this unstoppable monster is the only foe
to ever kill Superman
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
doomsday all you need to know is that
we’ll get free and I will kill you
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining zin different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1992 s Superman the Man
of Steel number 17 which was then
expanded upon in 1994 s Superman
doomsday hunter prey book 2 and 1995 s
doomsday year 1 the seemingly mindless
and unstoppable monster was the result
of alien genetic engineering hundreds of
thousands of years before Kryptonians
evolved on their own planet conducted by
an immoral alien scientist named
Bertrand the quest to transform an
infant into the ultimate creature became
his obsession these experiments involved
having an infant creature fend for
itself in the harsh wilderness of
Krypton however when said creature would
inevitably die from exposure to the
elements or the native creatures
Bertrand would then reanimate it through
cloning repeating the experiment over
and over again for decades the creature
slowly evolved and adapted eventually
the creature evolved to the point where
it became strong enough to lash out and
kill its creator and destroy his lab
while the scientist Lay Dying his
thoughts turned to how he had finally
succeeded in creating the ultimate life
form when a supply ship arrived to
restock the lab the creature henceforth
called doomsday stowed away and began a
rampage across the universe this led to
epic struggles with the likes of
Darkseid and the Green Lantern Corps
the final planet doomsday landed on and
decimated during this time was the
advanced world of cattle and when all of
their technology could not stop him they
created a super being made of pure
energy called radiant to accomplish the
task
when radiant succeeded they bound
doomsday within a special containment
suit locked him in a coffin like Sal and
launched him into the cold of space
hoping that that would contain him for
all eternity eventually after several
hundred thousand years he drifted to
earth and became buried upon impact
there he lay
dormant for millennia before finally
awakening this brought us to what was
chronologically his first comic
appearance with several Superman comics
ending with Doomsday’s fists
continuously punching the walls of his
coffin to escape upon finally breaking
free he dug his way to the surface of
earth and began killing and destroying
anything that crossed his path and
eventually fell upon the scent of
another Kryptonian along his warpath he
was confronted by the Justice League who
he defeated with ease before going up
against Superman
that battle ended badly for the Man of
Steel as he was brutally beaten to death
while both ultimately died in the
struggle doomsday regenerated and
returned stronger than before though he
was an inhabitant of Krypton and
possessed all of Superman’s strength
speed and invulnerability these were not
granted by his exposure to Earth’s
Yellow Sun rather he gained these
abilities through the advanced evolution
granted to him by the cloning process of
course Superman returned as well by
returning to his body from the afterlife
to this day
doomsday remains the most powerful foe
Superman has ever faced while he is
unable to fly he is stronger than
Kryptonians and can leap great distances
and the sharp bony spikes that cover his
body are capable of piercing Kryptonian
skin
however what continues to make doomsday
so menacing is the fact that upon
regeneration
he will always adapt and become immune
to whatever had killed him the last time
since doomsday shocking murder of
Superman he has remained an iconic and
unmatched villain he has continued to
appear in various media from the Justice
League Unlimited series to the 2007
animated movie Superman doomsday and as
the main villain of Smallville’s eighth
season are you a fan of the ultimate
destructive life form for more gripping
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
to ever kill Superman
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
doomsday all you need to know is that
we’ll get free and I will kill you
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining zin different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1992 s Superman the Man
of Steel number 17 which was then
expanded upon in 1994 s Superman
doomsday hunter prey book 2 and 1995 s
doomsday year 1 the seemingly mindless
and unstoppable monster was the result
of alien genetic engineering hundreds of
thousands of years before Kryptonians
evolved on their own planet conducted by
an immoral alien scientist named
Bertrand the quest to transform an
infant into the ultimate creature became
his obsession these experiments involved
having an infant creature fend for
itself in the harsh wilderness of
Krypton however when said creature would
inevitably die from exposure to the
elements or the native creatures
Bertrand would then reanimate it through
cloning repeating the experiment over
and over again for decades the creature
slowly evolved and adapted eventually
the creature evolved to the point where
it became strong enough to lash out and
kill its creator and destroy his lab
while the scientist Lay Dying his
thoughts turned to how he had finally
succeeded in creating the ultimate life
form when a supply ship arrived to
restock the lab the creature henceforth
called doomsday stowed away and began a
rampage across the universe this led to
epic struggles with the likes of
Darkseid and the Green Lantern Corps
the final planet doomsday landed on and
decimated during this time was the
advanced world of cattle and when all of
their technology could not stop him they
created a super being made of pure
energy called radiant to accomplish the
task
when radiant succeeded they bound
doomsday within a special containment
suit locked him in a coffin like Sal and
launched him into the cold of space
hoping that that would contain him for
all eternity eventually after several
hundred thousand years he drifted to
earth and became buried upon impact
there he lay
dormant for millennia before finally
awakening this brought us to what was
chronologically his first comic
appearance with several Superman comics
ending with Doomsday’s fists
continuously punching the walls of his
coffin to escape upon finally breaking
free he dug his way to the surface of
earth and began killing and destroying
anything that crossed his path and
eventually fell upon the scent of
another Kryptonian along his warpath he
was confronted by the Justice League who
he defeated with ease before going up
against Superman
that battle ended badly for the Man of
Steel as he was brutally beaten to death
while both ultimately died in the
struggle doomsday regenerated and
returned stronger than before though he
was an inhabitant of Krypton and
possessed all of Superman’s strength
speed and invulnerability these were not
granted by his exposure to Earth’s
Yellow Sun rather he gained these
abilities through the advanced evolution
granted to him by the cloning process of
course Superman returned as well by
returning to his body from the afterlife
to this day
doomsday remains the most powerful foe
Superman has ever faced while he is
unable to fly he is stronger than
Kryptonians and can leap great distances
and the sharp bony spikes that cover his
body are capable of piercing Kryptonian
skin
however what continues to make doomsday
so menacing is the fact that upon
regeneration
he will always adapt and become immune
to whatever had killed him the last time
since doomsday shocking murder of
Superman he has remained an iconic and
unmatched villain he has continued to
appear in various media from the Justice
League Unlimited series to the 2007
animated movie Superman doomsday and as
the main villain of Smallville’s eighth
season are you a fan of the ultimate
destructive life form for more gripping
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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