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** ''[[Superman IV: The Quest For Peace|Superman IV the Quest For Peace]]''.
*** ''Superman'' and ''Superman II'' were very well received and are the reason most people are familiar with him. Both ''Superman III'' and ''[[So Bad It's Good|Superman IV: The Quest For Peace]]'' have their ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|moments]]'' to enjoy.
* ''[[Superman Returns]]'', a film supposedly in the same continuity but [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|ignoring]] ''Superman III'' and ''IV'', starring Brandon Routh. Opinions vary as to whether it was a return to form or an ill-advised misfire. Met with reasonable success, though not enough to warrant a sequel. However, the Superman costume created for the movie would later be {{spoiler|reused 4 years later in ''[[Smallville]]'''s tenth season.}}
* ''[[Man of Steel]]'', a 2012 reboot of the character, directed by [[Zack Snyder]]. Not, as the name suggests, an adaptaption of John Bryne's 1986 [[The Man of Steel|miniseries]], it stars Henry Cavill as Superman, [[Amy Adams]] as Lois Lane and Michael Shannon as General Zod. It's produced by [[Christopher Nolan]], who has had success with [[The Dark Knight Saga|another DC hero]].
 
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Lex Luthor, always. Depending on the continuity, [[Brainiac]], General Zod, and [[Darkseid]] may be up there as well.
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: Lex Luthor [[And Then What?|asks Superman one]] in the [[Elseworld]] of ''Red Son.''
* [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever]]: Titano
* [[Badass]]: And I will fight anyone who disagrees. And they [[Made of Explodium|will explode]].
* [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]]: Bizarro.
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Brainiac: Unfortunate... }}
* [[Da Editor]]: Perry White
* [[Death Byby Origin Story]]: Ma and Pa Kent before the [[Continuity Reboot]], most of Krypton's population in all versions.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Superman's powers (and the explanations for them), history, personality, status as [[Last of His Kind]], the society of Krypton, etc. vary quite a bit over the [[Long Runner|decades]] of his existence.
** Jimmy Olsen who, due to [[Comic Book Time]] and [[Ret Cons]], repeatedly goes back and forth between being a journalist in his early twenties and a tag-along photographer in his mid teens fetching coffee.
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Clark is generally a nice guy but threaten Kara or Chris and you will be lucky to leave with just a few broken bones.
* [[The Paragon]]: Depending on the continuity.
* [[Perma -Shave]]: Courtesy of heat vision and mirrors.
* [[Photographic Memory]]: He possessed this along with super-fast thinking in [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] and [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books]], and regained these abilities post [[Infinite Crisis]].
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Look, up in the sky!"
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