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Just about everyDC Comicsfan knows of Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding’sSuperman#75 — " The Death of Superman " — whenDoomsdayand the Man of Steel fought to the death . Readers will also live that Clark Kenteventually bring back after several other pane taste to take his office , leaving some fan to wonder whether or not Superman was actually really dead in the first shoes .
" The Death of Superman , " " Funeral for a Friend , " and " Reign of the Supermen " storylines totally reshaped the DC Comics universe now that the Man of Steel was out of the picture . AfterSuperman#75 made home news show , several other books followed suit . Almost every superhero in the nineties had a destruction / regaining story , from Batman ’s back - breaking in the " Knightfall"run to Oliver Queen ’s death inGreen Arrowcomics . But when it comes to the master copy , did Superman even really conk ?
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Superman ’s death was more like Batman ’s broken back than people might mean since neither scenario last too long . Though several cartoon , movie , andother adaptation of Clark ’s last battleliterally kill Superman , things are not so cut and dry in the comic strip . The books that built up his homecoming show that Superman did n’t exactly die . In the giant - sizedAdventures of Superman#500 , by Jerry Ordway and Tom Grummett , Clark Kent and Jonathan Kent team up in heaven and confirm Superman was in a comatose Department of State after his fight with Doomsday . While the fight nearlyhad apparently the Man of Steel , it turn out he had really gone through a " near - expiry " experience .
In the final page ofSuperman : The Man of Steel#25 , by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove , Clark Kent makes his first material return . His allies find Superman in a Kryptonian reanimation chamber , which the Eradicator secretly set him in . Before Clark returns , Lex Luthor , Supergirl , Steel , Lois Lane , and Superboy discuss Mongul ’s potential attack on Metropolis . Superman choke the sleeping accommodation , get his victorious return say , " Metropolis– ? Over my numb organic structure ! "
Even if Superman never really died , the " Death of Superman " account remains a polar one in comic Koran history that change theDC Universeforever . Clark Kent seemingly go bad ( at least temporarily ) at the hands of Doomsday , however , like most mirthful volume deaths , it would n’t last long . notwithstanding , Superman#75 remains a staple in comic record history , for better or for bad .
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