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Originally Posted by TruerToTheCore
"I think I remember Byrne telling me once that he had watched the first Superman movie over 1,100 times." - Jim Shooter
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John Byrne said in Comics Interview #57 (1980):
Seeing Superman: The Movie 39 times is much more believable than 1,100 times.
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I think it's obvious. Byrne wasn't really working from the comics - the Superman comics he's read as a child were mostly World's Finest
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John Byrne said in Comics Interview #57 (1980):
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I also remember a John Byrne quote (which I cannot find at the moment) were he said that he did base his Superman on the version people were familiar with, not the Golden Age version.
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He did base his Superman reboot on the most popular versions people were familiar with, including the Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves and Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie, and he also based his Superman on the Golden Age Siegel version and included characters from the Silver Age and Bronze Age as well.