The Man of Steel (comics) The title of the series was used once again in 1991 when DC gave Superman a fourth on-going monthly comic book, "". It was also used for the rebooted film franchise of Superman in the 2013 origin story film, "Man of Steel". The dystopian view of Krypton in "Man of Steel" is also heavily influenced by John Byrne's mini series in which they screwed up their ecology and they don't have natural child birth. The Man of Steel (comics) The Man of Steel is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman. Written and drawn by
Man with the Steel Whip March 1954 under the working title "Man with a Whip". The serial's production number was 1938. "Man with the Steel Whip" used stock footage from all of the previous Zorro serials produced by Republic Pictures. The result of this is that the costume and body shape of the hero, El Latigo, keeps changing between scenes, even becoming female in scenes taken from "Zorro's Black Whip" (1944). The serial contains many mistakes, such as Nancy (Barbara Bester) occasionally referring to the character Jerry Randall as "Dick" (Richard Simmons' real name), which were either not noticed or not considered worth correcting before