"My first clear Superman memory was of a world’s Finest issue at my older cousin’s, where Supes and Batman are trapped on a world under a red sun projector that floated in the sky above. Anybody know what issue that was? "

The reply has been a long time coming...
Sounds a lot like World's Finest 145

http://s474.photobucket.com/albums/rr109/onion3000/?action=view&current=WorldsFinestcover145.jpg

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/superman/index.html

Vito

That would likely also count as the first issue I read, although at that time I couldn't yet read, so infairness it likely dshould not count. Oh lord i sound almost like Dwight Shrute or something at this point.

My favorite Super-man story was probably the coming of Wun-darr in Man-Thing, along with "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" and some of the sillier silver age stuff. I also liked the TV commercial he did a year or two back with Seinfeld.

My defining artist would definately be Swan.
I would love to have seen Kirby's version without the editing though.

And no other actor compared to Reeve, although those movies got extrememly tedious.

1. What is your first memory involving Superman?
That Superfriends show, I guess. My mom bought me a supes costume when i was... what? 6? 5? Im not sure. I never took out that thing

2. What was the first Superman comic book you read?
Dont remember the exact issue, but it was a silver age that showed how lex lost his hair (he lived in smallville and was friends with superboy, I guess)

3. What is your FAVORITE Superman story, whether it be comic, movie, TV series or cartoon?
I must confess i havent read a lot of supes stuff. It would be "Superman/Doomsday: The Wars"

4. When you think of Superman, which artist’s take on him do you normally see in your head? Shuster? Boring? Plastino? Swan? Adams? Byrne? Jurgens?
Jurgens.

5. Which of the actors who have played Superman did you like the best as Superman?
Christopher Reeve. I was very sad when he passed and I still miss him

The old Superfriends show. I used to watch it all the time.

2. What was the first Superman comic book you read?

Not sure what issue it was, but it involved a salior (A Popeye clone) being attacked by a caveman.

3. What is your FAVORITE Superman story, whether it be comic, movie, TV series or cartoon?

"The Man Who Has Everything". It also was adapted into a great episode of Justice League Unlimited. Also "Superman For All Seasons" and "What Ever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?".

4. When you think of Superman, which artist’s take on him do you normally see in your head? Shuster? Boring? Plastino? Swan? Adams? Byrne? Jurgens?

Swan

5. Which of the actors who have played Superman did you like the best as Superman?

Christopher Reeve, hands down.

My first Superman comic was probably a pre-COIE issue. I thought it was stupid and frankly way too naïve. For a reader of 2000 AD, most DC titles in the early 80’s were not nearly as good. Then, in 1994 I bought Superman # 12, ‘Lost Love’, written and drawn by John Byrne. The story was great, the art was amazing. I started to buy every single John Byrne issue after that.

I have a lot of favorites. Byrne had great stories. But through the years Busiek, Millar and others have been involved in very interesting and appealing limited series like Secret Identity or Red Son.

Superman=Byrne. I still have Byrne’s Superman on my mind.

Christopher Reeve was the best.

Well, I know that I knew of Superman before this, but it was of me and my Dad going to his friend's house to dub a copy of Superman: The Movie on Betamax. I was a massive fan as a child though, and remember watching the '67 Filmation series as reruns on AFTRS (military TV) and the Super Powers Team cartoons as well.

2. What was the first Superman comic book you read?

Can't remember that either. The earliest one I can remember is Superman #11, I believe where he's battling Mxyzptlk for the first time in Byrne's run.

3. What is your FAVORITE Superman story, whether it be comic, movie, TV series or cartoon?

Supreme. It's not the actual Superman, but it's as good as he's ever been. I adore Red Son, Whatever Happened..., The Showdown between Superman and Luthor, Kingdom Come, most of Byrne's run, Superman the Movie, Superman TAS and especially the Fleischer shorts.

4. When you think of Superman, which artist’s take on him do you normally see in your head? Shuster? Boring? Plastino? Swan? Adams? Byrne? Jurgens?

The Superman of my childhood is the Neal Adams/Garcia-Lopez/Andru Superman that was used heavily in marketing during the eighties. My favorite Superman, the "real" Superman, is Curt Swan's 60's version. I am a huge fan of Joe Shuster, Ed McGuiness, John Byrne and Carlos Pacheco as well.

5. Which of the actors who have played Superman did you like the best as Superman?

In terms of physical looks, I think Christopher Reeve is the epitome of what Superman should look like. However, I like George Reeves' acting style a bit better for Superman himself-- a little more masculine, fatherly and authoritative.

2. I think it was either a Super Friends picture book or a Superman/Batman magazine done in the animate series (before the Superman series even came out) that had a retelling of Superman's origin.

3. I think that Dini/Timm captured Superman perfectly. Their whole opus is the greatest tribute to Superman (IMHO, better than their Batman), with each episode seeming to touch on a different aspect of Superman, whether is was the reporter, the alien, the inspiration, etc.
Besides them, I think that Loeb/McGuinness captured a lot of great one issue tales about different aspects of Superman. I particularly loved one that dealt with Superman vs. Muhammad X and talked about race. Loeb at his best before he became really odious to me. Superman for All Seasons and any issue of All-Star Superman are also in the running.

4. Weirdly, I think of Lee's Superman.

Sidebar: I went to Shanghai in November, and on their big shopping road, there is a store called Superman where everything inside (mostly clothes) is Superman related. It was so cool to see so much Superman stuff (more than any store I've seen) halfway across the planet!

God, Superman is cool!

