His speed depends on the writer and situation. He's been written as capable of flying faster than light before. If I remember right, the reasoning for the power increase was to permit more stories based on space(thus the massive increase in lung capacity compared to the early 90's) and other planets.
The reason Doomsday killed him was because of comic politics. They needed to delay his marriage to coincide with that of the television show "Lois & Clark"'s marriage as well. They intended to use a pre-existing villain but later opted for an original character, which resulted in Doomsday.
The actual fight was described in an issue as having happened in super speed(My apologies in currently forgetting the reference), though not entirely so. Certain events in the book, along with any comic, are also prone to dramatic effect. The described giant crater(s?) they created from their punches should have killed anyone nearby, but it was more powerful of a scene if the citizens of Metropolis were nearby, much less his fiancee and colleagues from the Daily Planet. Same with DC being unable to afford having a major city completely destroyed from the fight.
In retrospect, I don't look at it as Doomsday killing Superman. I see it as the writers and powers that be at DC comics taught everyone a lesson. It was the best marketing scheme in comic history and will never be topped!! It was more to show people that Superman is not a 'cheesy' character and help some former fans of Superman realize how much they actually liked Superman. To me, it was not a failure for Superman, but a monumental success. One of Superman's greatest triumphs....
Originally posted by GODOFALL1
I can name 20 other superheros/supervillians that would kill Superman, so I don't see what the big deal is about Doomsday killing him.
The purpose in creating the comic was shallow. They wrote it for monetary reasons and to invoke empathy. You don't kill someone just so people feel sorry for them, that's lame.
Originally posted by MrHeavySilence
The purpose in creating the comic was shallow. They wrote it for monetary reasons and to invoke empathy. You don't kill someone just so people feel sorry for them, that's lame.
For the most part, I believe that whenever a character is killed off, the writer who killed that character intends for him/her to never come back.
Re: Doomsday killed Superman...Should not have happened
[QUOTE=2632710]Originally posted by Supra
Why did this happen, there was no Big K involved, no nothing it was just a strength match. Superman is impervious to physical attacks if No K involved, or at least should be cause thats what his fater and the comics said.
Also in the comic, Supe never went super speed, he could have just doged all of Doomsdays attacks and he would have never gotten him. Then as Supe likes to do is throw stuff into the Sun, he could have just grabbed doomsday and done just that, but he did not. He could have also just thrown him into outerspace, and let him come back down and burn up in the atmosphere. He did none of those
What were doomsdays powers? Just Strength and hardness. Nothing Else, matched with supes....super strength, super speed, heat vison, freeze breath, super breath, invinsibility, aurora power shell from the yellow sun, smartest man on the earth,x-ray vision.
This makes no sense to me.
My question is why he died, and why the comic writers let this happend, and the only reason I can see why he died was that they wanted him to, and with a little research ....THEY DID!!
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Ok. While we're talking about this topic, can we all just agree that Superman having superspeed like the Flash is just too much as far powers go? Its fine if Supes can fly at incredible speed, or maybe its even ok if you can allow him to use short, intense bursts of speed in a straight line. But if you allow him to move and react like the Flash, you've basically made it impossible to beat him, or even create a threat that's even remotely manacing. In case you haven't noticed, most witers who tackle Superman stories act like he doesn't have the power, because, if used, it would completely destroy the plausibility of the villain's plan/scheme.
Think about it. If Superman can see and hear every threat from a mile away, react to it instantly and move at the speed of light, what villain would be left to stick around and fight? As soon as you fired a gun or said a dirty word, Supes would have you lobotomized or incarcerated.
He's already the most powerful being on the planet. Why do you have to give him Flash's abilities as well?
Originally posted by Ming Tea!
They did it to sell comics duhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! That issue is still one of the best selling issues of Superman and comics in general. And Superman did try flying Doomsday away from the earth and used his heat vision on him multiple times. Doomsday was also Kryptonian so he possesed the same strength Superman did. He also can keep coming back to life invunerable to the means that killed him before. Superman is NOT the smartest man on earth and Doomsday had superspeed as well.
this is true so dont forget that anything from supermans home planet has the abilty to hurt him
Originally posted by pr1983Batman may respect superman but they have and always have diferrent outlook on situations. In last issue of World's Finest....Batman had to save superman's bacon. Quoting (superman)barely remember coming here....must have been unconscious... a long time. far too long. Scent of the hay...woke me up. It's a good smell. it used to waft to me on the morning breeze when i was a youngster in smallvile. Yes....ive spent of lot of good times living around places like thi---- (batman) You almost DIED in a place like this.
in your opinion...superman has saved the planet more times than most heroes, he even sacrificed his life to save everyone, including batman and the other 'cooler' characters.
superman is THE superhero, everybody knows who he is...
no matter how 'lame' you think he is he's still one of the few people that almost every dc character respects, batman included...
when the shit hits the fan and all hope seems lost who do they turn to? yes, superman...
his reason to live is simple, to save the world and shag a stunning woman...
not bad at all...