Steel (John Henry Irons) Steel (John Henry Irons) Steel (John Henry Irons) also known as the Man of Steel is a fictional comic book superhero in DC Comics. Introduced in 1993 as one of several replacement characters for the then-deceased Superman, Steel continued to be an independent superhero after Superman's resurrection. He received his own ongoing series which saw him move from Metropolis to Washington, D.C. and join the Justice League of America in Grant Morrison's "JLA". He later mentored his niece Natasha Irons who became a superheroine herself. First appearing in "The Adventures of Superman" #500 (June 1993), he is the second character
Superhero film "" (2009). Non-Hollywood superhero films were also released, including the American/Spanish production "" (2001), Japan's tokusatsu films "Ultraman" (2004), "Casshern" (2004) and "Gatchaman" (2013), Malaysia's "Cicak Man" (2006), India's "Krrish" (2006), "Drona" (2008), "Ra.One" (2011), "Krrish 3" (2013), Thailand's "Mercury Man" (2006). Several non-action film oriented superhero films were released in the 2000s with varying ranges of success. Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" (2004) for Pixar was a critically acclaimed digitally-animated family oriented superhero film. Other hybrids include "Sky High" (2005) and "Zoom" (2006) which were fusions of the superhero and family film genres, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" (2006) a combination of