The Golden Age Superman
I was never a huge fan of Superman as a kid.
That is until I discovered there was such a thing as the original Golden Age Superman still out there living on Earth-Two with his wife Lois. He eventually become the Editor-In-Chief of The Daily Star and one day, even his cousin, Kara Zor-L (Power Girl) arrived on Earth.
For his entry in Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #22 (1986), Golden Age/Silver Age artist Wayne Boring illustrated this and inked by the always amazing Jerry Ordway. (Though I’d say Ordway’s inks are doing most of the heavy lifting here! And I am 100% ok with that!)
The original Superman just felt more realistic to me. Although simplistic, the original Golden Age stories are heads and tails above the Silver Age and Bronze Age versions of the character. I just could not get into those versions of Superman, let alone Clark. (Though I am a massive Krypto fan purely because of how absurd he is!)
I loved the fact that the original Clark had no silly career being Superboy and ultimately was just more pure without the baggage he’d later acquire once the late 40s arrived.
And the Golden Age Lois was just as fantastic, and the best left unspoken of what she’d become in the Silver Age the better. Night and Day different characters!
But I was a fan of the most of the decisions made with the Post-Crisis Superman. And eventually he too finally was able to settle down and marry Lois and hell, even have a child!
Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in Action Comics #1 (1938)