How could this not be good?

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	• Superman/Doomsday Omnibus Dan Jurgens DC Comics, 2006 - 412 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Gutsy graphic novel

No one can be a lamer character than Superman, but this collection really hits lots of high points. The whole issue of genetic engineering is addressed in a surprisingly intelligent and forceful way. Facing your fears is another powerful theme, and how Doomsday is finally defeated is so clever and so wise it can make you relook at Superman as being a viable character again.

Depressing

Doomsday is just painful to look at and never says anything of interest and no two cartoonists manage to draw him the same way. I'd love to see the DC "bible" on what he's supposed to look like, because as it stands now, they just throw down any old pile of gray blobs and white-blue cartilage knobs (and those teeth) and they say it's Doomsday. Well, to distinguish him from a stalagmite they surround him with giant red letters spelling out some mirthful defiant cry of power like HAHAHAHAHA that rings the entire page in horror.

Doomsday's retreat to Apockolips was the direst and dreariest story I've ever read in comics, and I got tired of Darkseid even before he showed up, so what else is there? It didn't make sense for Doomsday to invade the Green Lantern universe, because, well, it tears the continuity of the book into shreds, if noone in "The Death of Superman" was ever supposed to have seen DD before, and yet he had already been a legend for destroying Green Lantern's simple existence back during the Renaissance or whenever.

Superman has a great story though trying to save the premature baby of Lana Lang and Pete Ross. The story weaves back and forth between the present and the past, when Clark was about 17 or 18 I guess, and the Kents were about to lose their farm due to the death from freezing of all of their cattle. Now it looks as though Lana, who loved Clark back then and who loves Pete now (or does she?!?!), might lose her infant baby unless Superman can evade Doomsday's powers of following through the air, for Superman has been charged with bringing baby Ross to a powerful incubator. Eight weeks premature! And so cute. I didn't find Lana very cute though, not in these pictures, whoever drew her has a grudge against redheads.

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How could this not be good?

I wanted to get the Death of Superman collection since it was first published. This is exactly what I wanted. It is a nice hardcover collection of the comics surrounding the Death of Superman.

A mixed bag

The Superman: Doomsday Omnibus features the sequel to the Death of Superman, as well as various prequels to the DC mega event from the early 90's that saw the Man of Steel bite the big one. Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey finds the Man of Steel learning that Doomsday is still alive and on Apokalips causing problems for Darkseid. This chapter reveals Doomsday's origin as well, as the two go toe to toe once again. While this section of the Omnibus is great on it's own, it's the other issues collected here that are disappointing. Among others, they feature a past meeting between Doomsday and Darkseid, as well as Doomsday slaughtering the Green Lantern Corps some years before. While these stories are compelling, they are basically non-sensical and make no sense for continuity's sake either. Doomsday Wars is by far the worst part of the book, which finds Superman and Doomsday becoming unlikely allies. While the Doomsday Omnibus has it's moments to be sure, the overall package is a mixed bag. There's solid action and great artwork throughout the Omnibus, but whether or not it's worth picking up is entirely up to you.

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What a match-up!

Suffice to say, this is a blockbuster of a compliation :D

I first got hooked on Superman vs Doomsday with The Death of Superman story (which is also excellent) and was really pleased with the stories in this novel. The art although about 15 years old (for most of the stories) is great with Superman showing his emotions and thoughts in a very real way. He LOOKS real, unlike the modern final story in the compliation where he looks like a blow-up doll due to the different art. This also goes for Doomsday art-wise. He looks scary and menacing in the older style art but looks a bit ridiculous in the 2000 story.

That is the only whinge I have. Buy this now if you can, I highly recommend it.

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The story of the continuing conflict between the Man of Steel and his deadliest enemy in the years after the Death and Return of Superman! This volume collects SUPERMAN: THE DOOMSDAY WARS 1-3, SUPERMAN/DOOMSDAY: HUNTER PREY #1-3, DOOMSDAY ANNUAL #1, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #594 and SUPERMAN #175.

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