“Man of Steel,” another in a long line of Superman reboots, hits theaters this weekend. To honor the occasion, we threw together the most notable Superman stars throughout the franchise’s long history. Counter clockwise from top left: Superman as he appears in issue no. 6 from the 1940 comic book series; George Reeves from the TV series “Adventures of Superman”; Christopher Reeve, the star of the four Hollywood blockbusters from the late ’70s through the mid-’80s; Dean Cain and Terri Hatcher from “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”; Brandon Routh from “Superman Returns;” and the big silhouette looking over them all is Henry Cavill from “Man of Steel.”
