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Doomsday

Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (Nov. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon 1992)
Created by Dan Jurgens
In story information
Place of origin Krypton
Team affiliations Secret Society of Super Villains
Suicide Squad
Apokolips
Notable aliases The Ultimate Lifeform, The Armageddon Creature, The One who Killed Superman. Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist. Krypton is a Fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. No longer in existence it is the native world of the super-heroes Superman and in The Secret Society of Super Villains ( SSoSV) is a group of Comic book Supervillains that exist in the DC Universe. The Suicide Squad is a name for two fictional organizations in DC Comics Universe.
Abilities Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability and reflexes,
Accelerated healing factor,
Self-evolves immunity to previous forms of attacks,
Ability to resurrect himself after death

Doomsday is a fictional character from a comic book in the DC Comics Universe, best known for its mutual fight to the death with Superman in the Death of Superman storyline published in 1993. A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in Fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The DC Universe ( DCU) is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The Death of Superman is a Comic book Storyline (culminating in Superman #75 in 1992 that served as the catalyst for DC Comics '

Contents

Fictional character biography

The Ultimate

The character's origin was not developed until several years after Doomsday's first appearance, described in the next section: The Death of Superman.

The nameless creature, later called Doomsday, was created in the distant past on Krypton, long before the humanoid Kryptonian race had gained dominance over the planet. Krypton is a Fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. No longer in existence it is the native world of the super-heroes Superman and in It was a violent, hellish world where only the absolute strongest of creatures could survive (at the time, the world's dominant lifeforms were said to be the most dangerous creatures in the universe). [1][2] In an effort to create the ultimate lifeform, the alien Bertron sent an infant to the surface of the planet, where it would be promptly killed by the harsh environment or the vicious creatures inhabiting it. Doomsday is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. [1] Its remains were harvested and used to clone a stronger version of it, a process repeated countless times as a form of accelerated natural selection. Natural selection is the process by which favorable Heritable traits become more common in successive Generations of a Population of [1] The agony of these deaths were recorded in his genes driving the creature to hate all life. Racial memory is a concept in Jungian psychology. Racial memories are posited memories feelings and ideas inherited from our ancestors as part of a " Collective unconscious [1] Eventually, it gained the ability to adapt to overcome what killed it in its prior life without the need of Bertron's technology. [1] "The Ultimate" hunted and killed all of the lethal creatures that then inhabited Krypton, including Bertron. [1]

The Ultimate escaped Krypton and went on a killing spree across several planets. Krypton (ˈkrɪptən or /ˈkrɪptɒn/ from kryptos "hidden" is a Chemical element with the symbol Kr and Atomic number 36 It began 245,000 years ago on Bylan 5, where Darkseid was about to wed a princess (in order to obtain that planet's chemical deposits for Apokolips' weapons factories). Darkseid is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Just as the Ultimate and Darkseid were to meet in combat, Darkseid was forced to flee, as the battle had caused the planet's atmosphere to become toxic and therefore worthless to Apokolips. The Ultimate hitched a ride on an escaping shuttle, which crashed on Khundia. The warring Khundian clans united in order to build protective armor for a warrior named Kobald, who was hoped to survive long enough to force the Ultimate onto a rocket. Kobald is a name for pyrites of copper-nickel-cobalt-iron give by German miners of the 15th century Once the rocket was in space, the Ultimate killed Kobald and the resulting explosion sent him hurling through space.

It next came across the path of a Green Lantern named Zharan Pel. The Ultimate took the Lantern's power ring and sensing the power of the Guardians of the Universe, made his way to them. The Guardians of the Universe are a Fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Comics universe Hundreds of Green Lanterns were sent to stop it and were killed. It continued to Oa where a single Guardian sacrificed himself in battle to defeat it. Oa is a Fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe. But the release of energies by the Guardian caused a tear in space through which the Ultimate fell. Eventually coming to Calaton, it tore that world apart for three years. [1] With only the capital city left, the royal family combined their life forces into a single energy being, The Radiant. The Radiant is a superhero from the DC Comics Universe He was created as part of the backstory to Doomsday from " The Death of Superman " storyline [1] The Radiant killed the Ultimate with a huge blast of energy (laying waste to over a fifth of his world in the process). [1] In common Calatonian burial procedures, the Ultimate's seemingly-dead body was shackled and masked, and shot into space. [1] Eventually, it landed on Earth, the force of the impact driving the casket deep underground. [1]

