It began 245,000 years earlier on planet Bylan 5, where Apokoliptian prince Uxas (the future Darkseid) was about to wed a princess (to obtain that planet's chemical deposits for Apokolips's weapons factories). The Ultimate escaped Krypton via a ship that regularly arrived to deliver supplies to Bertron (who had wanted little contact with the planet's natives) and went on a killing spree across several planets. He then killed Bertron, whom he had come to identify as an enemy. The Ultimate hunted and exterminated the dangerous predators of Krypton. Over time, and without the assistance of Bertron's technology, he gained the ability to thrive on solar energy without the need for food or air, to return to life and adapt to overcome whatever had previously killed him. The agony of these repeated deaths was recorded in his genes, driving the creature insane and to hate all life.ĭoomsday in promotional artwork for DC Comics T-shirts, art by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding.Īs it evolved, the child eventually became able to survive the high temperatures and searing atmosphere, only to be quickly slain by the vicious predators that inhabited the planet. This process was repeated over and over for decades as a form of accelerated natural evolution. The baby's remains were collected and used to clone a stronger version. In a cruel experiment involving evolution, intended to create the perfect living being, the alien scientist Bertron released a humanoid infant (born in vitro in a lab) onto the surface of the planet, where he was promptly killed by the harsh environment. It was at that time a violent, hellish world, where only the absolute strongest of creatures could survive. Originally known as "The Ultimate", Doomsday was born in prehistoric times on Krypton, long before the humanoid Kryptonian race gained dominance over the planet about 250,000 years ago. The character is best known as Superman's murderer in the 1992 storyline, " The Death of Superman". His creator imbued him with few feelings, mostly hate and desire for destruction, which led to his destroying worlds and eventually finding Earth, where he met Superman. Fictional character biography ĭoomsday is depicted as a monstrous genetically engineered being from the depths of prehistoric Krypton. ĭoomsday had a cameo appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) and made his first full appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992). Inspired, they chose "Doomsday" as the name for this villain. Several writers proposed having Superman die at the hands of a "bestial foe", and editor Mike Carlin scribbled this idea on the wall chart as "doomsday for Superman". He appears in the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, where he was portrayed by Robin Atkin Downes through voice acting and motion capture.ĭoomsday was conceived in 1991 during an annual brainstorming session with the editors and writers of Superman comics, in response to a concern by some writers that most of Superman's foes at this point either relied on technology or their intellect to outmaneuver Superman or had some natural advantage against him, wanting to create a new foe with great physical power to match him. He is best known as the character that killed Superman in The Death of Superman story arc "Doomsday!". ĭoomsday ranked as #46 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. Created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens, the character had a cameo appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) and made his first full appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992). Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, speed, and leapingĭoomsday is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as one of Superman's deadliest foes, as well as a major adversary of the Justice League.Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992) Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) Art by Dan Jurgens (pencils), Brett Breeding (inks), and Greg Wright (colors) Doomsday, as he appeared in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #2 (May 1994).
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