This might be the saddest comic ever made. At the time it was feared it was for good too. As Superman's ultimate struggle reaches its climax he is forced to give his all to stop a relentless killing machine with no remorse or reason to its madness. As the killing blows literally shake up Metropolis the people Superman has devoted his life to defending can only watch in horror as their beloved hero makes the ultimate sacrifice to save them from this unrelenting monster.
You can feel the sadness and sorrow as his parents can only watch from their TV miles away, or Jimmy standing there beside his dying friend unable to do anything for he who's done so much for him, and Lois as she holds the man she loves in her arms as he breathes his final breath.
At the time this issue was extremely emotional and controversial. Almost 30 years later it is one of the most well-known and widely read comic books of all time. more