The First Appearance of Doomsday

Per Heritage's April 2024 Signature Auction description: Created for the cover of the comics industry distribution magazine previewing the upcoming "Death of Superman" storyline, this powerful image of the Man of Steel battling Doomsday was used by New York Newsday to break the story to the world that Superman was to meet his end! The story received unprecedented mainstream media coverage and made world headlines in September of 1992, two months before the first tease of the epic storyline in Superman, The Man of Steel #17, with Doomsday's first full comic appearance a month later in Man of Steel #18, making this image the groundbreaking first look at the monster that would kill Superman!
"The Death of Superman" would go on to become one of the most successful storylines ever, with Superman #75, which featured Superman's death, becoming the top selling comic of 1992 (over six million copies), and the story running through the Superman titles for the next year, changing the course of DC comics for years to come.