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Summary: Couln'd Stop reading it.....
Review: I have always been a Superman fan. However, I have never sat and read one of his comic books. I decided to learn how was it that Superman died, so I bought this book. It was so good that I could not stop reading it. If you want my advise buy it, but do not stop there; buy the whole collection a the same time: "The Death of Superman", "World Without a Superman", and " The Return of Superman". That way you do not have to wait desperately for the other two to arrive.
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Summary: this book is exiting slightly wierd but still brilliant
Review: I have read this book and it is one of the best superman books I have ever read. Doomsday should get stuffed.
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Summary: Supergirl Outshines Superman
Review: I know that this collection is mainly about Superman, but, being a huge Supergirl fan, I bought this book for her alone. With Superman dead, Supergirl, working for Team Luthor, become the new Metropolis Marvel. You can see how Lex Luthor uses her. Even though this Supergirl is Matrix, not Linda Danvers as in her own later series, she's an interesting character. Matrix is so naive and blindly trusting. If you like Supergirl (or Superman), get this collection!
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Summary: great death for Superman
Review: I only read the last part but it was great. I am not that big of a SM fan but I read the last part and loved it. I thought Superman was going to die some cheesy way but the man of steel fell perfectly.
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Summary: Ugh!
Review: I really hated this book. Superman is not the main character. I think Jurgen's writing at the time was just sloppy and the story presentation was just horrid.
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Summary: The fall of a hero
Review: I was never really into Superman when I was a kid, or any DC Comics character other than Batman and Green Lantern for that matter (I was always a Marvel faithful), but when I heard that Superman was going to be killed, it was a big event in comics history. Here we see a monster named Doomsday, who escapes from his confines and begins to wreak havok across the country leading up to Metropolis. He kills and destroys everything in sight, and he totally decimates the Justice League, leaving only one thing between him and Metropolis: Superman. In quite possibly one of the best ongoing battles in comic history, they both duke it out until neither is left standing, I mean we get to see Superman bloodied, battered, beaten, and eventually dead. The heart of this collected edition is we get to see how far Superman goes to protect the innocent and preserve life, we all hear about that being a hero's vow in comics, but to see it actually illustrated is something different. All in all, if you want to read a good comic story that would lead up to one of the greatest returns in the history of comics, then this should be right up your alley.
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Summary: Brilliant and powerful writing
Review: I'm honestly not a fan of Superman but my friend told me I had to read this comic. When I did I was so moved by the writing. Perhaps the fight scenes are excessive but it all builds up to an awesome clinching climax that left me stunned. I would most definitely recommend this TPB to just about anyone looking for a good story with awesome fight scenes.
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Summary: D.C. decides that killing off Superman would be a good thing
Review: Ironically, Superman is probably the most flawed superhero in the history of comics. The old television line that Superman was "Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" was really understatement rather than hyperbole. At various points in his comic book career Superman could hurl planets around and eventually things were toned down enough that he broke a sweat moving mountains. But with all of his powers it was hard to create "realistic" conflicts. The result was that writers had to come up with all sorts of fun ways of handicapping the Man of Steel, from assorted colors of kryptonite to obeying the letter of the law. But at the end of 1992 the powers that be at DC Comics looked at the sale figures for the four Superman comics and decided to put Superman out of his (their?) misery.When I became serious about comic books in the Sixties that meant Marvel, not D.C. I did not really start reading Superman seriously until John Bryne revamped the Man of Steel and the comic book essentially started over. The attraction was more the new and improved love triangle between Superman, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, but I also liked the fact that the four Superman titles--"Superman," "Action Comics," "Adventures of Superman," and "Superman: The Man of Steel"--had become one giant continuing story instead of four separate and distinct titles. Although D.C. has recently abandoned this grand experiment, I really liked having a new Superman comic to read each week. It is from that context that I read "The Death of Superman" in its original comics and have had occasion to reread the story in this paperback version (I am doing a comic book unit for my Popular Culture class), and have occasion to offer the following observations: First, while I can respect the decision not to have one of Superman's traditional villains get credit for the final kill, Doomsday does not really come across as being all that worthy either. The idea is basically that of an unstoppable elemental force, who simply never stops fighting. I do not think his originally baggy suit (left over from Ben Grimm's early days as the Thing?) made a good first impression and when we finally got to see what he looked like it was also less than awe-inspiring. The result is basically the longest fist-fight in comic book history. Second, I think the best point in the story comes when a family is trapped in a fire started as a reslt of the epic fight, the entire JLA is out for the count, and Superman going after Doomsday actually does not stop and go help the people in peril. He knows what the stakes are: save on family and be responsible for all of the deaths Doomsday causes down the road. I actually would have gone ahead and had the tragic payoff for this scene because I think it would have suggested they were really going for something special here. Third, I did not like the decision to have the final issue be nothing but splash pages. This would have worked fine with for the final couple of pages, but not the entire issue since it disrupts the pacing and perspective we have been following for over a hundred of pages (not to mention hundreds and hundreds of comic books). The last five pages are pretty good, but the rest are pretty forgettable. I end up in the camp of those who find "The Death of Superman" to have a historic importance that transcends the story. This is not the Superman equivalent of "The Dark Knight," nor does the story have the emotional impact of the death of Supergirl from the Crisis of Infinite Earths series. The ending here is really too reminiscent of the climax of "Rocky II." I still have my black Superman arm band (yes, I wore it in public) and it was good they brought him back from the dead. But it sure would be nice if the most memorable Superman stories of recent years actually came form Superman comic books instead of television shows.
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Summary: Doomsday gets his!
Review: Just being able to see the JLA get the living life kicked out of them (Booster Gold getting his head smashed in a car door, Guy Gardner getting thrown around with Doomsday's fist wrapped around his head) and then seeing Superman just having a street brawl (and mostly losing) makes this book very cool. I've nearly worn out my copy from reading it so much. The only complaint: the artwork for the book's cover is awful and is nothing like the death of Superman pictured within (he bleeds black blood? Lois wasn't wearing that prom dress...!)
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Summary: One of the best grapic novels ever
Review: Like I siad before, I hadn't read the entire book intill the other day and still I loved it. I bought this at a book fiar for a decint price, I might have found it at a comic shop signed, by the guy behind the counter! The story is rich in creativety, art and charcter useage. The best part in the story is when the JLA got the crap bbeatin out of them by a Super-Super-Super Villian named Doomsday, Then Superman comes in and kills Doomsday and himself, at Metorpolis. This is the only D.C. comic I have but its great.
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