


“The collected work of The Death and Return of Superman, with its two films and added footage, is truly an epic, authentic animated retelling of ‘The Death of Superman’ saga, giving fans the complete tale just as they have craved since the inception of the DC Universe Movies,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. In the end, only one will be able to proclaim himself the world’s true Superman. The aftermath of Superman’s death, and the subsequent disappearance of his body, leads to a new mystery – is Superman still alive? The question is further complicated when four new super-powered individuals – Steel, Cyborg Superman, Superboy and the Eradicator – emerge to proclaim themselves as the ultimate hero. Superman saves the planet, but not himself, leaving Earth’s citizens – and his heroic contemporaries – dealing with a world without Superman. Superman is in a fight to the finish when the Man of Steel becomes the only hero who can stand in the way of the monstrous creature Doomsday and his unstoppable rampage. THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN AND REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN IN ONE EPIC FILM! A sixth Superman series was released in February 2023.The adventure that was initially too big for one animated film now arrives as a comprehensive 166-minute tale in The Death and Return of Superman, part of the ongoing DC Universe Movie line from Warner Bros. The series was replaced by Superman: Son of Kal-El in July 2021, featuring adventures of Superman's son, Jon Kent. A fourth series was released in June 2016 and ended in April 2018, while the fifth series was launched in July 2018 and ended in June 2021. The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. Between 19 it was retitled, The Adventures of Superman, while a new series used the title Superman. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date Summer 1939. Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938. Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist.
