

Some talk of how their store was sold out and they spent days looking all over town to find one.Written by DAN JURGENS, ROGER STERN, LOUISE SIMONSON, and JERRY ORDWAY. In some cases, their parents let them skip school the day of the book's release so they could stand in line to get a copy. Typically, media coverage of Superman’s death compelled them or a parent to drop by a local store to pick up. RELATED: Christopher Reeve's Man of Steel Is Returning to Comics in DC's Superman '78 Sequel

Sometimes, multiple people arrive at my table at the same time and share their memories, which is always fun to experience. And I’m still here, reading, all these years later.' Most times, it’s more than one. Jurgens said of The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1, "Even now, thirty after the 'Death of Superman' first came out, every single convention or store appearance I do has at least one person who comes up to me with Superman #75 or the first 'Death of Superman' collected edition and says, 'This is the book that got me into comics. The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 will also feature variant covers by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Dan Mora, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Francesco Mattina, Jurgens and Breeding and pinups from Jamal Campbell, Lee Weeks, Clay Mann, Fabio Moon, Walter Simonson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gabriel Rodriguez and more. Lastly, "Above and Beyond" by Ordway, Grummett, Doug Hazelwood, Whitmore and Leigh will see Jonathan and Martha Kent watch Clark battle Doomsday on live television while they simultaneously flip through old photos of their son. Simonson, Bogdanove, Whitmore and Leigh's "Time" will follow John Henry's perspective through the iconic storyline. "Standing Guard" comes from Stern, Guice, Glenn Whitmore and Rob Leigh, which shows Superman and Doomsday's battle from the Guardians' point of view. The story will also introduce a new villain with ties to Doomsday called Doombreaker.


Jurgens, Breeding, Brad Anderson and John Workman will create "The Life of Superman," a story which sees a young Jon Kent learn about his father's death at school one day for the first time.
