So I was watching this Superman Biography-type show (It's a Bird, It's a Plane I think was the name). They covered start to finish up to the Returns movie, including the big issue when Superman died. I was in High School and mildly interested when they did that whole thing, but when they brougt back the 4 different Superman characters I saw the Marketing machine churning and lost interest.
However, for YEARS now I have been asking people this question (which the stupid show alluded to but never answered either!) and nobody can give me a straight answer. I will probably browse Google, but I thought there might be others out there who wondered the same thing...
I guess it's actually 2 questions:
1) Who were the 4 Superman characters? I never got a clear answer as to whether they were imposters or split personalities of his that somehow appeared when he died.
2) How was "the real" Superman brought back?
However, for YEARS now I have been asking people this question (which the stupid show alluded to but never answered either!) and nobody can give me a straight answer. I will probably browse Google, but I thought there might be others out there who wondered the same thing...
I guess it's actually 2 questions:
1) Who were the 4 Superman characters? I never got a clear answer as to whether they were imposters or split personalities of his that somehow appeared when he died.
2) How was "the real" Superman brought back?