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2''Superman: Doomed'' is the third and final ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover]] story arc of the ''{{ComicBook/New 52}}''. Starting in May 2014, the story begins in the ''Superman: Doomed'' #1 one-shot and continues through the ''ComicBook/{{Action Comics}}'', ''Batman/Superman'', ''Superman/Wonder Woman'', and ''Superman'' titles. It is written by Creator/GregPak, Creator/CharlesSoule and Creator/ScottLobdell. The ''Superman'' title wrapped up its portions earlier than the others and began a new storyline by Geoff Johns and John Romita Jr. Similarly, ''Batman/Superman'' was only involved in the arc for one issue before the book took a different direction. The story arc ends in the ''Superman: Doomed'' #2 one-shot, released in September 2014.
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4Based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', Doomsday has reappared once again on Earth, forcing Superman to confront it. After a brutal fight, Superman is infected with a mysterious virus that begins to transform him into a Doomsday-like beast called "[=SuperDoom=]". As Superman seeks a cure to his condition, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} enacts his plan to take over Earth.
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7!!''Superman: Doomed'' contains examples of:
8* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:In the finale, Brainiac witnesses several past iterations of the DC Universe, such as [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age Earth]], [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Flashpoint Earth]], and ComicBook/PostCrisis Earth.]]
9* AmbiguousSituation: [=SuperDoom=] is either a manifestation of Superman's violent side or Doomsday himself attempting to return to life in Superman's body.
10* AndIMustScream: After ComicBook/LoisLane became one of the Twenty, Brainiac took control of her body to further his plan to conquer humanity, rendering Lois a prisoner inside her own mind. Clark frees her when he burns the {{Nanomachines}} Brainiac had implanted in her body to brainwash her.
11* AnArmAndALeg: During their brief fight, [=SuperDoom=] rips Cyborg Superman's right arm off. After [=SuperDoom=] goes to Earth, Cyborg Superman reconstructs his arm.
12* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Superman defeats Doomsday and is infected with a virus that turns him into a Doomsday-like beast. It nearly happens to Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, too. However Kara avoids that fate by not killing Cyborg Superman or her cousin.
13* AssimilationPlot: After Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} brings his mothership to Earth, he begins absorbing the minds of everyone in the planet.
14* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Clark has a mental fight with [=SuperDoom=] to retain control of his body for the entirety of the arc. [[spoiler:Clark only wins when using Brainiac's PsychicPowers to cure himself of the Doomsday virus.]]
15* BigBad: Brainiac was the one who started the events of the arc to transform Superman into [=SuperDoom=] and invade Earth.
16* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Lois was brainwashed into becoming a minion of Brainiac.
17* CavalryOfTheDead: Harrow and the Ghost Soldier summon their entire ghost army to attack Brainiac. [[spoiler:They don't last long.]]
18* ClarkKenting: Aside from the TropeNamer, Franchise/WonderWoman disguises herself as "Diana Prince" with a [[ConspicuousTrenchCoat trenchcoat]] and replacing her tiara with an Alice band.
19* CoDragons: Brainwashed Lois Lane and Cyborg Superman work for Brainiac.
20* CheshireCatGrin: Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} -then a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]] due to the events of ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton''- [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/preview/0/0/1/AC-33-6-8fb7d.jpg had a huge and disturbingly wicked grin]] when she met her cousin in space.
21* ChromeChampion: Steel. At first he wore PoweredArmor as usual, but after suffering serious cellular damage from his brief fight with Doomsday, he coats his skin with organic steel to keep his cellular damage at bay. When Cyborg Superman destroys the spaceship Lana Lang is in, Steel covers her in organic steel to protect her from the vacuum of space.
22* EnemyMine: The Justice League joins forces with both Lex Luthor and Harrow, enemies of Superman, to defeat Brainiac.
23* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:One of Brainiac's attempts at BreakThemByTalking on Superman in the finale is saying that when Supergirl kills Cyborg Superman, she will kill [[LukeIAmYourFather her own father]], which will break her and cause her to first kill [=SuperDoom=], then become a similar being herself, but only after the creature kills Brainiac and every human on Earth with him. Superman brings up a key problem with this plan: it relies upon the idea that Supergirl would kill Cyborg Superman, which she would not do, and does not do, instead merely incapacitating him.]]
