![]() He (or it?) comes at the very end, as though his purpose is only to unite the DC trinity. ![]() ![]() First in 2007, the animated film Superman: Doomsday, and in 2016, the ill-fated Batman v Superman, wherein Doomsday was added almost as an afterthought. This storyline, in which the Man of Steel is clobbered to death by the killing machine that is Doomsday (a feat previously deemed impossible), has been adapted twice before. One of the most famous characters in pop culture was killed by an unstoppable supervillain and it immediately intrigued everybody, even those who thought the character had become too stale. The Death of Superman sprang up for the same reason in 1993. Even relatively trivial events are played up to attract as many readers as possible. You know, crossovers, team-ups, big showdowns between superheroes, major deaths, and so forth. When sales go down in comics, it is common for publishers like DC and Marvel to try to amp up their game by launching big events in ongoing storylines. The Death of Superman is what Batman v Superman should have been. ![]()
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