The original Reeve costume is the one that resonates the most with DiDio, who watched the old George Reeves Adventures of Superman show in reruns but had his attention captured by the 1978 film. 'We keep trying to find our history out there, wherever it is,' Adams says. They were found in 2000, after having spent 17 years in a storage room in Pinewood Studios in London. knew where the more recent Superman suits were, the company had to go hunting for the Reeve ones a while back.

In addition, the display features Dean Cain's small-screen costume from Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) - DiDio actually worked at ABC at the time - and Smallville star Tom Welling's pre-Superman ensemble of a black trenchcoat and T-shirt with graffiti 'S'-shield as the Blur.īrandon Routh's cinema-ready one from Superman Returns (2006) is part of the movie lineup, as are three worn by Henry Cavill in this summer's Man of Steel movie: the main suit, an alternate black-tinged one seen in two minutes of a dystopian future where Superman has gone very dark, and Clark Kent clothes - frayed Army jacket, stained pants - 'aged' to show 'the reality of what happens to that character on screen,' Adams says.Īccording to the archivist, while Warner Bros. Reeves' signature costume is one of eight at the DC booth, which also includes the late actor's Evil Superman duds from Superman III (1983) - Superman ends up fighting his bad-guy doppelgänger, whose outfit grows darker during the movie, according to Leith Adams, executive director of Warner Bros' corporate archive. Giving more than 125,000 Comic-Con attendees a chance to check out the many threads of Superman is part of DC's continuing celebration the Man of Steel's 75th anniversary in 2013. 'The Christopher Reeve one,' he says, showing off the vibrant blue and red outfit from the original 1978 Superman movie housed with other costumes at the San Diego Convention Center. Like most fans probably would, he turns to nostalgia for his choice. SAN DIEGO - It's Sophie's choice, Superman style.ĭeciding his favorite of the Man of Steel's superhero costumes on display at the DC Entertainment booth at Comic-Con is truly a tough call for DC co-publisher Dan DiDio.

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