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Coy Jandreau as a member of the Green Lantern Corps.Matthew Mercer as a Fraternity partygoer.Taliesin Jaffe as a Fraternity partygoer.Jezlan Moyet as Nightwing and a Fraternity partygoer.Elijah Wood as Hank Henshaw / Cyborg Superman.In essence, the Death of Superman story arc did not kill Superman instead, it made death irrelevant in comics, as hundreds of comic book characters would die and resurrect multiple times in the years to come.

After the younger Landis lists ways mentioned in vampire literature like a stake through the heart and sunlight, his father explains that writers can kill vampires any way they want because vampires do not exist. Superman's resurrection was met with outrage from fans who felt betrayed by DC Comics sales of Superman's comics declined and have never recovered ever since.Īs he pours himself another drink, Landis recalls a lesson learned from his father John Landis about how to kill a vampire. It was revealed that Superman had emerged from a 'healing coma', identical to death except temporary. The Cyborg Superman continued his reign of terror until the real Superman appeared and defeated him.

One was Hank Henshaw, a cyborg version of Superman who defeated the other three and destroyed Coast City, causing Hal Jordan to lose his sense of reasoning and kill fellow members of the Green Lantern Corps. 2 #75 worldwide, nearly all of which sold out within the first day of release.įollowing Superman's funeral, DC Comics published the ' Reign of the Supermen!' story arc, which introduced four characters claiming to be Superman. DC Comics shipped three million copies of Superman vol. Landis describes the birth of Doomsday and the events that set up his battles with Superman until the deaths of both combatants. DC Comics executives concluded that for Superman to be relevant again, he had to die. While drinking Johnnie Walker mixed with water, Max Landis talks about Superman and how he influenced the world of comic book superheroes until his fading popularity in the 1990s. The film was produced by Bryan Basham, creator of COPS: Skyrim. The film, as its title implies, is a monologue about ' The Death and Return of Superman' storyline from DC Comics over parody-like sketches. The Death and Return of Superman is a short film released in 2012 on YouTube, by Chronicle writer Max Landis.

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