As a boy I was captured by the TV series Superman starring George Reeves (not to be confused with Christopher Reeve). On the small black and white analogue TV, the magic of the man, who was faster than a speeding bullet, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, held my imagination transfixed.

It would seem I was not the only one, as now, even as I type these words, yet another version of Superman is gracing the screens of my local cinema. Not only was I merely another person who enjoyed the Superman stories in my youth, I was often called Superman.