DC revisits 1992's The Death of Superman in a new anniversary special
In November 2022 it'll be 30 years since DC killed Superman in the landmark storyline 'The Death of Superman,' a story with immense impact in its own day and which is still one of the most influential stories of the modern era.
While DC has been paying homage to that story in April's 'The Death of the Justice League' and the subsequent Dark Crisis on Infinite Earth's limited series, if you think the publisher won't be recognizing the anniversary directly, you're not paying close enough attention.
Wednesday DC announced that the original creative teams of Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding; Roger Stern and Butch Guice; Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove; and Jerry Ordway and Tom Grummett will reunite in November for The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1, an 80-page one-shot anthology exploring "the lasting impact that Clark’s death had on his family and friends" and how some of Superman's biggest allows reacting during and following his battle with Doomsday.
In "The Life of Superman" by Jurgens (writing and art), Breeding (art), Brad Anderson (colors), and John Workman (letters) - a young Jon Kent learns in school that his father died years earlier in his battle with Doomsday, a fact his parents never shared with their son.
While dealing both with the news and the fact he was never old, Jon and his dad have to team up to battle a new supervillain somehow connected to Doomsday called Doombreaker.
"Standing Guard" by Stern (writing), Butch Guice (art), Glenn Whitmore (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) retells the battle between Superman and Doomsday from the Guardians' POV.
In "Time" by Simonson (writing), Bogdanove (art), Whitmore (colors), and Leigh (letters), the same story is told from John Henry Irons's
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