To understand why this version of Superman still resonates, we have to begin where the series begins—not with the cape, the flight, or the impossible strength, but with the heart of a young man learning that power only matters when it is guided by purpose.

Batman endures because he is a myth you can touch. A mortal man who became a symbol, he turns grief into purpose and fear into a weapon. Across eight decades and every medium imaginable, the Dark Knight remains pop culture’s most adaptable hero