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"The Death of Superman" is a 1992 comic book storyline that occurred mostly in DC Comics' Superman titles. The completed multi-issue story arc was given the title ''The Death and Return of Superman''. In the story, Superman engages in battle with a seemingly unstoppable killing machine named Doomsday in the streets of Metropolis. At the fight's conclusion, both combatants apparently die from their wounds in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #75 in 1992. The crossover depicted the world's reaction to Superman's death in "Funeral for a Friend," the emergence of four individuals believed to be the "new" Superman, and the eventual return of the original Superman in "Reign of the Supermen!". The storyline, devised by editor Mike Carlin and the Superman writing team of Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, met with enormous success: the ''Superman'' titles gained international exposure, reaching to the top of the comics sales charts and selling out overnight. The event was widely covered by national and international news media. The storyline was loosely adapted into a 2007 animated film, ''Superman: Doomsday''. ==Origins== The story of ''The Death of Supermans conception goes back to the 1985 crossover ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. Following that event, DC Comics rebooted their continuity and relaunched the Superman character with the miniseries "The Man of Steel", written by John Byrne. However, due to disputes with DC, Byrne left the Superman books and was replaced by Roger Stern. While the stories continued from Byrne's revamp, sales slowly dropped. In an effort to attract female readers, the Lois Lane/Clark Kent/Superman love triangle, in place since 1938, was changed. In a development based on events in Byrne's revamp, Lois was already falling in love with Clark Kent, rather than with Superman. In a story arc titled "Krisis of Krimson Kryptonite", Clark proposes to Lois; she accepts. Although the road was set for the marriage of Lois and Clark, an unforeseen event would change these plans. In 1992, the television series based on ''Superboy'' concluded after four seasons in syndication. However, producer Alexander Salkind was precluded from doing any further work on the series (he and son Ilya had planned a series of telefilms to bring ''Superboy'' to an official end) after Warner Bros., the owner of DC Comics, reclaimed certain intellectual property rights he had been in possession of since 1978. Shortly thereafter, Wanrer Beos. began developing ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', a new series for ABC which was premised upon a romantic relationship between Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. One of the ideas that arose during production was the wedding of Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. Warner Bros. learned that DC Comics was planning a similar plot line in the ''Superman'' comic books, and as a result DC, Warner Bros., and the ''Superman'' writing staff came together and reached an agreement: the Lois and Clark wedding arc in the comic book would be put on hold, to resume once the ''Lois & Clark'' TV show reached its wedding episode. With the original storyline set aside in the comic, an original event was needed to replace it. According to a documentary on ''Superman: Doomsday'', the ''Superman'' writing team members were miffed at having a year's worth of story planning put aside, and flustered for ideas. At the end of one meeting, ''Adventures of Superman'' writer Jerry Ordway suggested, jokingly, "Let's just kill 'im." The joke became a running gag in story meetings, but eventually gained traction with ''Superman'' group editor Mike Carlin. In the documentary film ''Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman'' Carlin states: "the world was taking Superman for granted, so we literally said 'let's show what the world would be like without Superman'." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Death of Superman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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