Doomsday

"*I knew he couldn't do it, BUT, I can't help myself being ahead of the curve. So! I made a gift. For you. Ancient, Kryptonian deformity. Born to destroy you! Your Doomsday.*"
―Lex Luthor to Superman[src]
The **Desecration Without Name**, referred to as Superman's "**Doomsday**" by his maker, was a mutated Kryptonian monster created by Lex Luthor from the corpse of General Zod, in a long-forbidden ancient process, for the sole purpose of killing Superman in the event of Brainiac failing, in which he already predicted.

Capable of apocalyptic levels of destruction, Doomsday's might necessitated the combined forces of 4 Kryptonians (Superman, Kara Zor-El, Superboy, and Power Girl), Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, the Green Lanterns, and the Justice Society of America in order to take him down. He was ultimately killed by Superman at the end of their fierce brawl, albeit at the cost of his own life as well.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

**Mutated Kryptonian Physiology**: Doomsday, due to being the genetic mutation of General Dru-Zod, a Kryptonian, is a terrifyingly powerful being of potentially apocalyptic proportions, thereby (along with Darkseid) being one of the only known beings to surpass the power and might of Superman himself. Thus, Lex Luthor creates him for the sole purpose of killing Superman, naming the monster "[Superman's] doomsday," and claiming that Superman was "as good as dead" if he were to fight Doomsday. Indeed, the monstrous juggernaut's unparalleled might forced Superman to team up against it with Wonder Woman, Green Lanterns and the JSA to stand a chance, yet even that was insufficient, as Doomsday's ability to "evolve" and regenerate at a rapid pace made him impossible to be brought down with brute force alone.

* **Superhuman Strength**: Doomsday had a tremendous level of superhuman strength, virtually incalculable, somewhat superior even to that of Superman, forcing the Man of Steel to team up with both other mighty heroes to stand a chance against the monstrous juggernaut.
	+ **Super Leaps**: Doomsday can use his incredible strength to perform super jumps, shown when he leaped from the ground in Heroes Park right onto the spire of LexCorp Tower, in a single bound, destroying multiple helicopters in the process.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Doomsday, while not quite as fast as Superman, can, like Wonder Woman, move at considerable superhuman speeds, with him able to keep up with the Amazon's combative speed, and with Batman just barely managing to grapple away from the charging monster.
* **Superhuman Stamina**: Doomsday has incredible, virtually inexhaustible stamina, never needing to stop during his prolonged intense battle with the superhero trinity.
* **Nigh-Invulnerability**: Doomsday is virtually invulnerable. Thus, the monster was unscathed by the intense firepower of military jets and the Batplane, numerous tremendous blows from Superman and Wonder Woman, and even quickly recovered after taking the full force of a megaton nuke (in an explosion in outer space, gigantic enough to be seen clearly from Earth), and subsequently falling all the way down to Earth from space. Due to his adaptive evolution, the megaton nuclear blast, fall, and mighty blows only made Doomsday stronger and more durable than before.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Doomsday has an extremely effective healing factor, making him incredibly hard to defeat, even for the most powerful of opponents. Whenever injured, Doomsday's healing wounds are instantly enveloped in an orange superheated glow, which vanishes after he is healed, mere seconds later.
	+ **Regenerative Evolution**: Upon receiving catastrophic injuries from missiles, he not only regenerated, but his body started to mutate further, possibly as an adaptive response to the trauma.
* **Energy Absorption**: Doomsday's cells, like those of any Kryptonian, are capable of absorbing multiple kinds of energy, for both sustenance and enhancement. Having absorbed a considerable amount of energy, Doomsday is induced to mutate and increase in power, with him notably growing bony protrusions and growing in size after surviving a gigantic megaton nuclear blast and absorbing the nuclear energy of it, along with the kinetic energy of his colossally high fall from outer space. Doomsday also absorbs the tremendous kinetic energy from Superman and Wonder Woman's mighty blows, with their hits therefore only making him stronger and more powerful.
	+ **Electrokinesis**: Doomsday, when healing from a powerful attack, is capable of generating immense electrical tendrils and shock-waves from his body, with Doomsday generating a larger and more powerful shock-wave as he increases in power. One of them was powerful enough to decimate several city blocks, tearing apart many buildings.
	+ **Heat Blasts**: Doomsday can generate tremendous superheated torrents from his eyes and mouth, which are far larger and more destructive than even Kryptonian heat vision, with a single thermal blast being enough to destroy a building's entire floor. When Superman tried meeting Doomsday's blast with his heat vision, the monster's much thicker beam was able to overpower Superman's in seconds, promptly sending Superman flying backward.
* **Psychic Immunity**: Due to unknown reasons, possibly a feral mind, Martian Manhunter was not able to telepathically defeat Doomsday.

### Weakness

* **Kryptonite**: Like a normal Kryptonian, Doomsday is shown to be weakened when exposed to Kryptonite.

## Relationships

Allies* Lex Luthor † - creator
* Kara Zor-El
* Superboy †
* Power Girl
* Justice League
	+ Wonder Woman
	+ Martian Manhunter †
* Justice Society of America
	+ Hawkman †
	+ Hawkgirl †
	+ Doctor Fate
	+ Stargirl
	+ Atom Smasher †
* Green Lantern Corps
	+ Hal Jordan †
	+ John Stewart †
	+ Kyle Rayner
	+ Guy Gardner †

## Trivia

* An early draft of the story had Doomsday be created by Brainiac instead of Lex Luthor, being released just before Brainiac's defeat.

## External Links

* Doomsday on DC Database
* Doomsday on DC Extended Universe Wiki
* Doomsday (DC Comics) on Wikipedia