages the creature in combat. Synopsis for "The Life of Superman" This article is a stub. You can help DC Database by expanding it. The Death of Superman" has been adapted to film three times: Superman: Doomsday, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and The Death of Superman.

Even now, thirty years after "The Death of Superman” first came out, every single convention or store appearance I do has at least one person who comes up to me with Superman #75 or the first “Death of Superman” collected edition and says, “This is the book that got me into comics. And I’m still here, reading, all these years later.” Most times, it’s more than one. Sometimes, multiple people arrive at my table at the same time and share their memories, which is always fun to experience. Thirty years ago, the Man of Steel tragically fell after battling a powerful new villain named Doomsday. The result of an unprecented level of planning and coordination within the ranks of DC, “The Death of Superman” was more than a comic book storyline, it was a pop culture mega-event. Superman’s untimely demise made mainstream news across the world, provoking conversation and curiosity and bringing new fans to comic shops for the first time. It spawned a trading card set, a video game, a novel adaptation, two animated movies and more. It was not only one of the biggest events in Superman’s history—it was one of the biggest comic book events ever. A young Jon Kent finds out in school that his dad had died years earlier, as his parents never told him about that fateful day. In the midst of dealing with this emotional news, Jon and Clark need to team up to fight a new villain connected to Doomsday called DOOMBREAKER.As Superman frees himself from under the girders, it is now obvious the fight is actually taking a toll on him, as he is rarely injured but is now bleeding. Now, Ordway, Simonson, Bogdanove, and Breeding are continuing The Death of Superman story in the four new stories for the 30th anniversary one-shot anthology, alongside fellow veterans Tom Grummett, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, and Butch Guice. And returning to this particular era brought up a lot of feelings for these creators, not just about the work or the story, but also about each other. The Life of Superman” by Dan Jurgens (W & A), Brett Breeding (A), Brad Anderson (C), and John Workman (L): Superman #75 and The Death of Superman Receive Special and Collected Editions On-Sale Nov. 1 and Dec. 6 Did you ever imagine in 1992 that you'd still be talking about “The Death of Superman” all these years later?

A powerful story of Ma and Pa Kent watching their son fight Doomsday live on television and going through Clark’s photo albums with the feeling that their son always prevails. The fight is now at a burger joint 60 miles from Metropolis and Superman realizes that as fast as the creature moves, 60 miles is not very far away at all. So Superman grabs the creature and tosses him miles away into a nearby mountain, which turns out to be where the Cadmus Project is located. The fight shakes the project below as the tree city is destroyed in the fight. During the fight, the tree city collapses on the two of them just as Guardian arrives on the scene. The creature frees itself, toppling the trees onto Superman and Guardian. The creature leaps off again and lands on a road sign indicating that Metropolis is now 50 miles from where it takes its next leap. I’m not alone in that experience. It’s common for the entire team of writers and artists who worked on Superman at the time. It was a singularly unique moment in comics, when a particular story was covered by every form of national and local media alike. Screen Rant: And did you think people were going to believe that Superman was going to stay down at the time? Whether you’re a longtime Superman fan or just a fan of the medium in general, news that the full Death of Superman team is reuniting is a pretty big deal, So, we brought all of our questions to Jurgens, who broke down all of the exciting things in store for us…In the street where the creature is the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, led by Maggie Sawyer and Dan Turpin, open fire on the creature. As a nineties kid I just love looking at a solicitation and seeing names like Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern and Tom Grummett. They're all favorites in different ways, and that even includes when Smallville brought Doomsday on. They didn't do Death of Superman so much, but we still saw Doomsday. Even in Krypton when that was on TV recently, we started to see Doomsday. They all have their own individual strengths, and it's just marvelous to be able to see it on each and every level, even with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It wasn't just having Doomsday on the screen, it was also seeing them try to recapture some of the scenes that I had done in the books and to film them as they existed. When you draw it, you can't possibly imagine that that's going to happen. Each of these has had something going for it that has made it strong in its own right. It has been a lot of fun to see over the years. Even now, 30 years after the 'Death of Superman' first came out, every single convention or store appearance I do has at least one person who comes up to me with Superman #75 or the first 'Death of Superman' collected edition and says, 'This is the book that got me into comics. And I’m still here, reading, all these years later,'" Jurgens says in DC's announcement. "Most times, it's more than one. Sometimes, multiple people arrive at my table at the same time and share their memories, which is always fun to experience.

It was a day that no one ever dreamed would arrive: the day an unstoppable force met an immovable object. In Doomsday, Superman met his ultimate match—and his death! Relive the monumental event in this 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the Death of Superman saga, featuring a new introduction by Dan Jurgens and other extras. This volume collects Superman #73-75, Adventures of Superman #496-497, Justice League America #69, Action Comics #683-684, Superman: The Man of Steel #17-19, and Newstime: The Life and Death of Superman #1—plus Superman: Day of Doom #1-4 as a bonus tale! Time”by Louise Simonson (W), Jon Bogdanove (A), Glenn Whitmore (C), and Rob Leigh (L) - The story of how the death of Superman looked from John Henry Irons’s perspective.

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The crash causes yet another gas line to rupture causing an explosion near an orphanage which Superman takes on the brunt of the explosion to prevent injury to others. Roger Stern and Butch Guice do a nice story about Guardian. He was so important to Metropolis at the time. How does he react in the moment to Superman, and does he try to render first aid and things like that? We get to see Louise and John do a very nice story with John Henry Irons, who later become Steel, who was there in the moment as Superman died. Screen Rant: Just as a creative, how has the meaning of this event changed for you over time? And what does it mean to you now? Lois Lane, Steel, Eradicator, Superboy, Cyborg Superman, Lex Luthor, Supergirl (Matrix) Jamal Campbell In the " Standing Guard" story, the Guardian mentions Superman being controlled by Sleez which was shown in Superman Annual (Volume 2) #2.

Screen Rant: With the Death of Superman, there's an interesting tension going on between death and legacy. When a character dies in comics, there's always the saying that no character stays dead, except for Uncle Ben. And so Superman's story on one hand stopped when he died, but it continued on through the rest of the event through the different perspectives of these characters. And that's now being explored in the 30th Anniversary Special. How does the idea of legacy and death, or the end of one's story, play out against each other? The " Life of Superman" story takes place some time before the events of The Man of Steel (Volume 2). Weezy had been on the X-titles at Marvel and had written or facilitated the deaths of many characters in her career. She spoke up and said, 'You know what you get from killing a character, don't you? You get to show what that character means through the eyes of all the people who survive him – his friends, his family, even the bad guys. You get to show the reactions to the death and show how important that character was.' And that hit a chord with everyone in the room," artist Jon Bogdanove tells Newsarama.Superman, Lois Lane, Justice League ( Bloodwynd, Booster Gold, Fire, Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)), Doomsday art by Clay Mann and Tomeu Morey I couldn’t believe it. There will never be another time in comics like that, and it was very special. And not just for us as creators, but it was special for the readers and the store owners as well. If this ignites some of the passion that existed at that time and the warm feelings, then so much the better. I never ever do a convention where someone doesn't come up to me and say, this is the thing that got me into comics. I think that's worth commemorating.