When Does the Film "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987) Take Place?
"Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" is a superhero film written by Lawrence Konner with Mark Rosenthal and Christopher Reeve [adapting the first story in "Superman" #408 v1 (1985) by Paul Kupperberg with Ed Hannigan, the Superman story in "Superman" #233 v1 (1970) by Denny O'Neil, as well as "Adventure Comics" #387-#388 (1969) by Leo Dorfman] that released July 24th, 1987.
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional DC Films Universe in the year:
We know this because a newspaper front page appears a quarter through the movie with a headline referring to events shown in the previous scenes and dated for "THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST, 1985".
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1985 AD
We know this because a newspaper front page appears a quarter through the movie with a headline referring to events shown in the previous scenes and dated for "THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST, 1985".
It is a chronologically early film in the DC Films multiverse timeline (a fourth chronological film to feature Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman) and can be watched either at its timeline point.
It was adapted to comics in late 1987 and to prose in the same year.