The Year One Annuals continue, exploring pivotal events and untold stories of the DC Universe's greatest heroes...and in this case, villains! The year's most unusual Year One Annual looks at the previous lives of Superman's monstrous killer. Cursed with the ability to return after every mortal defeat, Doomsday has survived countless "Year Ones." Four tales are told of the Armageddon Creature's rampage through the cosmos, before his fateful first encounter with the Man of Steel. Doomsday faces Darkseid, the Green Lantern Corps and the Khunds in stories by all-star creators Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Dennis Janke, Roger Stern, Brett Breeding, Chris Batista, Gil Kane and John Nyberg. Cover by Dan Jurgens and Jerry Ordway. FC, 56 pg. Cover price $3.95.