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Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey

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Now this book was the hotness. After reading the Death/World Without/and Return of Superman, I felt a little disappointed. Even though the Death of Superman was a pretty good read, I was let down by the actionless World Without a Superman and the unbelievable occurances in the Return of Superman, so I was a little reluctant to buy this book.

But I was amazed by Hunter/Prey. Here we find a Superman who is actually showing fear and doubt, realizing that Doomsday could kill him now. The action takes place across the vast reaches of space and time (you've got to read the book to understand). Probably the thing that blew my mind was how Doomsday ravaged through Apokolips and actually gave Darkseid a run for his money. The Darkseid/Doomsday battle simply blew my mind. Even though it was pretty short, it set the pace for the Superman/Doomsday battle.

Another thing that was a good turn of events was the reappearance of The Cyborg Superman who I thought had been wasted in the Return of Superman. I wont get into detail about that, but it adds a nice twist to the plot.

Anyway, this was a very good read and you will be amazed by Doomsday's new powers and the final confrontation between him and Superman that leaves me to still wonder how Superman was able to walk away from it.

If you have the whole Death and Return of Superman series, you NEED this book to complete it. It reveals the mysterious origin of Doomsday as well as the reason why he's able to quickly evolve past death and defeat. And you're gonna wonder, how is Superman gonna defeat a monster who is evolved past death? The answers will be revealed in Hunter/Prey. It's like whoa!

This is a follow up to the death and rebirth of Superman. FOr those who read that tale the Creature Doomsday slayed the MAn of Steel in one of COmics greatest Battles. Later an impostor known as the Cyborg took Doomsdays corpse (it died at the same time) and strapped it to an asteroid and threw it into the depths of space. In this tale it starts of with Superman still ahving Nightmares about the creature. Dead set on setting his fears aside he travels into the depths of space in search of the creature. Meanwhile a cargo ship picks up teh asteroid that Doomsday was on. It reawakens and slaughters all on the ship. As it turns out the ship is on it's way towards Apokolips. From there Doomsday wreaks havoc. Meanwhile Superman with the help of the Linear Men, more specifically Waverider discover the secret ORigion of the monster. In the end Superman and Doomsday have a rematch that is not as great as the first time, but the climatic end makes the story well worth owning.

Unlike many other comic books (including some by DC), it is evident that 'Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey' was planned extremely carefully, with special thought and attention going to each of its aspects.

The storyline is brilliant and finally answers the all-important queations that virtually every Superman fan asked upon the Kryptonion's death- where did Doomsday come from? What is his true origin? Why is he obsessed with obliterating Superman from the planet?

It has also portrayed Superman in a different, more practical light than we are used to seeing him in: as a man who can be scared.

Appearances from a few other supersatrs from the DC universe, namely Waverider, Darkseid, and the ever dreaded Cyborg make for an exciting read.

Not only will every Superman fan enjoy this book, but I'm sure it will be liked by fans of DC Comics in general.

Well written, great artwork, a sensible plot....this book is definitely not to be missed.

This the most complete superman story I ever read, full of every aspect of doomsday that I require, it whole aspect is to describe how non distortable he is and why, complete with the questions every fan was asking of his origin? , How was he created!!!???? , and when & way , with the answer of how he came to hate superman so much , the complete saga of the magnificent Doomsday .

if course that wasn't all , this mighty being most be testing in a more convenient arena , and what's more convenient then darksite , doomsday egual , and for doomsday to prove him self again his titles worth almost killing darkside only to be send by darkside servant to the place where he was first send to his death .

then we find superman after saving darkside helping aiding him against another enemy (which I don't care to remeber his name) that as destructive as doomsday but not as good , as this enemy soon to become a easy target for darkside .

at this level it was all great stuff , but after all this & doomsday killing his last killer , the writers couldn't end with less then a shore way to make shore of doomsday distraction (unless they find another way of his survival which I don't doubt.

all & all it was all that I require & more , & its proves my theory , a story with doomsday can top any other superman tale .

Hunter/Prey revealed the origins of the famed Doomsday, but later issues of comic books (i.e. Doomsday Year 1) have changed some of the details and/or have added a few pieces that Hunter/Prey didn't have. So which is the true story of Doomsday's origins? DC can't seem to make up its mind.

So might say Doomsday, if he knew, or cared, where he was in this story which could be titled The Birth and Death of Doomsday. The art is flawless, and the story very good, with only a little bit of retconning. Or would that be ret-disconning? Whatever. The story has some ham-handed exposition, however. When Superman and Henshaw talk to their silent partners, they might as well be talking to themselves. This just really annoys me for some reason -- comic writers realized back in the thirties that characters can't talk to themselves every time the reader needs to know what's on their minds, couldn't we have come up with a better solution by now? Ah, well.

Read this is you like the Boyscout and/or Doomsday, and if you don't mind the autolocution I've mentioned above, and if you're not a stickler for scientific accuracy.

This book is about Superman's quest to locate Doomsday after having recurrent nightmares. This book is not as good as the "Death of Superman" or the "Reign of the Supermen" but can help patch up the story of Doomsday.

Now this story occurs after Superman has already come back from the dead. Doomsday's origins are explained as well. Can Superman actually beat Doomsday, despite the fact that Doomsday evolves past what previously killed him? You can find out in this book.

So might say Doomsday, if he knew, or cared, where he was in this story which could be titled The Birth and Death of Doomsday. The art is flawless, and the story very good, with only a little bit of retconning. Or would that be ret-disconning? Whatever. The story has some ham-handed exposition, however. When Superman and Henshaw talk to their silent partners, they might as well be talking to themselves. This just really annoys me for some reason -- comic writers realized back in the thirties that characters can't talk to themselves every time the reader needs to know what's on their minds, couldn't we have come up with a better solution by now? Ah, well.

Read this is you like the Boyscout and/or Doomsday, and if you don't mind the autolocution I've mentioned above, and if you don't know what Lamarckian evolution is and why it's wrong.

If you ever want to read some really lousy story-telling I recommend this series. The writing's not awful, just... not very good. An excellent example of What Not To Do for aspiring comic book authors. The art's decent, I guess, but many panels remind me of the backs of cereal boxes, or those old Fox Kids magazines. If you want a story with minimal plot and a lot of action then this series is for you. If amateurish characterization (and really lousy dialogue) makes you gag... pass.

If you want to see what's wrong with comics then Dan Jurgens' work is a good place to start, and if you want to know what's wrong with Jurgens' work this is a great place to start. Over the course of the last few years Jurgens' et al have managed to once again make Superman into the comic everyone reads and no one likes. How? Shameless manipulation of plot to sell comics, which is one of the things that's ruined comics. The other being some authors willingness to make comics "dark," which usually amounts to little more than creating violence porn. Jurgen's is guilty of this too, he made the Toyman darker (actually he Jurgens' Toyman is a Lifetime network psycho so I don't know how much dark that is and how much pathetic)making him a murderer rather than the goofy but enjoyable villain we knew, but at least he hasn't made Superman himself "dark." Supes doesn't kill and he doesn't brood too much.
Oh but wait he does both here. Traumatized by dying Superman decides to hunt down Doomsday's corpse to make sure he's definitely dead, and since Superman desecrating a body wouldn't really sell that many comics, Doomsday comes back to life. Superman sports the derided Supermullet here, so that kind of makes it entertaining, but not really. Much stuff is messed up and another motivationless force of badness is brought back to life. Terrible comic the art isn't even that great, and it is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the stuff Jurgens' had done to D.C.'s premier hero. Supes deserves better. Maybe Waid's new series will fix some of what he's broken.