Superman Returns The Official Dates for the History of Superman Returns!

[Brainiac 2009]

From the DVD special Requiem of Krypton, several newspaper articles are shown in succession depicting Superman's career.

It appears Superman began 10 years ago.


"It Flies: Flying Man Soars Over Metropolis" - Wednesday June 12th 1996 (First Appearance)

"Caped Wonder Stuns City" - Date Unreadable (looks like the 14th)

"An Exclusive Interview by Lois Lane: I Spent the Night with Superman " - June 19th 1996

"Superman Foils Lex Luthor; Criminal Mastermind under Federal Custody" - May 14th 1997

"Lex Luthor Gets Life; Luthor to Serve Multiple Sentences" - Date Unreadable

"Astronomers Discover Distant Planet" - 2000

"Where Has He Gone?" - Somewhere in mid 2000 (May or June)

"Superman Awol" - Somewhere in mid 2000 (May or June)

"Is it Krypton?" - Monday August 16th 2000

"Is He Ever Coming Back?: Five Months and Counting and Superman is still a no-show" - November 15th 2000

"National Crime Rate Increases: Dramatic Spike due to Superman's absense?" - Late 2000/Early 2001

"Will He Ever Return?" - June 15th 2001

"Second Anniversery of Superman's Disappearance: Earth Adapts to Being on it's Own." - May/June 2002

"Super Desertion: A reappraisal of Superman. After Five Years are we better off without him?" - 2005/06

"Why The World Doesnt Need Superman by Lois Lane" - 2005/06


Superman Returned in September 2006 according to the date of the interview that Lois did in SR.

 

[bunk]

Lois was like 12 when Supes first rolled on to the scene.

 

[charl_huntress]

Dude...you are seriously on one trying to explain Singer's plot holes.

Good for you!

 

[Brainiac 2009]

What plotholes? This is on the dvd

 

[Brainiac 2009]

Lois was like 12 when Supes first rolled on to the scene.

Bosworth may have been. The character Lois wasnt.

 

[bunk]

Yeah....I know.

 

[AsteroidMan]

From the DVD special Requiem of Krypton, several newspaper articles are shown in succession depicting Superman's career.

It appears Superman began 10 years ago.

Haven't seen the documentary yet, but have seen the original titles. The first newspaper had an article about a strange meteorite shower over Kansas in 1978, so Singer placed Kal-El's arrival in the same year as Donner's STM. At that point, baby Kal-El would have been about 3 years old, which means he was biologically 21 when he appeared in Metropolis. In addition, the Daily Planet's years of existence celebrate the first Superman comic appearance (1938).
Good job for people criticized for leaving plotholes...

 

[mego joe]

After reading this thread I find it interesting that SR continuity does not include a certain aspect of Donner continuity and other things that shed light on aspects of the story in SR.

He couldn't have spent 12 years in the Fortress learning from Jor-El from ages 18 to 30, there's no way Routh or Bosworth could pass for being 40 in SR.

Makes one wonder what else is not in continuity, especially since the whole concept was a 'vague history.'

SUperman's absence really did allow the crime rate to increase while he was gone. This seems to indicate that SInger intended his absence to be an irresponsible act, contrary to what many supporters of the film have argued.