Arrowverse Finally Does DC's Death Of Superman Story (But Not How You Think)
Warning: Spoilers for Superman & Lois season 2, episode 9
Superman & Lois just found an unexpected way to tell DC’s “The Death of Superman” story. The iconic 1990s crossover event saw the Big Blue Boy Scout die at the hands of Doomsday. The immense popularity of the story has led to it being retold in animated movies, video games, TV shows, and even the DCEU.
Based on the direction of The CW’s Superman & Lois show, there was a hope among the fans that the Arrowverse would adapt the story as well. After all, it introduced Steel, who was a key player in the comic book version of “The Death of Superman”. Season 2’s Doomsday teases fueled theories that it could happen but these turned out to be misdirects meant to hide Bizarro’s debut. This hurt the chances of the storyline ever playing out, and admittedly, it always felt like an unlikely scenario from the very beginning, especially since Superman is one of the show’s two central protagonists.
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Albeit with a big twist, the Arrowverse managed to quietly do its own version of “The Death of Superman”. In Superman & Lois season 2, episode 9, titled “30 Days and 30 Nights”, Clark crossed over into Bizarro World and didn’t come back. For a month now, the world has been getting by without him. Scenes of Steel saving an airplane revealed that he’s been acting as Superman’s replacement, which is a major element of the original story. When Superman died, John Henry Irons rose up and worked hard to fill his role as a protector of the Earth. Not unlike what happened in the comics, the people of the Arrowverse’s Earth are learning to live without Superman while Steel protects them in his place.
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