Superman is dead - here's what you need to know

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Superman is dead. RIP Kal-El, the Last Son of Krypton 1939-2022.

The Man of Steel AKA Clark Kent meets his match in April 26's Justice League #75 along with nearly all the other core members of the Justice League - Batman, Wonder Woman, and more - in a story appropriately if ominously titled 'Death of the Justice League.'

In Superman's case, this is actually the second time he's died in battle, the first time being 30 years ago in 1992's 'Death of Superman,' which offers some thematic inspiration for 'Death of the Justice League', marking the story's anniversary.

What's more, the villain that killed Superman the first time, Doomsday, is part of the 'Dark Army' of deadly and powerful evil entities that slay the Justice League, with only one member (whose identity we won't spoil here) surviving to warn the rest of Earth's heroes.

Superman has returned from the dead before, but this is a little different as it's the entire Justice League that's dead - and DC is outright canceling the Justice League title with issue #75, with plans to leave it dormant for the time being. That of course may leave fans scratching their heads over what's going to happen for Kal-El in his own comic titles including Action Comics.

Here's what you need to know about how it happened, why it happened, and what happens next in the wake of Superman's death.

As we said, Superman's death comes at the hands of a so-called 'Dark Army' which boasts membership including Doomsday, who killed Superman once before, as well as Darkseid and numerous other extremely powerful villains, all under the influence of the evil force known as the 'Great Darkness.'

The term 'Great Darkness' has come up in DC lore before, but recent stories have defined the concept as an