History Awesome / TheDeathOfSuperman

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** One thing that must be stated was the Kryptonian's penchant for using ImprovisedWeapons. One of the most prominent examples was right after saving Lois and Jimmy. After sensing an incoming Doomsday, Superman quickly cut off the helicopter's tail with his Heat Vision, and used it as a makeshift baseball bat to launch Doomsday upwards. The sheer speed in which he did so, and the slow-motion as the hit connects to the beast, was amazing.

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, Heat Vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire bridge. Superman knocking and flying him towards orbit? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pounding him continuously on the way back down,]] [[ItCanThink even covering Supes' face right before he managed to fire his Heat Vision.]]

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, Heat Vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire bridge. Superman knocking and flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pounding him continuously on the way back down,]] [[ItCanThink even covering Supes' face right before he managed to fire his Heat Vision.]]

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, laser vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire bridge. Superman knocking and flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pounding him continuously on the way back down,]] [[ItCanThink even covering Supes' face right before he managed to fire his laser vision.]]

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, laser vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire bridge. Superman knocking and flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, pounding him continuously on the way back down, [[ItCanThink even covering Supes' face right before he managed to fire his laser vision.]]

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, laser vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire thing. Superman knocking and flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, pounding him continuously on the way back down, even covering Supes' face right before he managed to fire his laser vision.

** No awesome moments for Doomsday? He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His instinctive, albeit unstable, laser vision made Superman '''''bleed'''''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions, destabilizing the entire thing. Superman knocking and flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, pounding him continuously on the way back down, even covering Supes' facer right before he managed to fire his laser vision.
** One of the greatest highlights of the fight is the final showdown between the two after Luthor's out of the equation. The highlight of the fight itself is a CrossCounter between the two beasts, and the sheer force of their punches '''''demolishes''''' ''the entire Hall of Justice''.
* When Lois thinks Superman is dead for good, she throws a rock at Doomsday and stands her ground refusing to back down even as Doomsday advances towards her, unafraid of dying, her determination is what gives Superman the last bit of energy he needs to finish off Doomsday in a HeroicSacrifice.

** Props must be given to Doomsday. He constantly adapts to Superman's attempts in stopping him. Stuck in a stalemate during the aforementioned PunchCatch? His laser vision made Superman ''bleed''. Superman tangling him in a bridge's suspension cables? He ripped them off with his growing protrusions. Superman flying him towards the stratosphere? He grabbed his cape and flung him around, pounding him continuously on the way back down.

** One of the greatest highlights of the fight is the final showdown between the two after Luthor's out of the equation. The highlight of the fight itself is a CrossCounter between the two beasts, and the sheer force of their punches '''''demolished''''' ''the entire Hall of Justice''.

** One of the greatest highlights of the fight is the final showdown between the two after Luthor's out of the equation. The highlight of the fight itself is a CrossCounter between the two beasts, creating a powerful shockwave which demolished the entire Hall of Justice, reducing into nothing but rubble instantly.

** The undisputed highlight of the fight is the final showdown between the two after Luthor's out of the equation. The highlight of the fight itself is a CrossCounter between the two beasts, creating a powerful shockwave which demolished the entire Hall of Justice, reducing into nothing but rubble instantly.

* The "Funeral For A Friend" story wrapped up with Pa Kent, on the edge of death himself, meeting Clark in the afterlife, saving him from demons, and battling their way out.

** Lex Luthor also deserves an honorable mention for managing to keep Doomsday at bay and inadvertantly helping Superman, as despite his reasons for wanting to stop Doomsday being self-centered. Impressively, he opens the fight with a massive blast from his ShoulderCannon then follows it up with a brutal beatdown that Doomsday ''barely'' got out of with another burst of Heat Vision that turned the tide back in its favor. He's the only one, bar Superman himself who ever held a conclusive upper hand over Doomsday.

** Lex Luthor also deserves an honorable mention for managing to keep Doomsday at bay and inadvertantly helping Superman, as despite his reasons for wanting to stop Doomsday being self-centered. Impressively, he opens the fight with a massive blast from his ShoulderCannon then follows it up with a brutal beatdown that Doomsday ''barely'' got out of with another burst of Heat Vision that turned the tide back in it's favor. He's the only one, bar Superman himself who ever held a conclusive upper hand over Doomsday.

[[caption-width-right:350:The [[FinalBattle Final Battle]][[note]]At that point in time, at least.[[/note]]]]

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** Lex Luthor also deserves an honorable mention for managing to keep Doomsday at bay and inadvertantly helping Superman, as despite his reasons for wanting to stop Doomsday being self-centered. Impressively, he opens the fight with a massive blast from his ShoulderCannon then follows it up with a brutal beatdown that Doomsday ''barely'' got out of with another burst of Heat Vision that turned the tide back in it's favor.

** Lex Luthor also deserves an honorable mention for managing to keep Doomsday at Bay and inadvertantly helping Superman, as despite his reasons for wanting to stop Doomsday being self-centered. He nevertheless did give Superman the time he needed to recover enough to stop Doomsday for good.

** Wonder Woman takes him on one on one and manages to hold her own, leaving him panting in exhaustion. This being Doomsday however, he quickly recovers and follows up with a CMOA of his own, as he shatters her sword by punching it point-first.

* The League against Doomsday. While he trounces each and everyone of them some of them get some decent blows in. Wonder Woman In particularly takes him on one on one and even holds her own for a short while.

** The Flash also deserves a mention. Being visibly pissed off that his friend Green Lantern has been injured in the fight, he picks up Hawkman's mace and starts mercilessly hitting Doomsday with it from every direction. If it had been any other villain, they would have fallen.

* The League against Doomsday. While he trounces each and everyone of them some of them get some decent blows in. Wonder Woman In particularly takes him on one on one and even holds her own for a short while.