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Wallace Sellars
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George Reeves!
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Double that!
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Brad Teschner
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JB's Superman is my favorite Superman.
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Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño
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My favorite Superman is JB's Superman, I used to read Superman before JB, but i didn't care at all for the character (an all mighty alien, all powerfull big boy scout that i did not liked because he was TOO good to be true), but JB managed to make me believe why superman was such a good and ENORMOUS boy scout even if he was not as powerfull as before. I remember that after reading MOS # 1 I was a complete fan of Superman -I even started to draw Superman in my notebooks during classes-.
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Brian Rhodes
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JB's is still my favorite. Like others have noted, his run was the first time (and longest) that I read the character on a regular basis. George Reeves was probably my earliest exposure, along with Super Friends. Chris Reeve was the pinnacle (SUPERMAN I and II, again, as others have noted) from 1978 right up to MOS, and still remains a close second. Those Fleischer cartoons are phenomenal, though. They definitely take my personal "third place".
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Ryan Maxwell
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Man, that's just tough. I've gotten the most enjoyment from JB's version, so I'll go with that. There are a couple of close calls in 2nd and 3rd place, though, with Christopher Reeve and the Fleischer cartoons.
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Mark Haslett
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My favorite is Curt Swan's when he was doing the newspaper strip. Superman was burly, with an incredibly thick neck that had short hairs sketched down the back of it. But with Swan's ability to bring an almost obsessive continuity to the man's facial features, his Superman then seemed to be at once the height of realism and fantasy. Plus I love that zip-a-tone costume.
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Thad Studebaker
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Those old Fleischer cartoons defined Superman for me for many, many years. He was the toughest guy around, but he still had to put some effort into his great feats. JB's Superman brought the character back closer to that level. These are 1A and 1B of my favorite versions of Superman.
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Stephen Churay
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It's hard to make a decision. Technically, it's a three way tie between
the Fleischer cartoons, the first Christopher Reeve film and JB's run
on the character. They're all pretty amazing. I just take pleasure in the
fact that I have a favorite in each medium.
If I HAD to pick from the three, I'd have to say JB's Superman run.
Waiting for each issue was the most fun I ever had collecting comics.
I've been collecting for 28 years now so, that's saying something.
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Doug O'Loughlin
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That newspaper strip is hilarious, thanks Mark. I'll be smiling all day from that. "IT'S INANE, AMATEURISH JUNK!" I vote for the helicopter rescue and following sequence in the first Christopher Reeve movie.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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One of the main reasons why Superman became THE hero for me, is most likely down to Christopher Reeve and the first film.
I was reading the comics before JB took over, but some of my favourite years of reading Superman is the period from MAN OF STEEL and onwards. *
* Among other things because of this string of regular artists: John Byrne - Jerry Ordway - Kerry Gammill - George Perez - Dan Jurgens.
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Peter Martin
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I'll never turn down an excuse to post this:
My favourite Superman: a friend.
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Jason Mark Hickok
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JB's Superman is my favorite.
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