This would cement the Superman we’ve seen so far in the DCEU as a very different one from the comics. On the other hand, since Superman has already made the choice that killing may have to be the answer when a villain is unstoppable and dangerous on a massive scale (the textbook definition of Doomsday as a villain), he will do it again if he must. Because he killed Zod, Superman WILL kill Doomsday. The effects the death of Zod had on Superman could lead him to become the hero we know from the comics, leading into the rest of the DCEU. It would essentially solve the title conflict between the heroes, leading to enough common ground to found the Justice League.
Refusing to kill Doomsday would be the defining moment in the relationship between Batman and Superman, making Bruce realize that Superman is a moral being who understands the power he wields. That matters when you look at how Batman and Superman might finally come together. Because of the emotional toll taking Zod’s life had on Supes, not to mention how the public now fears him, he will refuse to kill again in Batman v Superman even if that choice would make victory easier. Superman has already made the grave decision to kill a seemingly unstoppable villain (so it wouldn’t really have the same narrative weight a second time). Because he killed Zod, Superman WON’T kill Doomsday. With that in mind, here’s the root of the different arguments on how this could play out: 1. The entire foundation of the DCEU Superman, at least to many, is now, “He killed Zod.” That is a wholly separate version of Superman than we’ve seen in the comics, and since it was a part of the origin of Superman in the DCEU, killing Zod will affect who the character is for the rest of the EU canon. Superman? More like…Supergrumpy! Amiright? Would killing Doomsday reinforce or reshape the Superman of the DCEU? I’m betting there is a very good reason the film is subtitled Dawn of Justice: the combined might of the heroes will prevent Superman from having to take such drastic action again. Since the Doomsday of Batman v Superman seems (based on the Frankenstein motifs in the trailer) to be a bastardized and reanimated form of General Zod, it would almost feel redundant to have Superman kill the creature again. There are other stories featuring different versions of Doomsday that don’t end quite so morbidly, so it’s not unheard of to not kill the monster. Since it’s unlikely that Superman will die in Batman v Superman, the battle will obviously take some diversions from that most famous Doomsday story. It was the one time in the comics that Superman was allowed to kill, since he technically wasn’t trying to kill the beast, but rather keep fighting him until he was defeated to keep the monster from harming anyone else. In the comics the answer was simple: Doomsday is the most powerful thing ever (literally it was designed to be) and Superman is the only hero strong enough and selfless enough (the more important and often skipped over superpower) to defeat the creature. But, even then more questions arise… Will Superman kill Doomsday? So, it’s no surprise that Doomsday is the major antagonist of Batman v Superman.īut with such a major, unstoppable villain to appear in the film the question arises: will Doomsday die? That’s not to ask will Doomsday be defeated or overcome, that mostly goes without saying, but since we know from his comic origins that the only thing able to stop Doomsday is death itself, can we expect to see him die in Batman V Superman? The short answer is yes. (I would argue this is unfairly awarded in that Superman sort of died of his own volition from working too hard to stop Doomsday, but that would be splitting hairs.) Apart from the fact that Superman never quite died thanks to some narrative nonsense involving space heaven and the fact that “his soul” never died (or something), this is a pretty impressive feat for any villain. Will the unkillable Superman villain in fact be killed? We have answers to this and more questions about Doomsday.ĭoomsday has a singular claim to fame among the DC villain line up: he killed Superman in the Death of Superman.
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