What Is Your Ideal Ending For Superman & His Supporting Characters?

[Timothy Hunter]

Nothing ever ends in superhero comics, but if you had to give your own personal spin on the final chapter of these characters what would it be?

Superman
Lois Lane
Jimmy Olsen
Perry White
Supergirl
Superboy
Steel
Lana Lang
Pete Ross
Lex Luthor
Brainiac
Bizarro
Zod

[manwhohaseverything]

Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow

[Jon Clark]

Nothing ever ends in superhero comics, but if you had to give your own personal spin on the final chapter of these characters what would it be?

Superman

Superman is killed in the final battle against Darkseid when Orion finally and permanently ends his father.

Lois Lane

Lois is killed by friendly fire during a battle of some kind. Death happens in a Lois focused story and has no connection to her being Superman's wife.

Jimmy Olsen

Jimmy is killed in action when the potion he consumed to gain powers wears off while he is performing a rescue in a hostile environment.

Perry White

Perry dies of a heart attack upon learning of Lois' and Jimmy's deaths.

Supergirl

Kara is killed while assisting Raven in a battle with another daughter of Trigon named Linda Danvers. Linda briefly takes possession of Kara's corpse until Raven, John Constantine and Zatanna defeat her.

Superboy

Conner dies in the first battle with Solaris as he carries the sentient star into deepest space.

Jon Kent is killed in his sleep by Damian Wayne as part of Damian's final acts before becoming the new Ra's Al Ghul.

Steel

John Henry Irons dies several decades from now as his artificial organs shut down. His niece Natasha is killed during a battle between her Justice League and the League of Assassins just shy of her 42nd birthday.

Lana Lang

Lana Lang dies at the age of 99 in her sleep at the home of Jonathan and Martha Kent

Pete Ross

Pete Ross is elected mayor of Smallville and then serves several terms in Congress. he dies on July 4, 2076 of a stroke.

Lex Luthor

Lex develops an aggressive form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dies alone in his office less than a year later.

Brainiac

The artificial consciousness known as Brainiac vanishes from the known universe sometime in the 30th Century. Un confirmed rumors state it is incorporated into vast system of artificial intelligences monitoring the multiverse by the Legion of Dimensional Guardians.

Bizarro

Bizarro and his anti-matter duplicate met during the Inverse Crisis. Neither has been seen since.

Zod

Zod is remembered as the founder of Rokyn, home of the Zodite race which orbits the star Rao. Tales about his death differ depending on which sect of the Zoddite religion you follow.

[SuperX]

Superman is killed in the final battle against Darkseid when Orion finally and permanently ends his father.



Lois is killed by friendly fire during a battle of some kind. Death happens in a Lois focused story and has no connection to her being Superman's wife.



Jimmy is killed in action when the potion he consumed to gain powers wears off while he is performing a rescue in a hostile environment.



Perry dies of a heart attack upon learning of Lois' and Jimmy's deaths.



Kara is killed while assisting Raven in a battle with another daughter of Trigon named Linda Danvers. Linda briefly takes possession of Kara's corpse until Raven, John Constantine and Zatanna defeat her.




Conner dies in the first battle with Solaris as he carries the sentient star into deepest space.

Jon Kent is killed in his sleep by Damian Wayne as part of Damian's final acts before becoming the new Ra's Al Ghul.



John Henry Irons dies several decades from now as his artificial organs shut down. His niece Natasha is killed during a battle between her Justice League and the League of Assassins just shy of her 42nd birthday.



Lana Lang dies at the age of 99 in her sleep at the home of Jonathan and Martha Kent



Pete Ross is elected mayor of Smallville and then serves several terms in Congress. he dies on July 4, 2076 of a stroke.



Lex develops an aggressive form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dies alone in his office less than a year later.



The artificial consciousness known as Brainiac vanishes from the known universe sometime in the 30th Century. Un confirmed rumors state it is incorporated into vast system of artificial intelligences monitoring the multiverse by the Legion of Dimensional Guardians.



Bizarro and his anti-matter duplicate met during the Inverse Crisis. Neither has been seen since.



Zod is remembered as the founder of Rokyn, home of the Zodite race which orbits the star Rao. Tales about his death differ depending on which sect of the Zoddite religion you follow.

So much death. Howabout something crazy like, "and they lived happily ever after"

[Jon Clark]

So much death. Howabout something crazy like, "and they lived happily ever after"

That isn't an ending, that's a "to be continued". Especially for characters in serial fiction.

