

Jesse Eisenberg's "If man won't kill god, the devil will do it," line from the trailer makes that much very clear. Gathering from what we know so far (which is an awful lot, frankly), after Lex's attempts to manipulate the Dark Knight into killing Superman fail, he obtains the body of the fallen Zod and manages to reanimate and mutate it into the super-powered Doomsday. After a millennia-long hibernation, the creature awakens and heads to Metropolis, where he and Superman went toe-to-toe in a brutal battle that resulted in both of their deaths-neither of which were permanent, because comics.ĭoomsday will have a slightly different origin story in Batman V Superman, of course, albeit with some clear comic parallels.
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In the comics, the nigh-unstoppable killing machine is the result of decades of experiments by a mad alien scientist to create the perfect life form. The highly evolved yet essentially mindless Doomsday is killed and revived countless times - in order to rid him of any weaknesses - before he breaks free of his confinement and rampages across the universe, on his way to Earth. Writer/artist Dan Jurgens created the hulking behemoth to act as a physical match for the Last Son of Krypton, and to this day, he remains the only foe to ever actually kill Superman.
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have delivered an incredibly faithful depiction of the monster. From the character's greyed skin tone to his rocky, battle-weary appearance, the film version of Doomsday appears to have been lifted straight from the pages of the comics. is revealing a bit too much too soon by unveiling Doomsday nearly four months before Batman V Superman hits theaters, there's no denying the fact that director Zack Snyder and co.
