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The cover art remained the same with each subsequent printing but the title logo color scheme changed for each issue’s printing. I then discovered there were actually multiple printings for many of these issues, and the first printings were more valuable! Each printing after the first edition was notated by a roman numeral, next to the issue number and price on the top left corner of each cover. As I got more into collecting I decided I wanted to have the individual " Doomsday!" issues, even thou I had them nicely collected in TPB form, after another Toy R Us trip, I got all those issues from a box set.Īs I started accumulating price guides, poly bags and backing boards a monster began to gestate, who became concerned about condition and value. I found most of the issues I needed for "Funeral for a Friend" this way. I was able to catch up thanks to few Toys-R-Us trips, where late comers like myself were able to pick up various two packs and packaged sets of comics, with a lot of Superman books. After I got The Death of Superman graphic novel I searched out issues for " Funeral for a Friend" and " Reign of the Superman!," not an easy task for a kid with no job (or allowance 'cause I never did chores), who's only transportation were his parents or the school bus.

The Death and Return of Superman story arc was a trilogy of storylines " Doomsday!", " Funeral for a Friend" and " Reign of the Supermen!", all ancient history by '94. I had heard of this “event” but I was so late to the party that it was over.

The graphic novel collected the seven issue storyline " Doomsday!", the comic book colors inside hooked me. My journey into this wonderful hobby began in early 1994, when I found The Death of Superman graphic novel at Kroger, I was 11 years old then.