Superman 5: Doomsday

This is the start of the downfall of Lex Luthor's presidency. After Batman releases info about his sinister machinations, Congress impeaches him. This leads to mass protests in the streets with both pro and anti-Lex fighting with military and police in cities across the country. Meanwhile, Superman and the Super Family try to calm the storm. But the pro-Luthor cult gets more violent. Amanda Waller's daughter is caught in the crossfire and dies in Superman's arms on national television, but some outlets make it appear that Superman himself is responsible, while the Daily Planet tries to share the truth, creating more chaos. Waller, grieving and angry, taps into her longstanding hatred of metahumans and bypasses Luthor to launch her top-secret project, "Project Doomsday". It is a comatose being on Zod's warship paired with spores that escaped the Phantom Zone with the Phantom King years prior. Waller recklessly awakens the beast from its coma, and the it immediately targets Superman and the other Kryptonians. It goes on a rampage, killing thousands while battling the Super Family. Waller has the only kill switch, but in a growing rage the monster destroys it and her. The Super Family eventually learns that the Fortress of Solitude itself can trap the monster and send it back to the Phantom Zone. In the epic battle, the heroes fall with Clark as the last left standing. Jimmy Olsen dies protecting Clark, but only after using the footage to restore Superman's public image.

Story added by justincasts on June 24, 2025