Death of Superman

    (DC, 1993)
™ and © DC Comics

In 1992 DC published a story that crossed over to all the Superman titles and received a great amount of mainstream press attention: Superman was killed. After slugging it out with an unstoppable killing machine dubbed Doomsday, both Superman and the monster lay dead at the story’s conclusion. But getting to that point involved an ever-escalating series of battles with emergency personnel as well as other heroes of the DC universe. From the first glimpses of a canvas-bound prisoner methodically pounding his way to freedom, to the grand finale of full-page panels, the various writers and artists maintained an edge-of-your-seat tension until the cathartic denouement. Then the real story began.

This trade paperback collects all the chapters of this landmark story from the four Superman titles in which they appeared, as well as the elusive chapter from the Justice League America that many fans missed.

— George Haberberger
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    First printing, Superman in yellow, The Death Of in gray box
    Apr 1993
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern  ·  A: Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Jackson “Butch” Guice, Dan Jurgens
    Originally published as Superman: The Man of Steel #17-19, Superman #73-75, Adventures of Superman #496-497, Action Comics #683-684 and Justice League America #69
    21 copies from $1.99
  • Bk 1-2
    Book #1 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern  ·  A: Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Jackson “Butch” Guice, Dan Jurgens
    Collects Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19, Justice League of America #69, Superman #74-75 and Action Comics #684; ca. 2013
    1 copy for $3.50
  • Bk 1-5
    Book #1 - 5th printing
    Newsstand, 2nd Printing, The Death of Superman in white
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern  ·  A: Dan Jurgens, Jackson “Butch” Guice, Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett
    Collects Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19, Justice League of America #69, Superman #74-75 and Action Comics #684; ca. 2013
    1 copy for $2.87
  • Bk 1/B
    Book #1 Variation B
    30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with Cover B by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding
    Feb 2023
    Cover: $39.99
    W: Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern  ·  A: Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Jackson “Butch” Guice, Dan Jurgens
    Collects Superman #73-75, Adventures of Superman #496-497, Justice League America #69, Action Comics #683-684, Superman: The Man of Steel #17-19, And Newstime: The Life and Death of Superman #1
    2 copies from $14.98