Superman is known as one of the cheeriest and most wholesome superheroes out there, and he’s usually portrayed as contrasting the dark and dour Batman. Clad in a borderline patriotic costume and tending to fly with a smile on his face, he’s not the kind of character most would associate with being saddening, moody or gritty. Nevertheless, several stories based around Superman are far from cheery, wholesome tales.
These comics often have Superman losing either a physical or a moral battle. They rip him from his usual status quo and even his morality, resulting in a DC Universe gone mad. The result is Superman comics that are just as dark as any Batman book; if anything, they’re even grimmer.
Making things worse was the fact that Doomsday was a mindless killing machine, and Superman died “for nothing” fighting him. It was also an era where heroes such as Superman seemed old-hat, so his death was a dark end of an era. Read alongside the character’s return, “The Death of Superman” is a great first arc, but it’s a bitter end on its own.
Superman is known as one of the cheeriest and most wholesome superheroes out there, and he’s usually portrayed as contrasting the dark and dour Batman. Clad in a borderline patriotic costume and tending to fly with a smile on his face, he’s not the kind of character most would associate with being saddening, moody or gritty. Nevertheless, several stories based around Superman are far from cheery, wholesome tales.
These comics often have Superman losing either a physical or a moral battle. They rip him from his usual status quo and even his morality, resulting in a DC Universe gone mad. The result is Superman comics that are just as dark as any Batman book; if anything, they’re even grimmer.
Making things worse was the fact that Doomsday was a mindless killing machine, and Superman died “for nothing” fighting him. It was also an era where heroes such as Superman seemed old-hat, so his death was a dark end of an era. Read alongside the character’s return, “The Death of Superman” is a great first arc, but it’s a bitter end on its own.
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