The character is best known as Superman's murderer in the 1992 storyline, " The Death of Superman". His creator imbued him with few feelings, mostly hate and desire for destruction, which led to his destroying worlds and eventually finding Earth, where he met Superman. Fictional character biography ĭoomsday is depicted as a monstrous genetically engineered being from the depths of prehistoric Krypton. ĭoomsday 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). Inspired, they chose "Doomsday" as the name for this villain. Several writers proposed having Superman die at the hands of a "bestial foe", and editor Mike Carlin scribbled this idea on the wall chart as "doomsday for Superman". He appears in the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, where he was portrayed by Robin Atkin Downes through voice acting and motion capture.ĭoomsday was conceived in 1991 during an annual brainstorming session with the editors and writers of Superman comics, in response to a concern by some writers that most of Superman's foes at this point either relied on technology or their intellect to outmaneuver Superman or had some natural advantage against him, wanting to create a new foe with great physical power to match him. He is best known as the character that killed Superman in The Death of Superman story arc "Doomsday!". ĭoomsday ranked as #46 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. 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). Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, speed, and leapingĭoomsday is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as one of Superman's deadliest foes, as well as a major adversary of the Justice League.Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992) Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992)
Art by Dan Jurgens (pencils), Brett Breeding (inks), and Greg Wright (colors)
Doomsday, as he appeared in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #2 (May 1994).
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