24* EvilDetectingDog:
25** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]:
26---> '''Clark''': If this were a horror movie... this is where the dog would growl.
27** As predicted, it is eventually played straight, as ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog growls at Superman when grey spikes similar to the ones on Doomsday begin to grow on his knuckles.
28* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Superman goes to the sun to supercharge his heat vision and unleashes a massive blast at Brainiac's mothership. Brainiac moves the ship out of the blast's way but realizes Superman never meant to hit him at all. [[spoiler:The blast is caught by a huge satellite dish in the Fortress of Solitude in order to power up the Phantom Zone project and seal both Earth and Brainiac's mothership inside the Phantom Zone.]]
29* TheExile: After his mutation worsens, Superman decides to leave Earth. However, he returns after discovering Brainiac is invading Earth in his absence.
30* ExplainExplainOhCrap: As the coma virus spreads from Smallville to Metropolis, Lana calls Lois to warn her about it but she quickly deduces Lois is working for Brainiac as she is the only one awake in Metropolis while everyone else in the city is already comatose.
31* ForcedSleep: Brainiac has created a virus that caused the entire population of Metropolis to fall into a coma. Later, the infection spreads around the world, and even to the Watchtower II as well.
32* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Lois exhibits these whenever she uses her telepathy.
33* GodzillaThreshold:
34** Fearing hurting somebody after his transformation into an out-of-control monster, Superman leaves Earth. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -who back then [[ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton was using her rage to protect the galaxy as a Red Lantern]]- suggests he merely needs to learn how to channel his anger properly and takes him to a planet which is being devoured by a planet-eater so he can cut loose. When Superman objects he doesn't want to make everything worse she asks "How?"
35--->'''Superman:''' They're... evacuating?\
36'''Supergirl:''' Yes. Something down there's destroying the Moon. Everyone here's about to die... unless you help them. What's the problem, Kal?\
37'''Superman:''' I... I don't want to make things worse.\
38'''Supergirl:''' I don't see how that's remotely possible...
39** As ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} steals every mind in the planet, the Justice League [[spoiler:opens the portal to the Phantom Zone to ''seal both Earth and Brainiac's mothership inside'' to give Superman more time to take Brainiac down. Brainiac finds out, however, and disables the Phantom Zone projector.]]
40** As the battle continues, Superman and Wonder Woman take more desperate measures. [[spoiler:Superman allows [=SuperDoom=] take control of his body again while Wonder Woman travels to the Phantom Zone to convince Mongul to let Warworld take on Brainiac.]]
41* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: How Superman kills Doomsday.
42* HeroicWillpower: Through sheer force of will, Superman is able to keep his [=SuperDoom=] transformation in check.
43* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the finale, Superman casts Brainiac and himself into a black hole. Subverted in the epilogue. The black hole ends up throwing Superman into deep space and it takes him sixty days to return to Earth.]]
44* HopeSpot: In the finale, Superman finds out exactly what Brainiac wants, [[spoiler:just to have his wife and son back]], and has [[spoiler:Lois]] give it to him through the RealityWarper powers that show great importance in the plot itself, just to have peace and happiness at last. [[spoiler:Upon getting them, Brainiac shows he does love his family... but then attacks Lois, destroying the illusion of their existence and saying that with the powers in himself, he can make them again and again until he gets them "right", showing just how far gone Brainiac is.]]
45* IFoundYouLikeThis: In ''Supergirl (2011)'' #34, Kara gets hit by a cloud of Kryptonite dust and passes out as flying. When she comes around, she finds herself in a fallout shelter, in company of a boy who introduces himself as Michael. As offering a bottle of water, Michael explains she crashed through his home's ceiling, and he took her to the basement so she could recover.
46* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight[=/=]ResistTheBeast: According to Franchise/{{Batman}}, the virus infecting Superman can be controlled by a strong enough will. Franchise/WonderWoman urges Clark to fight the virus and he is able to keep his transformation under control.
47* ItsPersonal: Brainiac targeted Smallville and Metropolis as a way to get back at Superman for foiling his first invasion five years ago.
48* KnightTemplar: The Tower is a clandestine group under Harrow's leadership that seeks to kill Superman, seeing him as a threat to the world. Brainiac ends up using their resources to free Doomsday from the Phantom Zone.
49* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Literally, [[spoiler:as Metallo detonates a cluster of bombs that spread trillions of tiny Kryptonite shards across Earth's atmosphere. Harrow later opens up trillions of tiny portals to send the shards into the Phantom Zone, cleaning up the atmosphere and allowing Superman to regain control of his body.]]
50* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Averted. In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011'' #34, Kara Zor-El runs into a disabled boy and wonders if his spine got damaged when she fought the Worldkillers in New York. She's starting to get upset but Michael stops it saying it was a car accident, no a hero-villain battle.
51* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
52** Sam Lane, who has been promoted to U.S. Senator, authorizes Metallo to attack Superman with Kryptonite bombs. [[spoiler:The ensuing blast kills Metallo and covers the entire continent with a Kryptonite cloud, but Superman survives and the Kryptonite only makes his condition worse.]] Of course, Lane is only a hero in the sense that he does not want [=SuperDoom=] to destroy the world.
53** Also, just when Superman is leaving Earth to avoid further damage, he is attacked by the Red Lanterns. Fortunately, Wonder Woman steps in and convinces the Red Lanterns to let Superman leave in peace.
54* NoEndorHolocaust: Averted. In the epilogue, Supergirl tells Superman that even after restoring the world's population, thousands still died through varied causes, such as heart attacks or car accidents. [[spoiler:Among them are Lana's parents.]]
55* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Superman is able to free Lois from Brainiac's control but Lois retains her psychic powers. As she continues using her powers, however, her skin becomes green again. In the finale, [[StatusQuoIsGod she is really back to normal]].
56* OminousFloatingSpaceship: Brainiac's space fleet, but his mothership takes the cake. ''[[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11117/111174978/4921001-action-comics-b.png It's bigger than Earth.]]''
57* OneWingedAngel: Lois becomes a female version of Brainiac, complete with green skin and armor.
58* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Harrow has the ability to summon ghosts and render them tangible while Xa-Du can retain his physical form within the Phantom Zone due to his suit.
59* PhantomZone: The Trope Namer appears.
60* PsychicPowers: As Brainiac's minion, Lois becomes a telepath. [[spoiler:She loses the powers when she gives all of the psychic power in the plot to Superman, who uses it all up opening a black hole and giving the minds of all of Brainiac's victims back to themselves. The epilogue reveals that Lois forgot Superman's identity.]]
61* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Brainiac wants to become this, revealing the combined power of all the minds he has stolen will allow him to recreate his homeworld. Lois is able to transfer all this power to Superman, who uses it to free all the minds Brainiac stole. Then, he traps Brainiac and himself inside a black hole, after using what's left to cure himself of the Doomsday virus.]]
62* RecycledPremise: A Kryptonian is somehow cursed with a death field, killing those they love the most when approached. With little choice, the Kryptonian is banished to the Phantom Zone until a cure can happen. Sounds like Superman: Doomed, doesn't it? In fact it is the Supergirl cover story in ''Comicbook/ActionComics #306'' published in 1963. The title of the story is "The Maid of Doom".
63* RedEyesTakeWarning: Doomsday as always. Also, Superman when he transforms into [=SuperDoom=].
64* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mongul and Non finally escape the Phantom Zone and arrive in the Fortress of Solitude, only to see Brainiac preparing to take Earth. They both decide that being stuck in the Phantom Zone is better than being bottled up by the Collector and quickly run back into the Zone. [[spoiler:Later, Wonder Woman travels into the Phantom Zone and tries to convince Mongul get involved in the battle.]]
