Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey

Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey is a 1994 American comic book series published by DC Comics. The three-issue miniseries follows The Death of Superman.

Concept

Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey is a three-issue miniseries which explores the origin of the character Doomsday, and the rematch between him and Superman after their first battle in The Death of Superman.^[1] The story includes appearances by Bertron, Waverider, Lois Lane, Cyborg Superman, Darkseid and Linear Men. The story arc was written and penciled by Dan Jurgens, inked by Brett Breeding, and colored by Gregory Wright.

Collected edition

The three-issue miniseries was collected as softcover titled Superman: Doomsday released in the year of 2016. The edition also collects DOOMSDAY ANNUAL #1, and SUPERMAN: THE DOOMSDAY WARS #1-3^[2]

Reception

Steve Faragher reviewed Superman/Doomsday – Hunter/Prey for Arcane magazine, rating it a 4 out of 10 overall.^[3] Faragher comments that "writer Jurgens and artist Breeding do their best to inject some angst into the well-chronicled cape-wearer's philosophy, but they're up against a wall of steel and their well-intentioned attempts fail to add anything new to the myth of Superman".^[3]

References

1. Riesman, Abraham (March 29, 2016). "How a Group of Desperate Comics Creators Hatched Doomsday, Superman's Deadliest Foe". Vulture. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
2. "Superman: Doomsday".
3. Faragher, Steve (December 1995). "The Great Library". Arcane (1). Future Publishing: 80–81.