2006-11-14 05:58:22 · 12 answers · asked by rich 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
So they could spin off four other characters, the Eradicator, Steel, Superboy and the Cyborg (the impostor, who turned out to be Reed-- I mean, Hank Henshaw.) Basically because Superman was getting stale and losing sales and they decided to kill him off temporarily and see if the readers wanted him back. If nobody complained, they might have left him dead, or they might have let one of the other four become the 'real' Superman.
15 NOV 07, 0540 hrs, GMT.
2006-11-14 16:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few people have already stated the sales fact of the matter.
At the time the issue came out. DC was taking a serious A$$ kicking in the comic market by Marvel. DC Comics were boring, poor storylines, very run of the mill artwork. DC was losing the comic Crown that they once held. So what better than to do something completely drastic, like kill the One character that carried them and put the crown on their head to begin with. It was one of the first comic shockers. (there were many more twists and disasters in the comic universe after the death of superman) Everyone knew that he wouldn't be dead for real, and never return, but still couldn't believe that DC would kill their bread and butter character. So it sold Millions of copies, and the collectability value dropped through the floor. But DC made money and re-vamped their comics, and started to compete again.....
2006-11-14 16:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by Cerebrus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The same reason Batman got his back broken, Green Lantern killed the Green Lantern Corp, Iron Man turned into a kid, Spider-Man had a clone, and Superman came back as Superman Red and Superman Blue: to generate publicity and to make money.
If you're wondering how Superman died, he and Doomsday punched each for a few issues until they were both dead (temporarily, atleast). Obviously the '90s weren't one of the finer moments in comics history.
2006-11-14 14:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by TVP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since he re-appeared in the very next issue, a lot of people felt they had been cheated because they had stood in line for days to get the special issue (to be fair, most of them were getting the issue just to cash in on it, while the real fans were left out in the cold). At the time, there was even some talk that the entire genre might be permanently damaged by this stunt.
2006-11-14 15:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by sdvwallingford 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard his sales were way down, and they either wanted to bury the title, or revive it with such a shocking issue...
All I know is I wasted my money on that sealed collector's edition issue. It's still sitting in my cupboard, unopened, and unread.
2006-11-14 14:05:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
three reasons actually 1 sales
2 sales 3 sales. besides nothing this bad had EVER happened in the DCU.
2006-11-14 14:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by snoop_dougie_doug04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He should come back with the silver and black costume and a black mask like Green Lantern Kyle Rayner.
2006-11-14 20:11:00 · answer #7 · answered by SWORD LI 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So that DC could sell more comics.
2006-11-14 14:31:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was caught speeding in Texas, and they had that draconian capital punishment thing in place.
Ask any Bushtard.
2006-11-14 14:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Smith and Jones 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because doomsday kicked his butt up and down the planet both of them died though.
2006-11-14 14:10:14 · answer #10 · answered by Derek D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