The Death of Superman

Main article: Death of Superman

In his first encounter with the Justice League, shortly after breaking free from underground, Doomsday defeated the entire team of superheroes in a matter of minutes, which in turn attracted the attention of Superman. The Death of Superman is a Comic book Storyline (culminating in Superman #75 in 1992 that served as the catalyst for DC Comics ' The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Notable is the fact that the creature fought the entire time with literally one hand tied behind his back, yet still was able to lay waste to all opposition and much of the surrounding area. The only Justice Leaguer who could even defend herself against Doomsday was Maxima. Maxima is a Fictional character from the DC Comics Superman titles Also at that time, his naming occurred when League member Booster Gold stated how the rampage resembled "the arrival of Doomsday" (meaning, the end of the world). Booster Gold is a Fictional character, a Superhero in publications from DC Comics. The comment subsequently reached the broadcast media and thereafter led to the creature's accepted name.

During his rampage, Doomsday took interest in billboards and television spots advertising violent wrestling competitions held in Metropolis, which appealed to his bloodlust and thus enticed the otherwise mindless creature to head towards the city. Metropolis is a Fictional city that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. By counterattacking, Superman quickly found that his opponent's awesome power was a match for his own, and so he realized that if Doomsday actually reached Metropolis, the resulting battle could conceivably destroy the city and kill millions of innocent people. Simultaneously, Doomsday developed a strong desire to murder Superman in particular. That desire was later explained in the Hunter/Prey miniseries: from the agony of continually dying during his creation process, Doomsday developed in his genes the ability to sense anyone Kryptonian, plus an overriding instinct to treat any such beings as an automatic threat. (However, it remains unexplained why Doomsday did not also react with this specific type of malice towards the Cyborg Superman, who at one point possessed Kryptonian DNA). Hank Henshaw is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain from the DC Comics universe and is primarily an enemy of Superman

Death in Metropolis

In the space of only a few issues of the Superman comic book series, Doomsday battled Superman in a titanic struggle, leading the hero to conclude that the creature would only continue to attack relentlessly and endlessly, with no urge for surrender. It all culminated in Superman #75, where in an act of self-sacrifice, Superman refused to give up despite taking serious wounds and running low on stamina. The fight raged to the bitter end, where the two combatants each struck a simultaneous, fatal blow, leaving both of them lifeless in front of the Daily Planet building in Metropolis.

In the aftermath of Superman's apparent death, no fewer than four super-beings appeared in his wake, two of them declaring themselves to be the "real" Superman. One of these four, a half-man/half-machine who greatly resembled Superman (and who would later become a dangerous villain called simply "The Cyborg"), took custody of Doomsday's apparently lifeless body. Hank Henshaw is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain from the DC Comics universe and is primarily an enemy of Superman After strapping the creature to an asteroid with an electronic device attached (a device later revealed, in the Hunter/Prey books, to be a backup of the Cyborg's essence), the Cyborg flung Doomsday into deep space, on a trajectory supposedly certain to never intersect any other planet. The issue closed with an image of an awakened and laughing Doomsday, still strapped to the asteroid but otherwise in good condition.

