Superman
#1 - The Death of Superman
([May] 2016)
DC,
2016 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 17.99 USD; 21.99 CAD
- Pages
- 228
- On-sale Date
- 2016-03-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [peel]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-6665-3
- Barcode
- 9781401266653 51799
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor - original series); Brian Augustyn (editor - original series); Jennifer Frank (assistant editor - original series); Ruben Diaz (assistant editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from dccomics.com. Indexed from a first printing.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (signed)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding (signed)
- Colors
- John Kalisz
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #75 [Direct] (January 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Superman / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere else...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday
- Synopsis
- A mysterious fist is shown punching a steel wall, signaling the coming of... Doomsday!
- Reprints
- from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #17 (November 1992) [page 22]
-
[no title indexed]
Superman / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dan Jurgens
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brett Breeding (finishes)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- John Costanza
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unrelentingly...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday
- Synopsis
- Doomsday continues to pound on the steel wall.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #73 (November 1992) [page 23]
-
[no title indexed]
Superman / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Ordway (co-plot, script); Dennis Janke (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Dennis Janke
- Inks
- Dennis Janke
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- Bill Pearson
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unstoppably...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday
- Synopsis
- Doomsday continues to pound on the steel door, finally punching small holes through the steel.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #496 (November 1992) [page 23]
-
[no title indexed]
Superman / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unbelievable...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday
- Synopsis
- Doomsday breaks free of his prison.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #683 (November 1992) [page 22]
-
The Beginning of the End! Doomsday!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jon Bogdanove (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Janke (signed)
- Colors
- Dennis Janke
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday
- Reprints
- from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #18 [Direct] (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Keith Robert Parks; Charlie; Fran; Mr. Maxaleh; Chuck Johnston; Oberon (cameo); Grub; Doomsday; Underworlders; Kathana; Clawster; Rambeau; Krl'li's; Warworlders
- Synopsis
- Doomsday breaks out of his cage and starts heading for Metropolis, killing and destroying everything in his path. Superman, with the help of Keith Robert Parks and Charlie, stops the Underworlders and the Warworlders.
- Reprints
- from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #18 (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Justice League America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Burchett (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League America [Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]; Guy Gardner]; Doomsday
- Reprints
- from Justice League America (DC, 1989 series) #69 [Direct] (December 1992)
-
Down for the Count
Justice League America / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Dan Jurgens
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens
- Inks
- Rick Burchett (finishes)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Willie Schubert
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League America [Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]; Guy Gardner; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]; Maxima; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Cat Grant; Mitch Anderson; Doomsday
- Synopsis
- Justice League America, without Superman, is the first team to face Doomsday... and they get thoroughly defeated.
- Reprints
- from Justice League America (DC, 1989 series) #69 (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (signed)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding (signed)
- Colors
- Brett Breeding
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League America [Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]; Guy Gardner; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]; Maxima; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Doomsday
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #74 [Direct] (December 1992)
-
Countdown to Doomsday!
Superman / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Dan Jurgens
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brett Breeding (finishes)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League America [Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]; Guy Gardner; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]; Maxima; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Mitch Anderson; Claire Anderson; Becky Anderson; Doomsday (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman and the JLA try to stop Doomsday.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #74 (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tom Grummett (signed)
- Inks
- Doug Hazlewood (signed)
- Colors
- Denis Rodier
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #497 [Direct] (December 1992)
-
Under Fire
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jerry Ordway
- Pencils
- Tom Grummett
- Inks
- Doug Hazlewood
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice League America [Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]; Guy Gardner; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]; Maxima; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Steve Lombard; Mitch Anderson; Claire Anderson; Becky Anderson; Ned; Ralph; Rusty; Leon; Doomsday; Lex Luthor
- Synopsis
- Superman and Maxima continue to battle Doomsday.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #497 (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Art Thibert (signed)
- Inks
- Art Thibert (signed)
- Colors
- Denis Rodier
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #684 [Direct] (December 1992)
-
...Doomsday Is Near
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Maxima; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Paul Westfield; Walter Johnson; Rodriguez; Garret; Charlie; Major Mayhem; Doomsday; Lex Luthor
- Synopsis
- Doomsday continues to head for Metropolis, and Superman is having no luck stopping him.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #684 (December 1992)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jon Bogdanove (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Janke (signed)
- Colors
- Dennis Janke
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doomsday; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #19 [Direct] (January 1993)
-
Doomsday Is Here!
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Dubbilex; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Bibbo Bibbowski; Professor Emil Hamilton; Mildred Krantz; Joe; Miss Anderson; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Keith Robert Parks; Myra; Doomsday; Lex Luthor; Warworlders [L'rri; Krl'li; Mo'ah]
- Synopsis
- Doomsday reaches Metropolis, and this is where he and Superman will have their last stand.
- Reprints
- from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #19 (January 1993)
-
The Death of Superman!
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (signed)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding (signed)
- Colors
- Brett Breeding
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #75 [Direct] (January 1993)
-
Doomsday!
Superman / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Dan Jurgens
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brett Breeding (finishes)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Joe; Cat Grant; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Justice League America [Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]]; Doomsday
- Synopsis
- Superman finally defeats Doomsday, but dies in the process.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #75 (January 1993)
-
Newstime
text story / 36 pages
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[Promotional Image]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
Indexer Notes
Doomsday's fist coming through the Superman shield.
[Clippings]
Superman / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[Previews (February 1994) Cover]
Superman / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Dan Jurgens (signed)
- Inks
- Brett Breeding (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Doomsday; Darkseid
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[T-Shirt Illustrations]
Superman / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Doomsday
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[Promotional Poster Art]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[Dan Jurgens' Designs of Doomsday]
Superman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
[Editorial Roadmap]
illustration / 1 page
- Reprints
- in The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2022 series) (2022) [May have appeared in an earlier DC collection.]
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
["Somewhere else..."]
Superman -
2.
["Unrelentingly..."]
Superman -
3.
["Unstoppably..."]
Superman -
4.
["Unbelievable..."]
Superman -
5.
The Beginning of the End! Doomsday!
Superman -
6.
Doomsday!
Superman -
7.
Doomsday!
Justice League America -
8.
Down for the Count
Justice League America -
9.
Doomsday!
Superman -
10.
Countdown to Doomsday!
Superman -
11.
Doomsday!
Superman -
12.
Under Fire
Superman -
13.
Doomsday!
Superman -
14.
...Doomsday Is Near
Superman -
15.
Doomsday!
Superman -
16.
Doomsday Is Here!
Superman -
17.
The Death of Superman!
Superman -
18.
Doomsday!
Superman -
19.
Newstime
-
20.
[Promotional Image]
Superman -
21.
[Clippings]
Superman -
22.
[Previews (February 1994) Cover]
Superman -
23.
[T-Shirt Illustrations]
Superman -
24.
[Promotional Poster Art]
Superman -
25.
[Dan Jurgens' Designs of Doomsday]
Superman -
26.
[Editorial Roadmap]
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- Jim Van Dore
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