That's always the trick with these posts for characters that have been around longer, especially DC ones that have clearly defined "versions". It's actually a neat little You did a nice job of sticking with the attributes (in-story and meta) of an aggregate Superman, for lack of a better word, through all the "handbook" categories and then of detailing some differences over the years later on. Did you ever see Hollywoodland? It's a neo-noir from the early 00s about Reeves' death, with Ben Affleck playing him. I'm hoping I'll get to take a break from taking a break to roll out some more beyond the daily covers what with the new movie out and people (including DC) celebrating the 75th anniversary in Action #1' s cover-date month of June.Īlso this reminded me that i wanted to look more into George Reeves' death to see if it's weird enough to use for one of my Wednesday Weird posts Which makes it all the more painful to see him done boringly or obnoxiously or just plain wrongly. I love Batman and the original Captain Marvel and Metamorpho and Hellboy and plenty of others, but hands down Superman is one of my favorite concepts ever, one of my favorite things in life, period. Superman isn't my favorite comic book character, but he's close. for Superman!" just makes me a kid again. His switch from Clark Kent tenor to resonant Superman baritone in "This is a job. The opening was actually carried over from the 1940s radio show, and Bud Collyer returned to voice the character in the 1960s Filmation series. John Williams' score for the Christopher Reeve films is still utterly thrilling, and that opening from the 1950s George Reeves show is too. The 1942 novel said Eben and Sarah, but in the first real expanded comics origin in 1948 it's John and Mary - the names that ended up being ascribed to the Earth-Two Kents, as once the pair was renamed Jonathan and Martha it stuck, becoming the Earth-One canon as well as the standard used in the 1978 movie and later TV/film adaptations.Īs much as I love the comics, and a wide variety of styles of them at that, I can't (nor is there any reason to) deny that media spinoffs have produced some of the most memorable Superman moments. Jonathan and Martha, in almost all eras and media. I like your phrasing here regarding magic, as I've always been a proponent of interpreting his vulnerability to it as him simply having no more defense or resistance to it as anyone else rather than (as it's sometimes portrayed) him being more vulnerable to magic than the average Joe. Superman is also susceptible to magic and magical items, as well as women with the initials "LL". You did a nice job of sticking with the attributes (in-story and meta) of an aggregate Superman, for lack of a better word, through all the "handbook" categories and then of detailing some differences over the years later on. The 40s also brought us the iconic cartoon serials by Max Fleischer, which remain one of the most enjoyable and iconic depictions of Superman (it was also the first place to depict him as flying, rather than leaping). Superman is, not surprisingly, the most prolific comic book character in mediums outside of comics.In the 1940s, he had his own radio show, starring Bud Collyer as Superman, which introduced the character of Jimmy Olsen and kryptonite to the Superman mythology, as well as a live action film serial. Mxyzptlk, the Prankser, the Toyman, Doomsday. Lex Luthor, Braniac, General Zod, Bizarro, Parasite, Metallo, Mongul, Darkseid, Mr. Lois Lane (his girlfriend/wife/fellow reporter), Jimmy Olsen (his pal), Perry White (his boss at the Daily Planet), Jonathan and Martha Kent (his adoptive parents), Lana Lang (his childhood sweetheart), Pete Ross (his childhood friend), Krypto (his dog), Batman, Wonder Woman, the Justice League of America, the Justice Society of America, the Legion of Superheroes.
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