On the last page of several comics prior to Superman: The Man of Steel #18, a gloved fist is shown punching a steel wall, accompanied by the caption: ' Doomsday is coming!' In that issue, Superman fights the Underworlders while a hulking figure in a green suit rampages through a pastoral field.

learned that DC Comics planned a similar plotline in the Superman comic books, and as a result DC, Warner Bros., and the Superman writing staff came together and reached an agreement: the Lois and Clark wedding arc in the comic book would be put on hold, to resume once the Lois & Clark TV show reached its wedding episode. One of the ideas that arose during production was the wedding of Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman. created their own Superman television series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, premised upon a romantic relationship between Lois Lane and Clark Kent/Superman.

Warner Bros., the owner of DC Comics, canceled the Superboy television series produced by Alexander Salkind (Salkind produced the first three Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, as well as the Supergirl movie). Although the road was set for the marriage of Lois and Clark, an unforeseen event would change these plans. In a story arc titled ' Krisis of Krimson Kryptonite' Clark proposes to Lois she accepts. Thanks to John Byrne's revamp, Lois fell in love with Clark Kent rather than with Superman. In an effort to attract female readers, the Lois Lane/Clark Kent/Superman love triangle, in place since 1938, changed. While the stories continued from Byrne's revamp, sales slowly dropped. However, due to disputes with DC, Byrne left the Superman books and was replaced by Roger Stern. Following that event, DC Comics rebooted their continuity and relaunched the Superman character with the mini-series The Man of Steel, written by John Byrne.

The story of The Death of Supermans conception goes back to the 1985 crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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