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Superman: Doomsday is a 2007 American animated superhero film adapted from the DC Comics storyline "The Death of Superman", which focuses on the death and return of the superhero Superman. Released by Warner Home Video, it is the first film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies.
Brandon Vietti. Writers. Jerry Siegel. Joe Shuster. Duane Capizzi. Stars. Adam Baldwin. Anne Heche. James Marsters. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 17.3K users.
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- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Lauren Montgomery, Bruce Timm, Brandon Vietti
- 2007-09-18
Superman: Doomsday is an original direct-to-video animated film loosely based on the popular DC Comics storyline The Death of Superman focusing on the supposed death of the superhero Superman. It is the first in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line released by Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation.
- He Almost Got Into a Movie All the Way Back in 1998. Doomsday has graced TV screens a handful of times, both in animation and live-action. On the big screen, a loose interpretation of the Death of Superman story was adapted in the last half hour of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, but with no Doomsday attached.
- Superman Sacrificed Himself to the God of Television. Remember that TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman? The one starring Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain, which put a very central focus on the relationship between, well, Lois and Clark?
- Doomsday was Created to Give Superman a More Physical Enemy. From a writing perspective, it's hard to come up with new Superman villains. When you have a hero so powerful, the obvious choice is to create a villain that can undermine him or outsmart him in some way — a more cerebral threat — which is what defines his relationship with such baddies as Lex and Brainiac.
- His Origin Always Gets Changed in Adaptations. Doomsday has a fairly depressing, dark origin, but it's an interesting one, and fairly unique. That said, while his popularity has led to many media adaptations over the years, the one thing that each of these adaptations has in common is that they eschew the character's comic book origin.
Aug 14, 2021 · While Superman does come back in Reign of the Supermen, Doomsday has been a major player in Kal-El's DC history. Outside The Death of Superman, Doomsday has a legacy of his own as he has been featured in multiple DC stories over the decades.
- Andy Behbakht
- Senior Writer
Created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens, the character had a cameo appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) and made his first full appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992). [2] Doomsday ranked as #46 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. [3]
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Doomsday is a rampaging, seemingly mindless, murdering monster who killed Superman. He is the result of Kryptonian genetic engineering gone awry. In "The Death of Superman" comic storyline in which he first appeared, Doomsday mysteriously bashed his way out of a metallic holding cell miles...
