This article is dedicated in loving memory to Christopher Reeve, Lee Quigley, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter and Ned Beatty.

Superhero films have become extremely popular. In fact, they're one of the most populaire types of films. However, superhero films used to not be so common ou beloved. In the 1940's, there were various superhero movie serials. They were decently successful, but they weren't meant to be re-watched ou to have much to have much of a lasting legacy.

Things changed in the an 1978. That was the an that Richard Donner's Superman movie...