Doomsday is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (Nov. 1992), and was created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens. Since 1992, Doomsday is the only supervillain to have successfully killed Superman, although Superman was later revealed to be in suspended animation. In 2009, Doomsday was ranked as IGN's 46th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.