

As the monster heads for Metropolis, Batman notes that their last hope is the Man of Steel. The Justice League arrive and are brutally defeated, but the Martian Manhunter’s telepathy reveals the creature to be a living weapon designed to annihilate entire civilizations. coastline and murders two campers and a grizzly bear before rampaging against the police. They encounter Atlanteans, and both groups are destroyed by a monstrous humanoid that emerges from the wreckage. Luthor escapes his house arrest with a decoy and sends a deep sea exploration team to the crash site.

The meteorite crashes to the Atlantic Ocean floor, monitored by Luthor’s underground research facility. As Henshaw waits for Superman's rescue, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Henshaw's body unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Superman admirer Captain Hank Henshaw leads a team of astronauts aboard the space shuttle Excalibur when a boom tube sends a meteorite hurtling towards the shuttle. Superman confronts Luthor, confined to house arrest, who denies any involvement.

John Henry Irons determine Intergang’s devices contain both Apokoliptan and Earther elements, leaving only one suspect with the means to synthesize these technologies: Lex Luthor. His reluctance to reveal his past makes Lois reconsider their relationship.Īt S.T.A.R labs, Dr. Despite meeting his parents Jonathan and Martha, Lois remains apprehensive of Clark's secrecy. Lois is in a relationship with fellow reporter Clark Kent who, unbeknownst to her, is Superman’s alter-ego. In an interview with the Daily Planet’s ace reporter Lois Lane, Superman presents the rocket that brought him to Earth from Krypton and its birthing matrix, containing Kryptonian DNA technology to the world.

In an attempt to kidnap the Mayor, Intergang – armed with Apokoliptan technology, including the Mother Box – are foiled by Superman he and the Justice League send the recovered devices to S.T.A.R. Superman has become a hero to the residents of Metropolis while infuriating the billionaire Lex Luthor, who considers the hero a threat to his city. The Death of Superman ultimately finds Superman 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 of destruction.
