You've killed my best friends... you've killed me... you will kill no more! 
- — Superman
Superman (Volume 2) #200 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 2004. It was published on December 24, 2003.
Synopsis for "The Last Superman Story"
Superman accompanies his alternate self into the future, where they witness a reality forged by the Futuresmiths. This is the natural timeline of Cir-El, who is actually a creation of the Futuresmiths. In this timeline, Lex Luthor is responsible for the creation of Brainiac 12 – an upgraded variant of the original Brainiac. Cir-El sacrifices herself to prevent this timeline from ever occurring. Superman fights with Brainiac and traps him within a fold in time. Now that the reality of the Futuresmiths has been erased, all of the super-hero counterparts to this timeline cease to exist. Superman attempts to return to his own timeline, but finds himself trapped in an alternate reality whereby his birth-parents never rocketed him away from Krypton.
Appearing in "The Last Superman Story"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- John Kent (Flashback only)
- Jonathan Kent (Flashback only)
- Jor-El (Flashback only)
- Jor-L (Flashback only)
- Jor-El I (Flashback only)
- Lara (Flashback only)
- Lora (Flashback only)
- Martha Clark (Flashback only)
- Martha Kent (Flashback only)
- Mary Kent (Flashback only)
- Dr. Rian Ciba
Antagonists:
- Brainiac 12 (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Amazons (Futuresmiths) (First appearance; dies)
- Batman (Futuresmiths) (First appearance; dies)
- Lex Luthor (Futuresmiths) (First appearance)
- Lois Lane (Futuresmiths) (First appearance)
- Supergirl (Cir-El) (Final appearance)
- Superman (Futuresmiths) (Dies)
- Wonder Woman (Futuresmiths) (First appearance; dies)
- Jimmy Olsen
- Perry White
- Traci Thirteen
- Natasha Irons
Locations:
- Timestream
- Earth-Two (Flashback only)
- Earth-One (Flashback only)
- New Earth
- Krypton (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rocket (Flashback only)
Notes
- This comic is a prelude to Superman: Birthright.
- This comic is a sixty-four page anniversary issue.
- This issue includes a Supergirls pin-up page by Mike Deodato, Jr.
- This issue includes concept sketches of the new Metropolis, designed by Leinil Francis Yu.
- With the defeat of Brainiac 12, all of the events germane to the 64th century character Brainiac 13 (including the Metropolis B-13 conversion) are reversed.
Trivia
- The Batman from one-hundred years into the Futuresmiths timeline is dressed in a costume which resembles the outfit worn by Terry McGinnis in the animated series, Batman Beyond.
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