The Death and Return of Superman Trilogy by DC Comics
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Overview: "The Death of Superman" is a 1992 comic book storyline that occurred in DC Comics’s Superman titles. The completed multi-issue story arc was given the title The Death and Return of Superman.
In the story, Superman engages in battle with a seemingly unstoppable killing machine named Doomsday in the streets of Metropolis. At the fight’s conclusion, both combatants die from their wounds in Superman (vol. 2) #75 in 1992.
The crossover depicted the world’s reaction to Superman’s death in "Funeral for a Friend," the emergence of four individuals believed to be the "new" Superman, and the eventual return of the original Superman in "Reign of the Supermen!"
The storyline, devised by editor Mike Carlin and the Superman writing team of Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, met with enormous success: the Superman titles gained international exposure, reaching to the top of the comics sales charts and selling out overnight. The event was widely covered by national and international news media. The storyline was adapted into a 2007 animated film, Superman: Doomsday.
Genre: Comics, Superheroes, Digital, TPB.
The Death and Return of Superman Trilogy
- Writer(s):
- (All 3 arcs) Dan Jurgens; Louise Simonson; Roger Stern
(Arcs 1 and 2) Jerry Ordway
(Arcs 2 and 3) Karl Kesel
(Arc 2 only) William Messner-Loebs
(Arc 3 only) Gerard Jones
Penciller(s):
- (All 3 arcs) Jon Bogdanove; Tom Grummett; Jackson Guice; Dan Jurgens
(Arc 2 only) Dennis Janke; Denis Rodier; Walt Simonson; Curt Swan
(Arc 3 only) M. D. Bright
Inker(s):
- (All 3 arcs) Brett Breeding; Doug Hazelwood; Dennis Janke; Denis Rodier
(Arcs 1 and 2) Rick Burchett
(Arc 2 only) Mike Machlan; Ande Parks; Josef Rubinstein; Trevor Scott; Walter Simonson
(Arc 3 only) Romeo Tanghal
Editor(s): Mike Carlin
Published by DC Comics
- "The Death of Superman" October 1992 – November 1992. 165 pages.
"Funeral for a Friend (aka World Without a Superman)" January – June 1993. 300 pages.
"Reign of the Supermen (aka The Return of Superman)" June – October 1993. 471 pages.
- The story of The Death of Superman’s conception goes back to the 1985 crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths. Following that event, DC Comics rebooted their continuity and relaunched the Superman character with the miniseries "The Man of Steel", written by John Byrne. However, due to disputes with DC, Byrne left the Superman books and was replaced by Roger Stern. While the stories continued from Byrne’s revamp, sales slowly dropped. In an effort to attract female readers, the Lois Lane/Clark Kent/Superman love triangle, in place since 1938, was changed. In a development based on events in Byrne’s revamp, Lois was already falling in love with Clark Kent, rather than with Superman. In a story arc titled "Krisis of Krimson Kryptonite", Clark proposes to Lois; she accepts. Although the road was set for the marriage of Lois and Clark, an unforeseen event would change these plans.
Warner Bros., the owner of DC Comics, had cancelled the Superboy television series produced by Alexander Salkind (Salkind produced the first three Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, as well as the Supergirl movie). Warner Bros. created their own Superman television series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, premised upon a romantic relationship between Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. One of the ideas that arose during production was the wedding of Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. Warner Bros. learned that DC Comics was planning a similar plotline in the Superman comic books, and as a result DC, Warner Bros., and the Superman writing staff came together and reached an agreement: the Lois and Clark wedding arc in the comic book would be put on hold, to resume once the Lois & Clark TV show reached its wedding episode.
With the original storyline set aside in the comic, an original event was needed to replace it. According to a documentary on Superman: Doomsday, the Superman writing team members were miffed at having a year’s worth of story planning put aside, and flustered for ideas. At the end of one meeting, Adventures of Superman writer Jerry Ordway suggested, jokingly, "Let’s just kill ‘im." The joke became a running gag in story meetings, but eventually gained traction with Superman group editor Mike Carlin. In the documentary film Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Carlin states: "the world was taking Superman for granted, so we literally said ‘let’s show what the world would be like without Superman’."
The Death and Return of Superman
- Storyline brought in millions of readers to DC Comics, despite the entirety of the story being intertwined through numerous different comic series, including Action Comics, Superman, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Adventures of Superman, among others. Superman’s creator, Jerry Siegel himself, who in 1961 had predicted the Man of Steel’s death in an "imaginary story," met with then Superman editor Mike Carlin to tell him that he was very impressed by his version of it.
The cover of Superman (vol. 2) #75 (shown above) became an iconic image: Superman’s tattered cape wrapped around a pole, marking the spot where Superman died. (Certain prints of Superman #75 contained a black armband with the familiar "S" symbol adorning it.) DC shipped between 2.5 and 3 million copies of Superman #75, with most stores selling out of the issue on the day of its release.
The Death of Superman took place months before the breaking of Batman’s back in the "Knightfall" storyline. Some critics praised DC for boldly and innovatively drawing in more readers. However, others were critical, citing the two concurrent storylines as publicity stunts, since it was unlikely that DC would ever eliminate its most popular characters. Some years later, Chuck Rozanski, owner of retailer Mile High Comics, would pen a controversial essay in the Comics Buyer’s Guide which blamed the Death of Superman promotion for playing a significant role in the collapse of the comic book industry in the late 1990s
— From Wikipedia.
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