Superman #175 Joker: Last Laugh: Doomsday Rex

Issue Description

Extra-sized issue! Exactly one hundred issues ago, the impossible happened: Superman died. Now his killer has returned, deadlier than ever! Make way for the all-new Doomsday Rex! This "Last Laugh" tie-in will slay you!

"2001 46" in Superman "S" in upper right hand corner

Joker breaks into the Pentagon and uses his joker venom on Doomsday who is being kept in stasis. Doomsday attacks while Lex Luthor is giving a speech at the White House. Superman and Doomsday fight one the White House lawn and eventually move the battle to inside the White House itself. Lex Luthor springs a trap which captures Superman and Doomsday and admits synthetic kryptonite radiation. The radiation, having more of an effect on Superman than Doomsday allows the latter to gain the upper-hand and then break out of the trap. Martian Manhunter who had been disguised within the White House confronts Doomsday and enters his mind. Doomsday beats Martian Manhunter. Superman, having had time to recover, slams into Doomsday knocking him into the Lincoln Memorial. Martian Manhunter warns that Doomsday is learning and understanding what is going on around him. Superman races to the Lincoln Memorial and begins fighting with Doomsday. Throughout the course of the fight Superman explains that since Doomsday is now sentient he is becoming aware of pain, doubt, and he understands that he doesn't want to die today. Superman knocks Doomsday unconscious and is then approached by Luthor letting him know the Department of Extranormal Operations will handle taking Doomsday back into confinement. We cut to Lex Luthor meeting with Darkseid, Luthor reveals he let loose Doomsday as a sort of weapons test to prove Doomsday's worth to Darkseid. The issue ends with Superman returning home to visit his parents who were worried about him during his fight with Doomsday.

Superman (1987)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Starring: Clark Kent / Kal-El as Superman

For the second time in his history, Superman's self-titled comic saw a first issue. Writer / artist John Byrne's successful landmark Man of Steel mini series had rebooted Superman's history, updating him for the modern comic book landscape, and as a result, drastic changes had swept through the Superman line of comics. The original Superman title had adopted the new name, The Adventures of Superman, but continued the original numbering of its long and storied history. Popular writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway handled the creative chores on that particular title. Meanwhile Action Comics continued, keeping its original numbering, but that too was now written and drawn by Byrne. And last but not least, a new series was introduced, simply titled Superman - again written and drawn by the prolific Mr Byrne.

Not resting on his laurels after the success of the sweeping changes made during the Man of Steel, Byrne started Superman's new title off with the re-introduction of Metallo, a powerful cyborg with a hatred for the Man of Tomorrow and possessing a kryptonite heart. It was a dangerous new world for the Last Son of Krypton, but the reboot continued to prove an overwhelming success. This second series of Superman became a mainstay for DC - running 226 issues before it ended in April 2006.

Collected EditionsThey Saved Luthor's Brain (#2,19,21)Superman vs. Darkseid (#3)The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (#9)Panic in the Sky (#65-66)Deathstroke the Terminator: Sympathy For the Devil (#68)Death of Superman (#73-75)World Without Superman (#75-77)Superman: Funeral For A Friend (#76-77)Superman: Reign of the Supermen (#78-79)The Trial of Superman (#106-108)Transformed! (#119, 122 & 123)Superman: Emperor Joker (#160-161)President Lex (#162-165)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book One (#171-172)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book Two (#173)DC Comics Presents: Superman #3 (#177-178,181-182)DC Comics Presents: Superman #1 (#179-180)DC Comics Presents: Superman #2 (#189)Superman: Ending Battle (#186-187)Godfall (#202-203)Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow (#204-215)Superman: For Tomorrow (#204-215)Superman: For Tomorrow Vol. 1 (#204-209)Superman: For Tomorrow Vol. 2 (#210-215)Superman: Sacrifice (#219)

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