First Superman dies (in paperback as The Death of Superman), then some replacements turn up, one of whom may or may not be the original article ( Reign of the Supermen) and then Superman returns ( The Return of Superman). It jettisons a lot of dull content, primarily from the overly mawkish and time-marking Funeral For a Friend/ World Without a Superman collection, to get to the essence of what’s going on.
Perhaps realising this, DC’s re-evaluation of the content makes for a tighter story, and can be seen as the comics equivalent of the music re-mix. As a story, however, it leaves a lot to be desired, very rarely spectacular, frequently substandard, embedded in its era and not treated kindly by time. The Death of Superman is a landmark story simply because of the widespread attention it drew well beyond the comic world when originally serialised in 19.
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