Really though, The Death Of Superman! (the exclamation mark really makes all the difference) is nothing compared to what happens in The Kingdom. The sequel to Mark Waid and Alex Ross's Kingdom Come which doesn't get nearly as much praise saw Superman coming up against murderous super-person Gog. My staff contains the fire of a dozen red suns. Together, they burn almost as brightly as my loathing for you. Gog does not mince his words. With that, he immediately kills the older, pepper-haired Superman, but doesn't stop there. He makes sure that Superman dies on every single day throughout history. Travelling through time, Gog goes to the effort of killing the Man Of Steel on every single day of his life, to ensure that his entire existence has been suffering. That's even more hardcore than the fate Emperor Joker condemned Batman to. He is killed in any number of ways, from a Kryptonite dagger to a bomb that turns him into living Kryptonite. And at the end of it all? This Superman doesn't get saved, or resurrected. Instead he gets sent into a purgatory full of all the other dead Superman from throughout time. Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow? You don't wanna know.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