65* SuicideAttack: Metallo tries to kill Superman with Kryptonite bombs. [[spoiler:Metallo is saved by and brainwashed by Brainiac, and Superman survives.]]
66* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:When Brainiac begins stealing every mind on Earth, Batman tells Luthor to seek refuge. Luthor boasts that [=LexCorp=] is shielded against psychic attacks, but Brainiac steals his mind seconds later.]]
67* TookALevelInJerkass: The virus causes Superman to snap at friend and foe alike.
68* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Harrow, the leader of the Tower, asked Xa-Du, the Phantom Zone's first prisoner, for help in killing Superman. Xa-Du gave Harrow the technology to render ghosts tangible but Brainiac used the Tower's resources to free Doomsday from the Phantom Zone.
69* VampiricDraining: Doomsday has evolved to a point where he can absorb the life force of everything within a hundred yards. When he becomes infected with the Doomsday virus, Superman acquires this. He is able to gain some degree of control over this power to free Lois from Brainiac's control.
70* VillainousBreakdown: When Superman becomes a RealityWarper, Brainiac goes nuts, having lost the power he was seeking for so long.
71-->'''ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}:''' [[LittleNo No.]] ''[[BigNo No!]]''\
72'''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''' Vril Dox. You've done ''enough'' to this universe. [[NowItsMyTurn Now it's]] ''[[NowItsMyTurn my]]'' [[NowItsMyTurn turn]]. I ''tried'' to give you another way. I ''[[NiceGuy always]]'' try. Even when I was fighting against the ''[[GenericDoomsdayVillain monster]]'' you sent to kill me. But sometimes there ''is'' no other way. I ''killed'' Doomsday. [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Ripped it right in half.]] [[TheseHandsHaveKilled I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life.]] But I'm not going to ''hurt'' other people trying to ''[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong turn back]]'' the clock. I'll ''live'' with it, and ''learn'' from it, and do my damnedest to do better next time. Just like I'll learn to live... with ''[[{{Depower}} this]]''. {''summons a black hole while giving consciousness back to the people of Earth at the expense of his temporary PsychicPowers''}\
73'''Brainiac:''' You ''idiot''! ''What'' are you ''doing''?\
74'''Superman:''' Just looking for a ''place'' for you, Brainiac.\
75'''Brainiac:''' In a ''black hole''?! It's going to pull us ''both'' in! Use the ''[[RealityWarper power]]'' -- make it go away!\
76'''Superman:''' Too late. ''Freed'' everyone. Power's ''gone''. Just enough left... to ''close'' it after we ''pass through''.\
77'''Brainiac:''' ''Aaaagh!'' Don't you ''understand''? This is your last chance to ''save yourself''!\
78'''Superman:''' Believe me, I'd ''love'' to... [[HeroicSacrifice but I’d rather save]] ''[[TheNeedsOfTheMany them]]''.\
79'''Brainiac:''' ''Superman! Aaaagh!'' Wha-- H-help!
80* ViralTransformation: After inhaling a large amount of the virus in Doomsday's blood, Superman begins to transform into [=SuperDoom=].
81* TheVirus: Doomsday's blood contains a toxin that causes anyone within a hundred yards to burst into flame. After Superman kills Doomsday, he inhales the virus from Doomsday's corpse to prevent it from spreading, which triggers his transformation.
82* WhamShot: The final page of ''Superman: Doomed'' #2 has Brainiac [[spoiler:witnessing various histories of the DC Universe in what appear to be {{Phantom Zone Picture}}s, including the pre-Crisis history, ComicBook/PostCrisis, and ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', in an unknown location]].
83* WoundedHeroWeakerHelper: A cloud of Kryptonite enveloping Earth causes Supergirl to fall to Earth, crash into a house and pass out. She is found by a boy in a wheelchair, who drags her to his house's underground shelter, whose walls and ceiling were designed to stop nuclear fallout, so that she can recover.
84* WrongGenreSavvy: ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'', currently a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]] and using her anger to protect the galaxy, assumes Clark's just "getting in touch with his angry side" and can use his [=SuperDoom=] form for good.
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