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- Superman’ #149 (1961) The first death of Superman, as far as chronological order is concerned, happened in 1961 in ‘Superman #149.’ Entitled ‘The Death of Superman,’ this comic book title was one of the most forgettable events in the history of Superman’s comic book appearances, and that’s why not a lot of people remember that he died in 1961.
- Superman’ #188 (1966) Superman’s first canon death happened in 1966 during the Silver Age of Comics. It was also incredibly unexpected that a character whom fans don’t exactly remember was the one who was able to kill Superman for the very first time.
- Action Comics’ #366 (1968) Remember that Action Comics tells a different story about Superman, and that was how Action Comics was able to tell a story about one of the deaths of the Man of Steel in the comics.
- Action Comics’ #387 (1970) Again, Superman crosses paths with Lex Luthor in ‘Action Comics’ #387 as Luthor still wants to kill the Man of Steel. The problem here is that Superman had been transported a million years into the future, where he decided to terraform and repopulate the planet.
- 15 Infinite Crisis
- 14 The Final Days of Superman
- 13 The Kingdom
- 12 Countdown: Arena
- 11 DC Universe vs. Masters of The Universe
- 10 The Price of Victory
- 9 Countdown to Final Crisis
- 8 The School For Superman Assassins
- 7 Fatherland
- 6 The Carnival of Souls
During DC’s "Infinite Crisis", the villain Superboy-Prime tears through the DC Universe, fighting and killing anyone who gets in his way; all in the name of creating a new multiverse. Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor plan to destroy the Earth with a massive high-tech tower. Along the way, nearly every superhero ends up fighting Superboy-Prime, i...
While Superman might be the original Man of Tomorrow, plenty of folks have tried to take his place. In the New 52Supermanstoryline "The Final Days of Superman", Superman dies. Yet as we’d later discover, it was only an aspect of Superman. Regardless, in leading up to his death, a man named Denny Swan acquires energy-based powers and wants to become...
The Kingdom, which was the tentative sequel to the highly-acclaimed Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, featured Superman dying, not just one time, but many, many times. Twenty years after Kingdom Comethe sometimes-villain known as Gog arrives, imbued with power bequeathed to him by Zeus, Ganthet, the Phantom Stranger, Shazam and Highfather, and is clearly ...
In the DC Comics mini-series known asCountdown:Arenathe neigh all-powerful cosmic villain Monarch captures heroes from all over the multiverse. His wants to create an army to lead against the Monitors and the rest of the multiverse. To that end, he’s captured three different Green Lanterns, Superman, Wonder Women, etc. and has the respective groups...
In the out-of-canon crossover event DC Universe Vs. Masters Of The Universe, the Justice League comes to blows with He-Man and his allies. The strongest hero in his land of Eternia, He-Man might not be quite as strong as Superman, but with his magic armaments, it almost doesn’t matter. Despite the two sides being stocked full of heroic figures, the...
The world of James Robinson’s Earth 2shared a strikingly different timeline from Earth 1, the mainstream counterpart. When Darkseid originally attacked Earth, the Justice League assembled for the first time, combatted the awesome threat and defeated the New God. On Earth 2, our heroes aren’t so lucky. In this world, Darkseid’s invasion is a success...
"Countdown to Final Crisis" was a year long event that was, as the name suggests, counting down to the even bigger event "Final Crisis". It mainly focused on a small group of superheroes and their adventures in jumping around from one alternate Earth to another. When the Challengers, made up of Donna Troy, Kyle Rayner, Ray Palmer, Una and others ar...
The early days of Golden and Silver Age Superman comics were positively bonkers and chock full of insanity. In Superman#188 for example, there’s a group of aliens called the Galaxy Crimeteers, who for some reason or another, have made it their sole purpose to figure out ways to kill Superman. They take classes, practice with a Superman robot, and a...
In the Justice Society of Americastory arc "Fatherland", the world’s heroes have fallen to the Axis of Evil. Nazis have taken over the planet, at first unleashing the Darkness Engine, producing a field that nullified super powers, Superman’s among them. With no powered heroes to fight back, the Axis rounds up all the remaining heroes and locks them...
Superman doesn’t have many weaknesses, but the ones he does have, wreck absolute havoc on him. Many people believe kryptonite is Superman’s only vulnerability, but the Man of Steel is extremely susceptible to magic and its energies. In Justice League of America#145, Superman runs into the evil sorcerer Count Crystal in the first couple pages and is...
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- Doomsday Vs Superman: Round Two. The most recent "death of Superman" narrative was featured in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was released in 2016.
- Denny Swan Wants To Be The Only Superman. As a result of DC's reboot DC Rebirth, New-52 Superman dies in the story arc titled "The Final Day of Superman" in Superman #52.
- Superboy-Prime Brutally Attacks Superman. Infinite Crisis #7 was published in 2006, written by Geoff Johns, with cover art by George Perez and Tom Smith, and begins with a battle that results in the merging of Earths into one reality.
- Gog Isn't Satisfied With Killing Superman Once. The fourth time fans encountered Superman's death was in The Kingdom #1, "Never Ending Slaughter," published in 1999.
Jan 3, 2024 · Superman has died multiple times across different media at the hands of Doomsday, Lex Luthor, Gog, Denny Swan, Superboy-Prime, and a few others. The following villains have killed...
- Fakeout Deaths. The Golden Age and Silver Age of Superman stories are already rife with just absolute nonsense. Superman had had a seemingly endless array of powers, be it shooting tiny Supermen from his fingers or Super-Ventroloquism.
- The Death of Superman. The Death of Superman changed comics, for better or for worse. Back then, characters as high profile as Superman just didn’t die, and they certainly didn’t always come back.
- Final Days of Superman. The DCYou era saw the New 52 Superman at an incredible new low. His powers were reduced to the point that he was just barely above superhuman, his damaged cells unable to process solar energy.
- Infinite Crisis. A sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis saw the return of the Silver Age, pre-Crisis Superman, who had spent the past two decades watching Earth from a sort of multiversal heaven.
Apr 5, 2017 · That's the thing many people don't realize -- Superman has died before; more than once, actually. Here are the 15 Times Superman Has "Died". 15. Superman #188 (1966) It's virtually impossible to kill the Man of Steel, especially during his early years.
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Superman's deaths. Instances in which Superman has died, was believed to have died, or his death was advertised. Includes hoaxes, faked deaths, reported deaths, states of hibernation that mimicked death, and other related brushes with mortality. Superman #21. (April 1943) Action Comics #222. (November 1956)
