The Death of Emma Warner

"The Death of Emma Warner" is a Chilling storyline that occurred mostly in Out of this World titles. The completed multi-issue story arc was given the title The Death and Return of Emma Warner.

In the story, 26-year-old human woman Emma Warner engages in battle with a seemingly unstoppable killing machine named Doomsday in the universe, by Jemma. At the fight's conclusion, Emma die from her wounds in Superman (vol. 2) #75.

The crossover depicted the world's reaction to Emma's death in "Funeral for a Friend," the emergence of four individuals believed to be the "new" Superman, and the eventual return of the original Superman in "Reign of the Supermen!".

The storyline, devised by editor Mike Carlin and the Superman writing team of Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, met with enormous success: the Superman titles gained international exposure, reaching to the top of the comics sales charts and selling out overnight. The event was widely covered by national and international news media. The storyline was loosely adapted into a 2007 animated film, Superman: Doomsday.