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4. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

(Superman #423 and Action Comics #583, DC Comics)

“This is an Imaginary Story. Aren’t they all?”

With those words, Alan Moore touched off a groundbreaking story. WHMT is pitched and delivered as the last Superman story. It gives every major character and ending and ties up many loose ends, along with some AMAZING moments.

Bizarro’s final moments: “Do you know what radio waves look like?” Clark crying by Krypto’s side, the final villain reveal, it’s all so perfect. Brainiac puppeteers, Lex Luthor’s dead body. How can you not get something out of that?

Also, it ends with the only reaction Superman should ever have to taking a life. Although, I do have to say that if you like Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, you should go find yourself a copy of the super obscure 1877 novel Superfolks, from which WHMT arguably lifts a decent amount of its plot elements. It’s available digitally, and incredibly good.

But yeah, WHMT is great, as well. A definitive Superman story that would’ve made for a perfectly appropriate finale.