DragonKing Dark: How ‘The Death of Superman’ almost killed comics

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• By Karl Stern
• Published: 19 Dec 2021, 10:20

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We pick back up our ongoing series in the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history and in doing so, we travel back to the early 1990s.

Comic books and trading cards were booming. Speculators were buying both in bulk with hopes of one day owning something valuable. But, the bubble was ready to burst when DC Comics came along with a publicity stunt that almost killed the comic book industry: The Death of Superman. 

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Karl Stern

Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.

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