" The Death of Superman" is a crossover story event featured in DC Comics' Superman-related publications. Mike Machlan Ande Parks Josef Rubinstein Trevor Scott Walter Simonson Either way, Superman is destined to die in Infinite Frontier, but only time will tell whether he can conquer death once again.Brett Breeding Doug Hazelwood Dennis Janke Denis Rodier Helping this is the knowledge that Clark Kent lives until the universe's end in Future State. Despite Jon's protests to the contrary, his traveling back in time could be the thing that ends up saving Clark's life. It's also possible that Superman won't die at all. Given the nature of comic books, no hero stays dead for long, and that's especially true for major ones like Superman. It begs the question of whether DC would be so bold as to make that same mistake a second time. One of the event's criticisms was its unwillingness to commit to its own premise, as Superman was later revealed to have survived his fight with Doomsday. While the event was a sales blockbuster and received significant media attention, it has since developed a far more mediocre reputation. 1992's The Death of Superman saw Superman die in a battle with Doomsday only for four copies to arrive and try to claim his mantle. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time Superman died and was replaced. All this is hinting that something could happen to Clark, requiring Jon to replace him. The biggest hint that DC might be killing off Clark to replace him with Jon though is in the pages of Infinite Frontier #0, where Spectre and Wonder Woman argue over whether Jon should become Superman or not. Jon does become the Superman in Future State though that universe's Clark is alive and well, so it was clearly different circumstances. DC has been hinting that Jon Kent would have to replace his father for some time.
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Before the full ramifications of that can set in, the next breach in space arrives, and Superman flies off to save the day, perhaps for the last time.Īll of this leaves the fate of Superman in an interesting limbo. Jon's been to the future, and he knows that the next alien breach will end up killing Superman.
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When Clark tells his son that it's not something he'll have to think about for a long time, Jon responds that Clark doesn't understand.
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Jon tells him about the weight of expectations on him, how everyone keeps asking him when he's going to be Superman. Knowing that something's wrong, that something's been wrong since Jon returned from the future, Clark finally has an honest conversation with his son. Clark tries to play a game with Jon but is rejected. Related: Superman's Son Has A Dark Destinyĭespite this, the duo successfully fends off the alien incursion and flies back down to earth. Before either of them have too much time to ruminate on this though, more aliens crawl through the breach and one of them catches Superman in the arm with a laser blast, wounding the Man of Steel like few can. After spending years in the future, Jon had aged into a young man without his father. Though the fights are difficult and end up wounding Superman, what bothers him more is his relationship with his son, Jon. The issue from writer Philip Kenedy Johnson and artist Phil Hester sees the Man of Steel and his son flying into space to fight aliens coming through breaches in space/time. Though the event has promised a back to basics for DC heroes like Nightwing and Flash, some of their biggest heroes are receiving significant status quo shakeups, and with the release of Superman #29, none are as big as the potential death of DC's big blue boy scout, Superman
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With Infinite Frontier, DC is setting up the second death of Superman. Warning: contains spoilers for Superman #29