Last weekend at San Diego Comic Con International, ComicBook.com was lucky enough to sit in on a panel celebrating seventy-five years of Superman.With 75th anniversary celebrations going on around the country this weekend, we figured we would get our butts in gear and get the full panel–which we haven’t seen transcribed anywhere, with only select quotes popping up in the media–transcribed for our readers. What do some of the most influential Superman creators of the last few decades have to say about the Man of Steel at 75? Read on.The panel was made up of film/TV and comic book talent, which made it a pretty well-rounded group, and also featured a broad age range, from 15 to 85. For context, while Man of Steel star Henry Cavill (who appeared on the panel) posed with a copy of 1938’s Action Comics #1 at the Warner Bros. party the night before this panel, The Adventures of Superman star Jack Larson (also present) actually owned one when he was ten and the book was new.Here’s the full list of participants:
- Paul Levitz, former publisher of DC Comics and longtime writer/editor.
- Jack Larson, who played Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Superman
- Dan Jurgens, longtime Superman writer/artist and creator of Doomsday
- Molly Quinn, star of Superman Unbound‘s Supergirl
- Grant Morrison, writer of All-Star Superman
- Dylan Sprayberry, the teenage Clark Kent in Man of Steel
- Jim Lee, Co-Publisher of DC Comics and artist of Superman Unchained
- Tim Daly, voice of Superman in Superman: The Animated Series and several animated feature films.
- David S. Goyer, screenwriter of The Dark Knight and Man of Steel
- Henry Cavill, star of Man of Steel
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The panel was moderated by Warner Bros. PR rep Gary Miereanu, who handles DC Entertainment’s direct-to-DVD features and the like. Note that this is just the main panel; the audience Q&A is included on that video but will be transcribed and live tomorrow.You can also watch the panel here, as filmed by someone in the audience:
