Under Gamereactors nylige samtale med den legendariske tegneserieforfatter Jeph Loeb på San Diego Comic-Con Malaga reflekterede Superman for All Seasons-skaberen over, hvordan Man of Steel ville passe ind i nutidens verden - og hvordan hans fortolkning fortsat inspirerer moderne tilpasninger, herunder James Gunns kommende Superman-film.
Gamereactors David Caballero spurgte Loeb, hvad hans version af karakteren ville gøre i det nuværende klima, og Loeb tøvede ikke:
"Exactly the same thing."
Loeb forklarede, at den moralske klarhed og det håb, der definerer Superman, er tidløse træk, som ikke bør ændres med skiftende tendenser eller mørkere fortolkninger. "He's a character who, and I think when you look at how much of James Gunn's new Superman movie, obviously there's a lot that was inspired. I mean, James has been very, very kind to me, saying that between All-Star Superman and Superman for All Seasons, that's what inspired him."
Gunn har været åben om, at hans version af Superman bygger på figurens iboende optimisme - og for Loeb er netop det træk helt centralt. "It's a story about hope. And it's a story about being kind. And in the world that we live in right now, it's a question that I always ask, which is, can we use some of that? I don't want to solve the problems. I just want people to act differently."
Han understregede, at Supermans styrke ikke måles i fysisk magt, men i medfølelse. "When you have a character like Superman who doesn't need to punch you in the face, he just needs to show you the best that we can be — that would be the story that I would tell."
Mens James Gunns Superman-film (planlagt til udgivelse i 2026) søger at omdefinere helten for en ny generation, fungerer Loebs refleksioner som en påmindelse om, hvorfor Man of Steel stadig står som et tidløst symbol på håb. Du kan se hele vores interview nedenfor.