“It’s an interesting opportunity to do this on the 30th anniversary of ‘The Death of Superman,’ which happened in Superman #75. It’s very serious,” writer Joshua Williamson tells EW. And in the pages of DC Comics, an even bigger threat is bearing down on the Justice League. Over on The CW, Superman & Lois is hinting at the imminent arrival of Doomsday. Entertainment Weekly noticed it in their story on it, because of course DC loves to be in the press.ĭC loves to homage anniversaries like this (such as when they published the 2005 crossover event Infinite Crisis timed to the 20th anniversary of Crisis on Infinite Earths) and they’re saluting 30 years of “The Death of Superman” in style. They even made a big deal about this final issue of Justice League being issue #75, the same issue number of Superman where Doomsday killed Superman. Other images point to Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and the Flash as well as Hawkgirl and Zatanna being involved but only J’onn, Barry, and Hawkgirl join the coffined heroes in a memorial statue. So who’s going to die? According to the teaser image (click the image on the left for full-size) we have Aquaman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (supposedly John Stewart, which is a confusing choice given the representation crowd–maybe because he’s former military), and of course Superman because only Optimus Prime has died and come back more times in the multiverse than Kal-El at this point. Did Damien redesign the entire Robin costume? I get the feeling I’m supposed to know who that is next to Batman’s coffin, but I don’t. Kind of like “Bendis is coming” was a warning to Superman fans their favorite series was over, especially if they liked pre-teen Jon Kent, Clark having a secret identity so he can do good as himself and have some kind of normal life, and being happily married to Lois. One hero is supposed to survive the attack by this “Dark Army” (heck, just call them the Legion Of Doom…I will) to warn everyone what’s coming. Heroes will die and will only come back if WarnerMedia or Discovery Networks or whoever owns DC Comics right now insists on it. JUSTICE LEAGUE 75 allows us to showcase why the Justice League are comics’ greatest heroes as we show the aftermath of the loss against their biggest threat ever and its impact on the DCU.”Īpparently the plot centers around the villains of the DC universe bringing the Justice League to the ends of the multiverse, whatever that means as I’m not even sure what the multiverse is DC-side anymore. “I remember buying DEATH OF SUPERMAN 30 years ago and now we have an opportunity to take that idea and go bigger with it. “We’ve been building to the Death of the Justice League for the last year across the main line,” said Williamson. Superstar writer Joshua Williamson (BATMAN) and artist Rafa Sandoval (THE FLASH) bring you the beginning of the next big DCU event starting in JUSTICE LEAGUE #75, available at local comic book shops and participating digital retailers on April 19! The Death of the Justice League is only the beginning of the story. There’s a host of reasons I have a Death Of DC category…and here’s a new one. I would like to get all the stuff with pre-aged Jon Kent but otherwise I’m not seeing what I love in the DC universe anymore. Well, if they wanted to ensure I didn’t buy a new DC comic, they’re doing a bang-up job.
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