Superman Day is celebrated worldwide on June 12th each year. The day is meant to honor the iconic Kryptonian, his impact on earth movies and on popular earth culture. Superman first appeared, as the character we recognize today on April 18, 1938, in “Action Comics #1.” His storyline in that issue proved so popular that its publisher issued Superman his own self-titled comic book series, premiering with "Superman #1" (cover date Summer 1939), the first superhero to have their dedicated comic series. Superman-mania would continue with superhero getting his own serialized radio show, "The Adventures of Superman" in 1940, his own theatrical short film serial and movie,
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Adventures of Superman (1952). In recognition of the nearly 90 years plus of storylines that the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation has brought us and Superman's pioneering influence on the superhero genre across a wide range of media formats:
Which of these selected Superman focused movies* is your favorite one of all-time?The answer pool features standalone Superman movies or those with a two-person Superman and another superhero partnership, but excludes those that focus on a larger superhero team, like the Justice League. Each Superman movie must have a 45+ minute total running time, but may have been re-cut from theatrical serialized shorts, TV series episodes and/or have been released as a theatrical feature film, a TV movie, or a direct-to-video title. Further, the pool is comprised of live-action Superman licensed titles, animated Superman licensed titles, as well as Superman-centered documentaries.
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