The Man of Steel (comics) understand the character of Superman. Others gave numerous examples of why the new Superman was overthought and did not work as a character. In 2003, the story was finally replaced by the 12-issue limited series, "", which added on elements to the origin story of Superman. DC stated that "Birthright" and "Man of Steel" formed the full "official" origin for Superman. "Birthright" made use of many elements of "Man of Steel" that tied into the other series, but also introduced new aspects ignored by Byrne and thus brought back various pre-Crisis elements (such as Lex and Clark as childhood friends
Man with the Steel Whip release. Special effects by the Lydecker brothers. "Man with the Steel Whip"'s official release date is 19 July 1954, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a re-release of "The Phantom Rider", re-titled as "Ghost Riders of the West", instead of a new serial. The next new serial, "Panther Girl of the Kongo", followed in 1955. Man with the Steel Whip Man with the Steel Whip is a 1954 Republic Movie serial. It uses considerable stock footage from previous Republic serials "Zorro's Black Whip", "The Painted Stallion" and