The Man of Steel became a political lightning rod this summer with the release of the new movie, but world's most wholesome hero has actually been under attack since 1954, when Dr. Fredric Wertham ...

The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton “an immigrant,” thrusting the summer ...

Our pop culture news roundtable discusses the latest headlines, including James Gunn's "Superman," Emmy nominations and the AI band, The Velvet Sundown.

In the film’s bland, demoralizing vision, America is nothing special — and neither, for that matter, is Superman.

Screw them.” That’s James Gunn’s response to critics who feel the message in the new Superman film is too political, too gentle, or gasp too nice. But it’s not just a director’s mic drop; it’s an ...

Superman represents a genuine breath of fresh air in the DC Universe and offers legitimate hope for the future of DC Studios ...

"Batman v Superman" is a political film for the age of terrorism and Trump, a fantasy-science-fiction spectacle that grapples with hot-button issues such as security and civil liberties, while ...

And so now Superman has gone to Warworld to free the slaves of that planet. He does so with a rag-tag band of superheroes he has gathered together as both the Justice League and the United Planets ...

Yet the White House responded to the new James Gunn film with a Trump Superman meme — and it’s just the latest of many. Here’s a timeline of Trump’s long obsession with the Man of Steel.

As journalist Larry Tye demonstrates in his wonderfully readable history, "Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero," his stories continue to be told and sold today.