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of Superman. Doomsday was glimpsed in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (Nov. 1992), and made his first full appearance in Superman: The
Man of Steel #18 (Dec. 1992). The character was created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens, who wanted to create a villain who could be a physical
challenge for Superman in a straight fight as most of his current foes relied on technology and intellect to oppose the Man of Steel, or, in the case
of Metallo and the Parasite, had some natural advantage.
IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Doomsday as #46. [2] He is best known as the character who "killed" Superman.
The character appears in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, voiced and performed by Robin Atkin Downes through motioncapture