Round two: Hunter/Prey

Eventually, after passing through a wormhole, Doomsday's asteroid was accidentally found by a deep-space scavenger ship. Upon closer examination of the peculiar-looking drifting rock, the ship's crew retrieved the object hoping to find something of value. The scavenger vessel happened to be on a route to Apokolips, the home of the awesomely-powerful tyrant Darkseid. Darkseid is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Doomsday was fully rested and, after slaughtering the crew of the salvage ship, found himself landing on the harsh world. This was to be the setup for a final showdown between Doomsday and Superman (similarly resurrected, in the meantime), who had been uneasy about the possibility of Doomsday's resurrection. With the help of his JLA contacts, Superman procured a Mother Box, a thinking computer, after Darkseid's servant Desaad contacted Earth about a problem on Apokolips. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Mother boxes are fictional devices in Jack Kirby's Fourth World setting in the DC Universe. In DC Comics ' Comic books, Desaad is one of the followers of Darkseid from the planet of Apokolips in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Unknown to Superman, Doomsday had faced and beaten Darkseid himself in single combat (even surviving Darkseid's fabled Omega Beams) and was laying waste to Apokolips. Unfortunately, before Superman could deal with Doomsday, Desaad opened a boom tube to Calaton—the first world where Doomsday was successfully defeated—and sent Doomsday through to what he believed was his defeat at the hands of The Radiant. The Radiant is a superhero from the DC Comics Universe He was created as part of the backstory to Doomsday from " The Death of Superman " storyline However, Doomsday is essentially able to adapt and overcome any opponent because of the process by which he was created (he was always stronger than he had been prior to his last death); so, although the Radiant had defeated him once, he would not be able to defeat him again. Likewise, even though Superman had killed Doomsday once before, he would be unable to do so again. Superman, while knowing this, was obsessed with stopping Doomsday and traveled to Calaton. He fought Doomsday again with the help of the Mother Box, but, despite it providing him with extra weapons such as an ultrasonic gun and an energy sword, Superman met with defeat. He was forced to use one of Waverider's time travel devices to leave Doomsday stranded at the End of Time, where Doomsday met the one force he could not overcome: entropy. Waverider is a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe The heat death is a possible final state of the universe, in which it has " run down " to a state of no Thermodynamic free energy to sustain

Duplicates

During the Wonder Woman Lifeline storyline, an imperfect duplicate of Doomsday was created by an artificial intelligence based on the son of scientist Doctor Julian Lazarus, who was attempting to bring his son back after being responsible for the accident that killed him. The AI based on the child had already created short-lived copies of Barry Allen and Sinestro, but he simply didn't realize that he was creating an actual monster; he thought he was simply playing a computer game. Bartholomew "Barry" Allen is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the second Flash Sinestro is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. The duplicate originally possessed the same strength as Doomsday but grew more powerful with each step. The Doomsday clone absorbed so much power that eventually his bony spurs grew to cover his body, essentially turning him into a statue that Wonder Woman was able to shatter.

In an attempt to understand death, Mister Mxyzptlk created a temporary copy of Doomsday—which he called "Bada-Bing-Bada-Boomsday"—in Man of Steel #75, who subsequently killed Mxyzptlk in the fight. Mr Mxyzptlk ( pronounced mɪksˈjɛzpɪtˌlɪk or mɪksˈjɛzˌpɪtɫɪk) sometimes called Mxy, is a Fictional Supervillain who appears in However, Mxyzptlk was resurrected that same issue following a meeting with the 'Supreme Being', and removed the Doomsday duplicate from the fight once again.

The Doomsday Wars

Doomsday returned yet again in the mini-series The Doomsday Wars. In this series, Prin Vnok, an underling of Brainiac uses his technology to travel to the End of Time to retrieve Doomsday in order to combine the beast's massive power with Brainiac's formidable intellect (this was later revealed to have taken place due to the timeline's reconstruction following the events of 'Zero Hour', when the former (at that time) Green Lantern Hal Jordan, presently known as Parallax broke down creation and the heroes were forced to trigger their own Big Bang to stop him; the reconstruction of time meant that Brainiac was able to change the outcome of Doomsday's defeat). Brainiac is a DC Comics Supervillain that appears in the Comic books published by DC Comics. Zero Hour Crisis in Time is a five-issue Comic book Limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994 Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. Parallax is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain in the DC Comics universe.

