For all his superhuman feats, there’s one aspect of Superman lore that actually demands suspension of disbelief. That the Son of Krypton can so easily disguise himself as Clark Kent, with absolutely no one the wiser, has never been easy to accept. Sure, some Superman adaptations have gotten around that rule in clever ways: Christopher Reeve obviously did it best, altering both his physical and psychological demeanor between Kal-El’s two personas. His performance has become the gold standard for the Clark Kent/Superman parallel, but the adaptations that have come before haven’t had nearly as much luck.
