The Kingdom (comic)
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The Kingdom is a comic book miniseries published by DC Comics, written by Mark Waid. This is both a sequel and, in some ways, prequel to Kingdom Come, also by Mark Waid.
20 years after the events of Kingdom Come, a survivor of the Kansas disaster is granted power by the Quintessence (Shazam, Ganthet, Zeus, Izaya Highfather, and the Phantom Stranger), and dub him Gog. The power drives him mad, and he takes out his anger on Superman, killing him and carving his S shield on the ground. He then travels a day backward in time and kills him again...and again.
As Gog travels closer to the modern DC universe, the Linear Men panic when they see that their ordered index of time is unravelling; Superman is dead in the 21st century, yet alive in the 853rd. When Rip Hunter tries to stop Gog from killing Superman on the day his and Wonder Woman's child is born, Gog manages to steal the infant, whom he raises and names Magog, setting the paradox in motion.
Rip Hunter recruits Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman from the Kingdom Come era to stop Gog in 1998. Four young heroes - Kid Flash, Offspring, Nightstar, and Ibn Al'Xuffasch - come together to try and stop Gog on their own.
The Kingdom introduced a new element to the DC Universe: Hypertime.