Death was the only ending for them I saw as having any possibility of being final. And then only because it was "an ending" implying that no one decided to write a story resurrecting them.

[SuperX]

That isn't an ending, that's a "to be continued". Especially for characters in serial fiction.

Death was the only ending for them I saw as having any possibility of being final. And then only because it was "an ending" implying that no one decided to write a story resurrecting them.

Happily ever after could end in their deaths, just after living good happy lives with those they love, of old age

[Jon Clark]

Happily ever after could end in their deaths, just after living good happy lives with those they love, of old age

That's how i had John Irons, Lana Lang and Pete Ross die. It is possible that is how Zod died as well. But for the rest they die as they lived in heroic or zany ways.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

There are plenty of great endings to these characters, but my favorite is "To be continued..."

[Marvel Man]

Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow

Ugh. No. In my opinion, that's a very bad and unhappy ending for a lot of characters.

For me, the best ending for Superman and his supporting cast was Superman #162, the famous Superman blue / Superman red story, written by Leo Dorfman with art by Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger.

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[Powerboy]

Something similar to Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow? except without the deaths of so many characters. I mean the ending is great for Superman and Lois but...

[manwhohaseverything]

Ugh. No. In my opinion, that's a very bad and unhappy ending for a lot of characters.

I tend to think happy endings are overly done.. It's better sweet goodbye with hope for tomorrow .Superman has tragedy built-in.So yeah! that's my ending for Clark's journey.His admission that superman is an overrated concept is peak self realisation and reflection

[Morgoth]

Something like All-Star, I guess.

[Doctor Know]

Nothing ever ends in superhero comics, but if you had to give your own personal spin on the final chapter of these characters what would it be?

Superman: After fighting the best and beating the best and living through several galactic scale crises. Superman retires out to Smallvile. Becomes a farmer and carpenter. Feeding the needy and building houses for the homeless.


Lois Lane: With newspapers going the way of the dinosaur. Lois works hard to make the joint company of the Daily Planet and Galaxy TV one of the top media empires on the planet. Perry White retires and Morgan Edge is dead. His ties to Darkseid exposed years ago.


Jimmy Olsen: Jimmy joins the Metropolis PD and continues to serve the city.


Supergirl: To the 31st Century with Brainiac 5 and the Legion.


Superboy/Connor: Lives a dual life as Superman and CEO of Lexcorp. As Lex has no heir, everything was left to Connor when he died.


Steel: John Henry Irons joined Star Labs and continues to come up with new patents and inventions to better serve the world. He reaches back and helps other disadvantaged kids get out of the Suicide Slum.


Lana Lang & Pete Ross: Lana came back to Smallville, married Pete Ross (who never left Smallville) and they opened a fashion center in town. Smallville being famous for being the home of Superman and a major transit spot on the way to Metropolis now.


Lex Luthor: Dies valiantly in the defense of Earth. Plenty of world ending events out there, choose your own adventure.


Brainiac: Brainiac 1 and Superman finally bury the hatchet. Brainaic 1's program reached the end of his life cycle after a final battle with Superman. His son, Brainiac 2 and Lobo continued their adventures throughout the galaxy.


Bizarro: Expired like the rest of the failed Superman clones.


Zod: Hand crushed and thrown down a bottomless cavern - Superman 2, Phantom Zone forever - Earth One and Pre-Flashpoint Zod, Kryptonite Poisoning - Pocket Earth, Slams into Superman and dies - Russian Zod, Blown up by Jor-El - Return to Krypton, Sucked into Phantom Zone Black Hole - For Tomorrow, Broken Neck - Man of Steel, Shot by Alexandra Luthor - Earth-1 JMS

Anybody have ideas for a happy ending for Zod? Dude is punked and punished at levels rivaled only by Bowser (Mario) and Ganon (Zelda).

[Gaius]

Superman and Lois - Married 1964, divorced 1969.

Jimmy Olsen - Died in Vietnam, killed by his own troops

Supergirl - Tour guide for Universal Studios

[sifighter]

Clark finally gets to be semi-retired and happy with Lois, only coming out in dire situations, because he can trust that Jon, Conner, Kara, and Natasha Irons will be there to save the day and Metropolis in his stead.

Jimmy Olsen used his money and inhertence to keep the Daily Planet stable, maybe growing it into a multimedia news organization. Once Perry White passes away, because unfortunately he's older then everyone, Jimmy, Lois, and Clark would likely dedicate the Daily Planet Organization to him.

Zod I guess can continue to establish a new Krypton