Doomsday's will proved too strong to override completely with psionics, and he reacted too quickly for any chemical process to eliminate his simple mind, so Brainiac attempted to use a human host to genetically engineer a Doomsday body without the mind while temporarily lodging in Doomsday's head. He chose to use Pete Ross and Lana Lang's newborn baby, born eight weeks premature and transported by Superman to a hospital. Pete Ross is a Fictional character who appears in the Superman Comic books published by DC Comics. Lana Elizabeth Lang is a Fictional, Supporting character in DC Comics ' Superman series Brainiac intercepted Superman during the attempt and stole the baby to hurt his long-time foe, correctly deducing that it was the child of someone close to Superman. In the end, Superman thwarted Brainiac's plot by driving him out of Doomsday's body via the use of a telepathy-blocking 'psi-blocker'. He then lured Doomsday to the moon, where he placed Doomsday in a kind of stasis with four Justice League teleporters; perpetually transporting between those four booths, Doomsday would never be more than 25% integrated, and thus unable to 'think' of a plan to escape. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team.

Our Worlds at War

Following these events, Doomsday was released by Lex Luthor's Suicide Squad to battle Imperiex, a threat that was judged to be even greater than Doomsday himself. Lex Luthor is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Suicide Squad is a name for two fictional organizations in DC Comics Universe. Imperiex is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Once freed, Doomsday slaughtered the Squad, and then went on to battle Imperiex's numerous probes (his mind having been altered to regard them as the threat he normally perceived Superman to be), which had thus far managed to seriously injure or kill most of Earth's heroes. Doomsday tore through numerous probes with seemingly little effort, while aided by Superman—the only time the two enemies would come close to teaming up—before finally confronting Imperiex himself. Imperiex proved too much for Doomsday; he blasted him, reducing the creature to a glowing skeleton.

Just a little while later, Superman #175 commemorated the 100th issue since the death of Superman in battle with Doomsday by staging a re-match. It is shown that Doomsday's skeleton was retrieved and his flesh regrown by Lex Luthor (by using Superman's Kryptonian DNA), who handed Doomsday over to Darkseid (Luthor's aide in the retrieval, repair, and improvement of Doomsday) to repay Earth's war debt to Apokolips. By this time, Doomsday had evolved intelligence and sentience. Luthor arranged for the Joker to set Doomsday loose in Washington D. The Joker is a fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics. C. to demonstrate that he was "in good working condition. " It also happened to be the anniversary of the day that Superman had died while stopping Doomsday. Despite being weakened by kryptonite exposure when Luthor attempted to exploit Doomsday's Kryptonian origins, Superman's heart was restarted by Black Lightning and he reached Doomsday just as the monster was struggling with the Martian Manhunter. Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic Black Lightning ( Jefferson Pierce) was one of the first major African American Superheroes to appear in DC Comics. Martian Manhunter is the Superhero alias of J'onn J'onzz, alternately known as John Jones or the Manhunter from Mars, a Fictional character Learning from J'onn that Doomsday wanted to kill Luthor because he blamed Luthor for his 'death' in the Imperiex War, Superman managed to defeat the creature by using his newfound sentience and intelligence against him:

“

You're different now. You can think for yourself. So think about this. Before, you were a mindless thing. Nothing could hurt you. You couldn't feel pain, much less understand it. But once you have felt it—it changes you—forever. And you'll begin to understand something new. Fear. I've lived with it all my life. You don't want to die again, do you? The agony of what's happened to you affects your speed—your strength… and that little bit of doubt—that you cannot win today—grows. You understand now, don't you? You will never hurt me again. You will never kill me again. Never again!

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Darkseid attempted to replicate Doomsday, producing an army of Doomsday "clones. " Darkseid was not able to duplicate perfectly the creature in all its raw power, possibly as a result of the creature's complex DNA, and they were defeated by a combination of heat vision and Batman's explosive batarangs during an attack on Paradise Island while Darkseid kidnapped the newly-arrived Kara Zor-El/Supergirl. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created A batarang is a roughly Bat -shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics Superhero Batman. Supergirl is a fictional Comic book superheroine that is depicted as a female counterpart to the DC Comics iconic Superhero Superman

When Superman travelled to Apokolips to reclaim the life of Steel, Darkseid's wife Mortalla ordered his troops to release Doomsday in an attempt to help Darkseid. Dr John Henry Irons is the third hero known as Steel, a fictional Superhero in the DC Universe. Mortalla is a Fictional Extraterrestial Goddess published by DC Comics. Doomsday's short freedom was quickly halted by Irons in the Entropy Aegis, an armor with incredible power that had been built out of the remains of an Imperiex probe. Doomsday disappeared and was seen wandering the harsh lands of Apokolips.

