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
Superhero film film in the "X-Men" series, and effectively rebooted the franchise. In 2014, Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores directed a superhero-fantasy film titled "Il ragazzo invisibile", or "The Invisible Boy", which won the Young Audience Award at the 2015 European Film Awards. An "Avengers" sequel, titled "" was released in May 2015. Following the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rival DC Comics also planned to make and produce their own shared film universe called the DC Extended Universe which began with the release of "Man of Steel"; a sequel titled "" was schedule for release in May 2016, though it was