Man and Superman Man and Superman Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. "Man and Superman" opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 23 May 1905, but it omitted the third act. A part of the act, "Don Juan in Hell" (Act 3, Scene 2), was performed when the drama was staged on 4 June 1907 at the Royal Court. The play was not performed in its entirety until 1915, when the Travelling
The Reign of the Superman the same powers, Dunn cannot recreate the secret formula. As the story ends, Dunn's powers wear off and he realizes he will be returning to the bread line to be a forgotten man once more. Siegel reconceived the character in 1933, as a hero bearing little resemblance to his villainous namesake. When he saw the 48-page black-and-white comic book titled "Detective Dan, Secret Operative No. 48", he decided that a Superman who was a hero could make a great comic character. He wrote a crime story which Shuster drew in comic format. Titling it ""The Superman"", they offered it to