The Death of Superman

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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. The story has the same name as one found in Action Comics #225, Superman #149, and an episode of Super Friends.

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. 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. It's hard to tell people what those days were like, but every comic shop in the country had long lines of people outside the door waiting to buy THAT BOOK. Jamal Campbell, Lee Weeks, Clay Mann, Fabio Moon, Walter Simonson, Bill Sienkiewicz (seen above and below), Gabriel Rodriguez, and more will illustrate the pin-ups. 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.

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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.

To mark this monumental moment in comics, DC has reunited the complete creative team behind the original event for four brand-new stories.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. 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.