THE EPIC EVENT THAT SHOCKED A NATION AND CHANGED SUPERMAN FOREVER! Doomsday. A creature with single-minded purpose of death and destruction. He has landed on Earth, laying waste to anything--and anyone--who dares stand in his way. The Justice League makes a valiant, but ultimately desperate, attempt to stop the unknown juggernaut. When the beast nears Metropolis, Superman answers the call to stop him. And then the unthinkable happens. The Man of Steel...is dead. Join DAN JURGENS (SUPERMAN: LOIS & CLARK), JERRY ORDWAY (ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN), LOUISE SIMONSON (SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL), and ROGER STERN (ACTION COMICS) as they bring you the seminal moment in the history of the DC Universe and the world itself. Collects ACTION COMICS #683-684, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #496-498, SUPERMAN #73-75, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #17-19, and NEWSTIME: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SUPERMAN. "It's very difficult to overstate the importance of the Death of Superman and its following arcs...DC claims that this is the number 1 selling graphic novel of all time. And while the story itself is dramatic and impacting, it's what this collection kicks off that really elevates it to legendary status. It's something that all true Superman fans have to read at least once." -- Phillip Carson, acomicbookblog.com "The only comic that ever made me cry; the story is told superbly, the art is incredible, and the emotion is palpable. The final fight with Doomsday is amazingly captured, and I truly enjoyed the expanding panels throughout the series until that final issue where every page was a splash-page. The story was just that big and the expanding of the art helped to reflect that. If you've ever been a Superman fan then this is a must-read." -- Jamie Sigal, goodreads.com " The Death of Superman remains a seminal moment in the history of comics and the character." -- Michael Bailey "One of the most famous comic-book stories of all-time, as the murderous creature known as Doomsday comes charging towards Metropolis with only Superman able to stop him. We know Doomsday means business because we see him tear apart the entire Justice League. Only Superman can save his adopted city and the woman he loves and he finds a way to save the day and kill Doomsday, but in the process, he gives up his own life. You don't get much more dramatic than actually killing off freakin' SUPERMAN." -- Brian Cronin " Death of Superman actually got me into comics again after a lapse while in college sampling 'real life.' There will never [again] be superhero comics like that -- on the front page of the newspaper, on TV -- hunting down those issues in bookstores and malls was a quest. So there was a whole context that made it very dramatic. And no matter what people may say now, there was a palpable fear that he wouldn't come back ... very surreal and cool." -- Brad Ricca Dan Jurgens is a writer and artist most famous for creating Booster Gold as well as for being one of the main forces behind "The Death of Superman." He has written and/or illustrated titles such as JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA, Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man , Thor , TEEN TITANS, AQUAMAN, DC's Tangent imprint, and the DC crossover known as ZERO HOUR. Jerry Ordway has been writing, drawing, and painting comic books professionally since 1980 - specifically on such titles as ALL-STAR SQUADRON, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, SUPERMAN, POWER OF SHAZAM, WildStar , Fantastic Four , Avengers , Tom Strong , WONDER WOMAN, The Messenger , and Proton . Louise Simonson is one of the best-known female writers working in the comic-book industry. She has risen to the top of the male-dominated business and has garnered acclaim for her work for Marvel and DC Comics, including SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL , X-Factor, Power Pack, STEEL , and New Mutants . Roger Stern has written for radio, television, the stage, and the Internet, creating scripts for everything from sketch comedy to flash-animation. For ten years, he was the senior writer of the Superman series, and has written hundreds of stories about such diverse characters as Green Lantern, Supergirl, Starman, and the Justice League for DC Comics; and Spider-Man, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers for Marvel. His first prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman , was a New York Times bestseller.