In 2006 they tried to reboot the franchise with Brandon Routh in the lead, but that really failed to make an impression. Admittedly the first two were great and the last two…not so much. It’s been said that the most popular version is Richard Donner’s 1978 version starring Christopher Reeve. Hell, DC Comics even killed the character in 1992. Truly there’s really nothing that Superman hasn’t done or been through. Since then, Superman has been part of our lives on radio, television and of course the silver screen. Superman first burst onto the scene in Action Comics #1 in the late 1930’s (and if anyone out there actually has a mint condition copy of that issue, I’m sure it’s worth quite a pretty penny). And, let’s face it, this is probably one superhero that pretty much everyone has heard of. Just saying the word evokes images of a flowing red cape, jet black hair and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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