Only the Interpresse editors from Denmark attended the call, comic book translator and writer Niels Søndergaard wrote the story featuring Clark Kent and Lois Lane in a cold war adventure where Superman needs to thwart a Lex Luthor plan to control all nuclear bombs in Europe.

The young Danish Teddy Kristiansen pencilled, inked and colored it in his first major comic book work, his stylish art is presented in a charming cartoonish approach to go along with the light tone by Niels Søndergaard, his storytelling and scenes composition shows a clear influence from Frank Miller's work on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, including the use of TV screens panels and even the Cold War theme echoes to Miller's ground breaking miniseries.

To represent that, artist Teddy Kristiansen penciled several famous buildings, monuments and distinctive places from each city as featured in the story, some which are destroyed during Superman fights.

Writer Søndergaard clashed with Superman editor Mike Carlin in several concepts, for example because there is no full-sized phone booth in Europe, Clark Kent's choice of changing room were toilets.

[3][4] Even before its release in Denmark, Superman og Fredsbomben was prominently discussed in first episode of the Danish television program Troldspejlet presented by Jakob Stegelmann on February 3, 1989.

After this first work in American comic book market, new opportunities were opened to Kristiansen, especially in DC Comics, where he was able to develop several miniseries and one-shots in Vertigo imprint, being even awarded in Eisner Awards for the 2004 graphic novel Superman: It's a Bird....[9] Kristiansen would also return to draw Man of Steel stories in a Jimmy Olsen focused 12-issue series named Superman: Metropolis between 2003 and 2004.