Every live-action version of Superman ranked from worst to best

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, 1993 - 1997 (Dean Cain)


If Smallville erred on the side of putting too much focus on Clark Kent and the DCEU movies went to the other extreme and barely bothered to include Superman's alter ego at all, Lois & Clark struck a balance that few other portrayals of the character have managed to even come close to.

The trick is right there in the title—"Lois & Clark" comes first, with "Superman" tacked on at the end, almost as an afterthought to clarify things for people who weren't quite sure if there were other Loises and Clarks that could headline a TV show—but emphasizing the love story inherent in Superman didn't detract from the action. Instead, it did the opposite, adding a level of drama that would get readers invested in the same kind of ongoing soap opera that kept comics readers coming back for more without ever letting it get in the way of super-powered action.

The single best thing that Lois & Clark ever did was, after three different fake-outs, calling the episode where the title characters got married "Swear To God, This Time We're Not Kidding." That said, a close second was the way that Dean Cain's take on the Man of Steel got the dynamic of the secret identity right: Superman is what he does, Clark Kent is who he is.

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