I have both the comics and the DVD. All I have to say is that they stuck with the essence of the death and resurrection of Superman as shown in the comics. I know it's disapponting especially to us comic book fans. But the thing is, if they followed the comics window by window, the movie will be too long. There are too many subplots in the comics. Keeping the movie short will benefit the children that will watch this (supervised watching that is). They won't get bored and confused with the different characters and subplots. They just stuck with the basic characters: Kal-El, Lois, Jimmy, Perry, and Lex, and made the story revolve and evolve around them.