The Death of Superman was a monolithic event in comics. What it lacks in substance it more than makes up for in iconicity and visual flair, and of course, the all too shocking moment where Doomsday and Supes exchange blows and kill one another.
The important delineation to be made here is that Superman is unwavering in his defence of Metropolis. He never falters - not once - and refuses to allow Doomsday to break him mentally. That said, this list is about characters who 'broke' Superman and well, you won't find a more literal example than here.
It would take months for Supes to recover from this clash, but he clearly wore the scars of his encounter by the time he returned. How, you may ask? Well, Clark comes back with a mullet. A choice decision, even by nineties standards.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