Sentience

With his newfound intelligence, Doomsday managed to escape Apokolips and return to Earth. Upon his arrival, Doomsday encountered a series of emotions previously alien to him—love, compassion and kindness. Exploring the full abilities of these new emotions, Doomsday made his way to Metropolis once more, though not in the destructive manner he had before. Upon his arrival in Metropolis, Doomsday found Superman at the brink of death at the hands of Gog and intervenes to help Superman in an ultimately futile fight against Gog's army. Gog is the name of several different Fictional characters all of which are Supervillains and have been published by DC Comics. In a new future, Doomsday was remembered as one of Earth's greatest heroes, who continued Superman's legacy by leading an army under his name against the army of Gog. This new timeline ended when it was revealed that Superman was still alive, trapped and tortured with kryptonite for two centuries by Gog. Ultimately Superman manages to convince Gog of the error of his ways. Gog offers to correct the past by returning Doomsday to an earlier point in the timeline, but in the process Doomsday would lose his intelligence and humanity. Returned to the present, an unconscious Doomsday is transported away by a younger version of Gog to an unknown location for an unknown purpose.

Battle of Metropolis

Main article: Battle of Metropolis

During Infinite Crisis, Doomsday was freed from captivity in a cavern near the center of the Earth by Doctor Psycho and Warp. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Doctor Psycho is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Warp is a fictional Supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in New Teen Titans vol He was then mind-controlled by Doctor Psycho and used as the "spear-carrier" of a supervillain assault on Metropolis. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Just as he came into full view in front of Green Arrow, he was stopped by Kal-El and Kal-L, who made quick work of the villain as, for the first time, the two Supermen acted as a team. For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The Superman of Earth-Two is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero published by DC Comics.

Powers and abilities

Doomsday was created and evolved through cloning an infant and having it killed over and over again by one of the most dangerous species of the universe and in one of the harshest habitats in existence, prehistoric Krypton. As such, he returns to life and becomes resistant or immune to what killed him before. After the Radiant killed him the first time they fought Doomsday grew immune to the latter's energy-projection, and even managed to withstand Darkseid's full Omega-Effect. Darkseid is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. The amount of damage dealt to Doomsday determines the length of time it would take to fully recover. During his outwardly undamaged death at Superman's hands he only needed some months to recover, but when Imperiex reduced him to a skeleton, it could take a hundred years without assistance. Imperiex is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics.

Doomsday can also develop/evolve resistance from ordinary injuries. In the Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey series Superman used a sound gun to greatly discomfort him, but Doomsday's auditory canals closed up, making him impervious to Superman's weapon. Waverider once paralyzed Doomsday with chronal energy, but the second attempt backlashed. In essence, Doomsday gradually turns more invulnerable if not injured beyond his ability to recover, which is so far undefined. Doomsday has also developed weapons and abilities that counters the powers of an opponent. He managed to cancel out the pure-energy Radiant by slamming into him, and greatly extend his claws and develop a poison to strike Superman in flight and reel him in (Also in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey) or breathe flames against the fire-sensitive Martian Manhunter. Martian Manhunter is the Superhero alias of J'onn J'onzz, alternately known as John Jones or the Manhunter from Mars, a Fictional character [3] Doomsday is covered by bony spurs providing protection to his few vital organs (brain, eyes, nervous system) and acting as weapons on his hands, elbows and knees. A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of Riding boots for the purpose of directing a Horse to move forward or laterally while riding

