Most moving scene...

Originally posted by theICONiac
DEATH OF SUPERMAN!!!

This is absolutely my most moving moment!

Ahhh, I remember like it was yesterday...

One warm spring day in '92 lil' teenage ICON received his sealed copy of Superman 75 in the mail...I readily ripped it open and headed for the bathroom in what was sure to be one of the most memorable bowel movements ever!

And sure enough, it delivered. After wiping I headed back to my bedroom. I flipped on 'Superman's Song' by the Crash Test Dummies (friggin' prophets I tell ya!) and contemplated on how I was going to spend the rest of my life in a world without Superman(comics)...

But we all know how THAT turned out furious

I am NOT the biggest Superman fan. I'm arguably a fan at all. I love the IDEA of Superman, just not a fan of how he's ever been executed. That said, I loved The Death of Superman. I remember when it happened, I was actually shocked. My friend said "Superman's been killed!", it was like an actual world event for those of us who were into comics. Even if you didn't like Superman, it was a shocking event.

It sucks balls that they brought him back so soon, but there you go.

What I loved about it was that it depicted Superman in the most heroic light, but also in his most vulnerable. I could never get into the guy because his stories felt like playing video games with infinite ammo and life; no point, nothing can really get to you.

However, when he witnessed just how much damage Doomsday had done to the area and the Justice League then headed for Metropolis, it showed a great element to his character. It seems like he felt "Oh shit, this guy could be the real deal. This could be it for Metropolis and everyone I love. I'm the only man who can stop him and he's probably the only man that can kill me...I could die here.", but he flew in and fought to his death anyway.

It was brilliantly done, and it was a great, brutal fight. It wasn't just a couple of punches and talking like most fights nowadays; it was an actual knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fight. I've not really enjoyed Superman before or since.

My only regret (Besides bringing him back too soon) was that they gave Doomsday a feat he'd never surpass. One of the comic world's most fearsome villains and he's already peaked.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I am NOT the biggest Superman fan. I'm arguably a fan at all. I love the IDEA of Superman, just not a fan of how he's ever been executed. That said, I loved The Death of Superman. I remember when it happened, I was actually shocked. My friend said "Superman's been killed!", it was like an actual world event for those of us who were into comics. Even if you didn't like Superman, it was a shocking event.

It sucks balls that they brought him back so soon, but there you go.

What I loved about it was that it depicted Superman in the most heroic light, but also in his most vulnerable. I could never get into the guy because his stories felt like playing video games with infinite ammo and life; no point, nothing can really get to you.

However, when he witnessed just how much damage Doomsday had done to the area and the Justice League then headed for Metropolis, it showed a great element to his character. It seems like he felt "Oh shit, this guy could be the real deal. This could be it for Metropolis and everyone I love. I'm the only man who can stop him and he's probably the only man that can kill me...I could die here.", but he flew in and fought to his death anyway.

It was brilliantly done, and it was a great, brutal fight. It wasn't just a couple of punches and talking like most fights nowadays; it was an actual knock-down, drag-out, kill-or-be-killed fight. I've not really enjoyed Superman before or since.

My only regret (Besides bringing him back too soon) was that they gave Doomsday a feat he'd never surpass. One of the comic world's most fearsome villains and he's already peaked.

-AC

i'll cosign nearly all of that, except the part where you're not a fan. i've ALWAYS loved superman, since i was about 4 years old. i've not always loved his stories, and i've found as i grew older other characters more interesting, but if you asked me to name a comicbook character always and forever superman will be the first thing that i say.

his death was less meaningful than it could have been because they brought him back so soon, but what you said about the story was right on. it was an incredible event that transcended comics and i loved the story too.

A couple of punches and talking?

Take 2 minutes to read Invincible.

Anyways, one of the more moving scenes are possibly Superman/Ultraman versus Mandrakk. "You will never get past me" was pretty heavy.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
A couple of punches and talking?

Take 2 minutes to read Invincible.

Anyways, one of the more moving scenes are possibly Superman/Ultraman versus Mandrakk. "You will never get past me" was pretty heavy.

"But in the depths of the germ worlds I found a better story! An infant, rocketed away from a doomed planet..."

That hit me pretty hard. Superman beating up a dude because he's hella strong is one thing, but the idea of a good story being able to defeat evil is just a wonderful, true concpt.

I really like the scene where Absorbing Man went to visit Thunderstrike's grave and made Thor feel like an ass...

When Rorschach got obliterated by Dr Manhattan made me very sad.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze

Anyways, one of the more moving scenes are possibly Superman/Ultraman versus Mandrakk. "You will never get past me" was pretty heavy.

yes that really was moving it kind of told exactly what Superman stands for with that

The most recent I can think of is when the Wizard Shazam use his magic to turn Black Adam and Isis into statues in JSA. Damn Johns for making a touching romantic comic book tragedy into something worth reading.

🙁

Captain Americas death scene from earth X, where he was protecting Mar-Vell

Quasar...when quasar had to kill Eon and Quasar found his child Epoch...Cosmos in collision storyline.

i thought thor talking to captain america's spirit was absolutely moving. a very emotional conversation. also cyclops mercy killing that guy, i cant think of his name, where he tells him to take a deep breath & to not be scared but to look into his eyes was great too.

red hulk punching out uatu.

i had a bowel movement.

Spiderman's reactions in House of M moved me, as more than anyone else he was given a life where none of his tragedies that have defined his career had happened, then had that torn away when Layla brought his memory back, but still had to live with the memory of a perfect life...

Originally posted by Nestical
i thought thor talking to captain america's spirit was absolutely moving. a very emotional conversation. also cyclops mercy killing that guy, i cant think of his name, where he tells him to take a deep breath & to not be scared but to look into his eyes was great too.

Ugly Jack from New X-men. If bad luck was a super power, that guy would have it.

I have a new nomination: The end of Hellblazer #23. Gave me the shivers.

Deaths of Ben Reilly, Jean Grey (originally) Agent 355 and Karen Page were all quite moving.

I also love the concluding issue to the Guardian Devil storyline (the very first arc of his current series, written by Kevin Smith) with Karen Page's funeral. DD and Spidey hang out on a bridge Spidey is very familiar with and debate over the point of being a superhero. It's heartfelt and Spidey's final words are well written and moving.

...always gives me chills.

Originally posted by Galan007

...always gives me chills.

Where's that from Galan?

"amazing spider-man" v2 #36 [aka. "the black issue".]

Originally posted by Galan007
"amazing spider-man" v2 #36 [aka. "the black issue".]

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