Superman: Doomsday

Where were you the day Superman died?

RELEASED 18 Sept 20071h 15m★ 6.7 TMDB

When LexCorp accidentally unleashes a murderous creature, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.

Why it matters in DC

This adaptation compresses the challenge posed by Doomsday into a separate Superman film. It offers an alternative treatment of the famous death storyline, and should not be confused with the later Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen pair in the connected animated sequence.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Superman: Doomsday is title 1 of 40 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Superman: Doomsday is a separate animated treatment of Superman's confrontation with Doomsday and its consequences. It is not the opening half of The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen, which tell their story in another continuity. Choose that pair or this film as distinct adaptations rather than combining their events.

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