1. What is your first memory involving Superman?

I honestly can not remember ever not knowing who Superman was. Superman the Movie came out when I was 2 and I've always been aware of it's existence. Also, my earliest memories go back to when I was 3 and I already had Superman Under-roos and comics, and watching Super Friends on tv. Superman's always been in my life.

2. What was the first Superman comic book you read?

Again, I couldn't say. I do remember reading DC Comics Presents or Superman and Action when I was 3 or 4. I tell you, DC can't get Showcase collections of DC Comics Presents in my hands fast enough! It's superheroes teaming up with Superman!

3. What is your FAVORITE Superman story, whether it be comic, movie, TV series or cartoon?

That's tough. Superman the Movie is one of my 10 favourite movies. My favourite Superman comic book stories are Kingdom Come (it's essentially a Superman story, and it was a bright spot in the mid 90s when I was otherwise unable to collect comics, the 50s story where Superman goes undercover as a steeplejack to get dirt on a shady construction kingpin, Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, the Superman/Spider-Man 70s crossovers, Up, Up, and Away... there's too many more I could name. Oh, as a little kid I loved the Super Friends episode where Supes is turned into a Super Brat child and the Wonder Twins and Firestorm have to try to babysit him. Loved that

4. When you think of Superman, which artist’s take on him do you normally see in your head? Shuster? Boring? Plastino? Swan? Adams? Byrne? Jurgens?

Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. His merchandise artwork was everywhere when I was a kid (from my puzzles, to toy packaging, to my light switch cover...).

5. Which of the actors who have played Superman did you like the best as Superman?

Christopher is the greatest Superman past, present and future. Not that I don't mind the others, but none embody the mix of assurance, power, gentleness, humility, confidence, and charmisa as well as he did. He'll always be my Superman.

2)first was probably Superman #73 featuring Booster Gold of all random 1st issues

3)Man of Steel and all initial Byrne/Wolfman issues in 1987. Superman in the "real world" was (and is) very appealing

4)Dan Jurgens- artist on Superman the entire time I was a monthly collector. His superman is modern while remaining classic and does Chris Reeve justice

5) Chris Reeve... as overrated as ALL 5 superman movies are... face it I and II are barely watchable... III and IV, forget it!... Chris' Superman was everything right about the character.

2) I'm pretty sure my first comic with Superman was "Superman's Pal: The New Jimmy Olsen" 140/Drawn by Jack Kirby. It was given to me when I was about 6 by an older neighbor.

3) "What Ever Happened to the Man of Steel?" by Alan Moore and Curt Swan. I cry at the end of the first part every time I read it.

4) Wayne Boring. I don't know why

5) No question - Christopher Reeve

2) Action #455 (1976) where Superman needs the help of SPECIAL GUEST STARS Green Arrow and the Atom to defeat an out of control robot!

3) "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow," but honorable mention goest to Kingdom Come, the Silver Age issue of Superman Red/Superman Blue, the original run of the first few issues of Action where Superman is a populist man of the people, All Star Superman, Superman #232 with Lyla Lerrol and not Lyrica Lloyd or Luma Lynai, and of course that famous issue where Lois tries to fool Clark into revealing his secret identity and Luthor tries to kill Superman with kryptonite.

4) 1960's Curt Swan

5) Dean Cain is my pick because those episodes had an updated charm of the 50's episodes without the deadbeat dad part. I never liked any of the Superman movies so Christopher Reeve's standing suffers for that(yes sure Superman sleeps with Lois in the Fortress and gets her pregnant and then runs away to Krypton.) George Reeves is classic, and Tom Welling would be great in a film.

It's pretty damn amazing, if you ask me. I can only imagine what DC has in store for Superman's 75th.

Damn it Big Blue, if only you were real...

1. Hard to say. Perhaps it's seeing Superman IV at cinemas, or reading the comics. Or both.
2. I think it was one of those old Superman & The Legion Of Superheroes stories, or perhaps a Superman and Destiny story.
3. The aforementioned Silver Age Superman and Destiny story, along with For Tomorrow, Superman: The Movie/Superman II and Superman Returns.
4. Curt Swan, Jim Lee, Lee Bermejo, Dan Jurgens, Ed Benes, Alex Ross.
5. Chris Reeve, Brandon Routh, George Reeves.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUPERMAN!!!!!!

2. It was probably a Power Records story, where Superman faced a rain of silver bullets, which actually turned out to be an alien race that new not what damage they wrought.

3. I think it was called "For The Man Who Has Everything." It was the Alan Moore/Brian Bolland annual they did with Mongul and the Black Mercy.

4. Hmmm... either Jurgens (because that version has arguably gotten the most play these last 2 decades) or whomever did the art on Superman during the mid/late 1970's, particulary the era where Clark Kent was a TV reporter. Though, in all honesty, my favorite is the Siegel/Shuster version, hands down.

5. Christopher Reeve. He brought a certain sincerity to the role that no other actor before or after was able to bring.

-r-

2. That's a hard question. I have always been an avid reader as a child and my mother encouraged my reading by providing me with comic books every week.

It would have been an issue from the mid to late 70s

3. Man of Steel #1-6 : I thought to myself "Finally he's not corny" and maybe Superman v Shazzam tabloid

4. Always picture him as Curt Swan's Superman, always wanted to picture him as JL garcia Lopez's..

5. hands down - Chris Reeves

2. One of the Armageddon 2001 Superman Annuals

3. Tie - Man of Steel & Death of Superman

4. Dan Jurgens

5. Chris Reeves but if Tom Welling ever wore the costume it would be him