<P> A cosmically empowered Anti-Monitor attacks again, transporting the new Earth to the antimatter universe and summoning a horde of shadow demons . He falls in a carefully planned counterattack culminating in a battle with Kal - L (the Earth - Two Superman), Alexander Luthor of Earth - Three and Superboy of Earth - Prime, with help from New Gods adversary Darkseid . In this final battle the Anti-Monitor, reduced to a flaming head, crashes into a star and is killed by the Earth - Two Superman . As they are the only four who remember the original past, Alex sends Earth - Two Superman, Earth - Two Lois Lane, Earth - Prime Superboy and himself to a pocket "paradise" dimension . </P> <P> According to George Pérez in a Wizard magazine interview in 1994, Chris Claremont suggested that Superman of Earth - One dies in the final battle with the Anti-Monitor in issue #12 . After the Anti-Monitor was destroyed for good, Kal - L from Earth - Two realizes that he is now alone, without his Earth, without his Lois, and now the new single Earth is without a Superman . Then he remarks, "Don't need this anymore," and brushes the white dye off his hair and other make - up that he apparently used to make himself look aged . The other heroes are surprised by this and Kal - L simply explains that he had stopped aging when he reached the peak of his powers . He returns with the other heroes to the new post-Crisis Earth, taking the place of the Earth - One Superman . </P> <P> If this idea had been used, then The Man of Steel would have marked the return of the "Original Super-Hero", as Kal - L (now switched to Kal - El) begins his life on the post-Crisis Earth, which is similar to his old life, but with distinct differences . Despite this "culture shock," Kal - L endures and is given a new lease on life by being deposited back to the early days of the modern heroic age of the post-Crisis Earth . However, this was discarded when the John Byrne version of The Man of Steel was planned . </P> <Ul> <Li> Action Comics #560 and #564 </Li> <Li> All - Star Squadron #40 </Li> <Li> Amethyst (vol. 2) #2 </Li> <Li> Batman #384 </Li> <Li> Batman and the Outsiders (vol. 1) #14 - 15 </Li> <Li> Blue Devil #5 </Li> <Li> DC Comics Presents #76 and #78 </Li> <Li> Detective Comics #551 </Li> <Li> The Flash #338 - 339 </Li> <Li> The Fury of Firestorm #28 </Li> <Li> GI Combat #274 and #275 </Li> <Li> Green Lantern (vol. 2) #173, #176 and #178 </Li> <Li> Infinity, Inc. #8 </Li> <Li> Jonah Hex #90 </Li> <Li> Justice League of America #232 and #234 </Li> <Li> The New Teen Titans #21 and Annual #2 (#21 (July 1982) is the first appearance of the Monitor, in shadow .) </Li> <Li> Swamp Thing #30 - 31 </Li> <Li> Superman #402 - 403 </Li> <Li> Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #317, #319 - 320 </Li> <Li> Tales of the Teen Titans #47 and #58 </Li> <Li> Vigilante #14 </Li> <Li> Warlord #91 </Li> <Li> Wonder Woman #321 and #323 </Li> <Li> World's Finest Comics #311 and #314 (April 1985; last Pre-Crisis and first Crisis story arcs) </Li> </Ul>

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