Doomsday possesses extreme physical strength that even rivals that of Superman, at one point enabling him to effortlessly stand his ground against the entire Justice League, including Superman and Orion (The Doomsday Wars). Orion is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. He was able to break Superman's left arm with limited effort, as well as outmatch and beat Darkseid unconscious in physical combat. (Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey) He is immensely resistant to heat, cold, and conventional damage, allowing him to survive on the most inhospitable worlds, or in the vacuum of space. Doomsday possesses seemingly inexhaustible stamina, and was not noticeably slowed down from fighting Superman for an entire day. His reflexes and speed are vastly beyond what's expected for his bulky size, and has been able to match Superman in this regard. He cannot fly, but rather travels by leaping miles at a time. Superman took advantage of this in their first battle by trying to keep him airborne, as the sky was his element.

Doomsday has a highly accelerated healing factor that allows him to quickly regenerate from most damage. A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in Fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate When his side was cut by Superman with a plasma sword it closed within moments. As a result of his engineering, Doomsday does not need to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep and his body is almost solid mass with few vulnerable organs.

Doomsday is now genetically part-Kryptonian due to his genes having been spliced with Kal-El's, however with the exception of his flame-breath he has displayed no additional abilities. Kryptonians are a fictional extraterrestrial race of the DC Comics universe who hail from the planet Krypton. In fact he was shown weaker than previously when he was singlehandedly beaten by Superman, which should not have been possible given previous accounts.

Due to his Kryptonian DNA, he is susceptible to Kryptonite. Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series Unlike Superman, it causes him pain but cannot kill him. This was done to render him controllable.

Weaknesses

Despite his ability to adapt to any attack, Doomsday is not invincible. In Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey, Superman and Waverider sent Doomsday to the End of Time, where Waverider stated that even he could not survive, and Doomsday was shown to disintegrate and cease to exist. However, at a later point Brainiac's associate Prin Vnok traveled to the end of time and rescued Doomsday just before this moment had the chance to occur. (The Doomsday Wars) A blast from Imperiex reduced him to a skeleton during the Our Worlds At War storyline, but he eventually recovered. Our Worlds at War was a Comic book crossover, published by DC Comics during the summer of 2001 After this death, Doomsday's body was recovered in a joint venture between Lex Luthor and Darkseid, and was spliced with Kal-El's DNA. Giving him greatly improved intelligence, being able to communicate and analyze in regular manner, and displaying a form of flame-breath. The drawback being that he no longer was free of fear, due to coming so close to truly dying, with almost nothing left to regenerate from, and displayed no signs of his former evolving ability, enabling Superman to defeat him for the first time. Doomsday's durability has been great enough to withstand the full force from Darkseid's Omega Beams, but he can nonetheless be injured. Superman has, in order of occurrence, been able to snap one of his knee protrusions, temporarily kill him with a blow to the head, cut through his body with his heat vision, and knock him out. However he previously (as of the Hunter/Prey series) grew more invulnerable for every attack, although this trait has not been shown after being killed by Imperiex.

Other versions

Other media

Television

DCAU

Doomsday as depicted in the series Justice League.
Doomsday as depicted in the series Justice League. Justice League is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network

In the animated series Justice League, the Justice Lords (a tyrannical version of the Justice League from a parallel universe) fought an intelligent version of Doomsday. Justice League is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network The Justice Lords are fictional Anti-heroes who first appeared in the two-part Justice League episode, "A Better World" (airdate This Doomsday claims to be from another planet, Unable to defeat Doomsday in combat, the alternate-universe "no holds barred" Superman used his heat vision to lobotomize the villain. prod concern = Heat vision does not meet wikipedia notability standards for a work of fiction A lobotomy ( Greek: lobos Lobe of Brain, tomos "cut/slice" is a form of Psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or Doomsday was voiced by Michael Jai White. Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American Actor and professional martial artist who has appeared in numerous Films and Television

