The Death of Superman

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The fight is now being broadcast nationwide and even Lois and Jimmy are following in the Daily Planet helicopter covering the fight for the paper.

The " Life of Superman" story takes place some time before the events of The Man of Steel (Volume 2). 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. 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? I realized it was the 30th anniversary, and I started mentioning it to a couple of folks at DC and said, "There's an opportunity here, especially since we're all still around and able to work on it in terms of the original creators who were there at the time." This story is featured in the novel Death and Return of Superman, written by Roger Stern. For the most part, the novel is fairly accurate to the storyline, though it had a number of changes to it. Amongst those were writing out the involvement of the Underworlders, giving Claire Anderson a slightly more proactive role (standing up to Doomsday when it barreled into her house) and putting in the involvement of John Henry Irons that was mentioned in his first full appearance.The story has the same name as one found in Action Comics #225, Superman #149, and an episode of Super Friends. The Life of Superman” by Dan Jurgens (W & A), Brett Breeding (A), Brad Anderson (C), and John Workman (L): In Metropolis, Lex is telling Supergirl that with Superman away she is needed to protect Metropolis. 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. And Superman – whatever you think of him – relates something positive to everybody. Some people take that positivity and think it's a hokey thing; other people take that and think, 'Geez, why aren't more of us like that?' I think that's probably the camp that I'm in. The character resonates with me doing the right thing. The level of integrity that Superman has in doing the right thing because he can. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing to be ashamed of. We should all aspire to it," he continues.

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. As mentioned above, Superman's death in 1992 hugely impacted the DCU, and continues to do so today. Although it wasn't the character's final death – Superman is currently in a resurrection cycle in the ongoing Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths event – the storytellers needed readers to feel like it was. And now, they're exploring perspectives that didn't get the spotlight 30 years ago.DC had previously announced details of The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, which will include Superman: Day of Doom #1-4 for the first time ever and will be available at comic shops and local bookstores on December 6, 2022. DC will also be releasing Superman #75 Special Edition featuring the original story by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding, which will be available at local comic shops on November 1. Each of the original creative teams from The Death of Superman has reunited to tell a story that shows how some of Superman’s biggest allies reacted during and after his fateful battle with Doomsday: There's a little Easter egg moment that takes place in Superman #75 that definitely sets up Doombreaker," Jurgens reveals. "I think part of the fun is that he is not Doomsday. He's a variation on what Doomsday is, if you will, with origins rooted in Superman #75. I think that becomes kind of fun for the story itself and it also allows us to get Lois very involved in the story." By expanding these perspectives and re-examining the impact of Superman's death, these creative teams are also exploring their own relationships with the characters in the DCU and asking questions about heroism, grief, and legacy – all of which are themes currently being explored in stories like Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths and the ever-expanding Wonder Woman mythos. And at the heart of The Death of Superman – both in 1992 and 2022 – is the question of what Clark Kent leaves behind. 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.

The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 Gatefold Main Cover by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding The Death of Superman" is not the only 30th Anniversary that DC is celebrating in November, however. Ahead of the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special one-shot out later in the month, a new WildC.A.T.s title debuts this week from writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Stephen Segovia. WildC.A.T.s spins out of "The Long Con" story told across Batman: Urban Legends #1 through #5, and will be a limited series reuniting the team under the leadership of Cole Cash aka Grifter. We started having some discussions and realized there's something we can do here that I think is fun for people, whether they were there and remember it and want to scratch that itch of nostalgia, or whether they weren't there at all and want to find out more about what it was about.

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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. 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. To mark this monumental moment in comics, DC has reunited the complete creative team behind the original event for four brand-new stories. 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. Standing Guard,' by Stern, Guice, Glenn Whitmore, and Rob Leigh, retells the battle between Doomsday and Superman from the POV of the Guardians; 'Time,' by Simonson, Bogdanove, Whitemore, and Leigh, retells the story from the perspective of John Henry Irons; 'Above and Beyond,' by Ordway, Grummett, Doug Hazelwood, Whitmore, and Leigh, shows Ma and Pa Kent as they watch the battle on television news; and 'The Life of Superman,' by Jurgens, Breeding, Brad Anderson, and John Workman, follows young Jon Kent as he learns about his father's death and subsequent resurrection during a school presentation, then has to help Superman fight the new villain Doombreaker, who is somehow connected to Doomsday.

Tim Burton nearly directed a film version of the story called Superman Lives with Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel, but the film never got past the development stage. Yes. It's hard to say now because video games are a little bit different than they were then, but it was still fun. It was something to do. Here we have Doomsday and we have Superman in this different medium. That is so fun to play around with. It seems like we’ll be getting Superman’s perspective and Jon’s. What about the rest of the supporting cast?

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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?