Superman: Doomed Review

Finished reading Superman: Doomed, this features DC comics' New 52 family of books crossing over as Superman deals with the return of two of his biggest villains. The book opens up with Doomsday being sited in the Arctic after being set free from his prison inside the Phantom Zone. Meanwhile in Smallville Superman is investigating why all of the townspeople fell into a coma at the same time only to go after Doomsday when he reappears after attacking a resort in the Bahamas. In a final confrontation against Doomsday, Superman kills the monster in Smallville only to be infected by a virus inside of Doomsday's bloodstream which slowly transforms Superman into a Doomsday like monster causing Senator Sam Lane to launch an attack on Superman by turning Metal Zero into a Kryptonite bomb that covers the Earths atmosphere in Kryptonite leading to the Doomsday virus to take full effect thanks to Superman being affected by the Kryptonite which Doomsday is unaffected by. After Wonder Woman lassos Superman above the atmosphere giving him enough willpower to fly further into the galaxy to hopefully stop being a threat to himself and others only for Brainiac's forces to attack an Earth not protected by Superman. Overall this was a great book as it bleeds together stellar action from the brutality of Doomsday and the hordes of Brainiacs forces along with the character development of Superman and his supporting cast extremely well. The internal conflict between Superman and Doomsday is brilliant as it helps to show how Clark tries to fight of the Doomsday Virus, and when Brainiac enters the same mindscape it helps to develop Vril Dox's character to give a sympathetic feel to his back story. While writers Greg Pak and Charles Soule do a great job at humanising Superman, especially during the epilogue part of the book when Clark thinks about hanging up his cape as the character iterations are great between Clark and his friends while Charles Soule brings an end to his run on the Superman/Wonder Woman to a great note. 8/10.