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In the days before the anniversary of Superman's death, Ty Duffy, The Daily Planets staff reporter, retraces Superman's cross-country battle with Doomsday ; Duffy resents the assignment.

During the investigation, a mysterious figure also follows Doomsday's cross-country path, and commits a series of murders and destructions along the way.

Duffy discovers that many of Superman's rogues have claimed to have created Doomsday, and many survivors of Doomsday's rampage and Coast City's destruction he interviewed express hatred for the hero.

He ultimately comes face-to-face with the Man of Steel himself and reveals to Superman that his father committed suicide because of losses suffered connected with the battle with Doomsday.

Duffy reproaches Superman, telling him that thousands have died due to his battle with Doomsday but people rarely ever acknowledge their deaths as they ' prefer ' to focus on Superman's revival, feeling that Superman's resurrection cheapened awareness of the others who died in Doomsday's rampage and the holocaust of Coast City.

Although Superman disagrees, he carries considerable guilt over the deaths caused because he couldn't stop Doomsday earlier.