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
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The initial printing of this collection omitted the introduction essay at the start of the story, though this was corrected with later printings of the collection. In 2009, DC Comics re-released the story again as a stand-alone hardcover. The new version collected the original story as well as additional Alan Moore penned Superman material: "Superman Annual" #11 (featuring the classic "For the Man Who Has Everything" story) and "DC Comics Presents" #85, which features a team-up between Superman and Swamp Thing. The 2009 edition features a cover drawn by Brian Bolland after Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson's "Action Comics" #583