In the sequel series Justice League Unlimited, Doomsday's brain has regenerated, and a recently demoted and vindictive Dr. Achilles Milo attempts to recruit Doomsday to get revenge on Project Cadmus for firing him. Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Professor Achilles Milo is a fictional character in the DC Universe. Project Cadmus is a Fictional government Genetic engineering project in the DC Comics Universe. He reveals that Doomsday is actually an imperfect clone of Superman genetically engineered to be even more powerful than the Man of Steel (strength-wise; he lacks Superman's other powers), then indoctrinated to hate Superman. Milo releases Doomsday to take revenge on Cadmus, but Doomsday simply kills Milo and goes looking for Superman. Unlike his comic counterpart, this Doomsday does not seem to have an insane hatred of all life; he only hates Superman, but his rage is a blinding one all the same, causing him to disregard any evidence presented to him that shows Superman not being his tormentor. As in the comics, this version of Doomsday has adapted to his previous defeat: when Superman desperately attempts to lobotomize him as his Justice Lord counterpart had previously done, a heavy skull plate prevents his heat vision from reaching Doomsday's brain. Superman eventually manages to immobilize Doomsday by throwing him into an active volcano. The Justice League then sentences him, without trial, to life imprisonment in the Phantom Zone. The Phantom Zone is a Fictional Prison Dimension featured in the Superman Comic books and related media The lack of a trial is one point in a theme for the season, dealing with the possibility of the Justice League dictating the law itself, as opposed to simply upholding it.

In one episode of Legion of Super Heroes, a character very much resembling Doomsday is seen in the Phantom Zone. Legion of Super Heroes is an American Animated television series produced by Warner Bros

Smallville

It's been officially confirmed from the producers of Smallville, that Doomsday will appear as a recurring villain for the show's eighth season. [4] Doomsday will be introduced as Davis Bloome, a bartender at the Ace of Clubs.

Film

Doomsday was going to appear in the unmade films Superman Reborn and Superman Lives. The Superman Film series consists of five Superhero films based on the DC Comics character of the same name The Superman Film series consists of five Superhero films based on the DC Comics character of the same name

Doomsday appears in the direct-to-video Superman: Doomsday animated film that was released on September 18, 2007. Superman Doomsday is an original Direct-to-video Animated film adaptation of the popular DC Comics Storyline The Death Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. His origin is simplified, with Kryptonian records reporting him as an improperly programmed biomechanical supersoldier, unable to distinguish friend from foe, imprisoned by his non-human creators and left on Earth some point in the past; the miners who find him describe the strata as "before Christ", but they're obviously stories underground, which would place his entombment in prehistoric times. Supersoldier is a term often used to describe a Soldier that operates beyond normal human limits or abilities He and Superman clash in a brutal battle over Metropolis, ending with Superman catapulting him into the depths of space, and propelling him back down to Earth in a blazing fireball caused by reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The resulting explosion creates a devastating shockwave, and a vast crater in the heart of Metropolis. Doomsday's body lies motionless, his jaw twisted and askew, and his ferociously scarlet eyes fading to black, signifying both his defeat and death.

Doomsday is only referred to by such name by Lois Lane once during the film.

Videogames

Doomsday was also a boss in the Death and Return of Superman video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. A boss is a computer-controlled opponent which is found in Video games Their purpose is to test the skills that the player has accumulated over the course of a game The Death and Return of Superman is a Beat 'em up Video game based on The Death of Superman storyline The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990

A clone of Doomsday is a boss featured in the video game Justice League Heroes voiced by Charles Gideon Davis. Justice League Heroes is a console video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable systems

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k  Jurgens, Dan (p),  Breeding, Brett (i). This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Superman. Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist.  "Jurgens, Dan" Superman/Doomsday Hunter/Prey  #2 (1994)  DC Comics (14-31)
  2. ^  Jurgens, Dan (p),  Breeding, Brett (i). Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist. Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist.  "Jurgens, Dan" Superman/Doomsday Hunter/Prey  #3 (1994)  DC Comics (25)
  3. ^ Superman #175
  4. ^ Eric Goldman (2008-05-02). Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American Comic book Writer and Artist. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Doom in Smallville's Future. IGN. com. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-05-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.  “In season eight, Clark will face his ultimate challenge with the appearance of the legendary, unstoppable destroyer Doomsday, who appears on "Smallville" for the first time”
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