Many decades have passed since its creation and there is no type of debate about it. Superman He is the main figure that represents superheroes, not only for being truly the first, but for embodying the values and abilities associated with a person with fantastic powers.
However, the work of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel in 1938 is not free from several errors that Stan Lee was responsible for highlighting on several occasions. He Marvel's most visible creative face always recognized the importance of the Man of Steel in the genre, but also mocked that many of his traits were meaningless. This is how he chatted about the character with the legendary Larry King:
“When Siegel and Shuster created Superman, there had never been anything like that: a person who had all these powers, who came from another planet. It was so imaginative. The only thing is that they had to invent Krypton eventually, because they realized that you wouldn't worry about the hero if nothing could harm him. You always have to worry about your hero.
But when Clark Kent took off his glasses and became Superman… why didn't they recognize him when he was Clark Kent? I've joked about it at conventions. It makes sense, doesn't it? I say, 'Hello, my name is Stan Lee.' [Se quita las gafas] Oh, where did Stan go? Who is this guy now? I know it's ridiculous, I know.”
The Man found many of the things funny. conventions surrounding Supermanwhether it be the difficulty that the rest of the characters have when it comes to realizing that Clark Kent and Kal-El are the same person or the simple fact of how it is explained that he flies. He spoke about it at an event in 2014:
“When Superman flies, he has no visible means of propulsion. He just goes like this (makes a Superman flying gesture). Even Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who created him, said that he was able to jump tall buildings in a single bound They never said it could fly without means of propulsion.
Now look at Marvel. I wanted Thor to be able to fly, so I found the most scientific method for him to be able to do it. Thor takes his hammer, which is strapped to his wrist with a leather strap, and spins it as fast as a propeller. Then he lets go. Well, the hammer flies off, and since he's tied to it, Thor flies too. That shows you the difference between a company that… (the audience bursts into applause).”
It was in the Just Imagine stories when DC itself gave Lee the opportunity to represent not only Superman, but also its main figures under his own Marvel vision. “I think if I had done Superman, I would have done it differently.. It would have made him more vulnerable. I think the idea of being able to do anything makes you uninteresting. “Batman is a good idea,” the screenwriter explained what he thought about writing the rival publisher's characters himself.
However, after the release of Superman in 1978 in movie theaters, Lee once again pointed out the capital importance of superheroes in society, but especially of the Kryptonian in popular culture. In this way he reflected it in The Stan Lee Universe:
“I was a teenager when I first saw Superman on newsstands. And when you enter the world of comics, when you are part of the industry, only then do you realize the debt you owe to Siegel and Shuster. All the conventions of Our superheroes come from the idea of Superman. Suits, superpowers, a secret identity… we all use those things when we create our characters.
I remember when I first saw the Superman movie. It was a revelation. It showed everyone that superheroes are important, incredibly imaginative, and worthy of being adapted to the big screen. It's only fitting that Superman, the first superhero, received the first superhero movie, but of course that made us at Marvel that much more envious, hoping to see our characters on screen soon. Superman was a big influence on everything.”
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