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With the original storyline set aside in the comic, an original event was needed to replace it.

According to a documentary on Superman: Doomsday, the Superman writing team members were miffed at having a year's worth of story planning put aside, and flustered for ideas.

At the end of one meeting, Adventures of Superman writer Jerry Ordway suggested, jokingly, " Let's just kill ' im.

" The joke became a running gag in story meetings, but eventually gained traction with Superman group editor Mike Carlin.

In the documentary film Look, Up in the Sky!

The Amazing Story of Superman Carlin states: " the world was taking Superman for granted, so we literally said ' let's show what the world would be like without Superman '.