The first on-screen Clark Kent was Kirk Alyn in Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). George Reeves followed in Superman & the Mole Men (1951) and then was the man of steel in The ...

And that aesthetic has translated into what the Man of Steel wears on film, too. Beginning with Kirk Alyn in 1948, a number of chiseled actors have donned the cape and tights to become the ...

Kirk Alyn donned the outfit in the 1948 film Superman, released 10 years after the superhero debuted in Action Comics #1. It consists of a grey wool bodysuit with the famous S symbol on the chest ...

Hollywood has been depicting Superman in the live-action format for 76 years and counting, as the first actor to assume the superhero role onscreen was Kirk Alyn in the 1948 serial movie ...

From Kirk Alyn to Henry Cavill, with all the stops in between. By Graeme McMillan Christopher Reeve Superman 1978 Still - Photofest - H 2016 “You’ll believe a man can fly.” That was the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s... Superman? The legendary superhero created by Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1933 has traditionally been played on ...