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I didn't really like superheroes. I liked monsters and war comics.

I've always hated superheroes. I cannot stand them. I love Norse mythology, but I hate superheroes. They ruined movies, then comics, and now games.

Obviously, I love superheroes; I love comic book characters, but I... I guess I've had a lifelong affection for comics, and while I love the characters so much, I also love the medium.

I believe what makes Black Lightning different from other superhero shows and other superheroes is that he's really, really family-oriented. You get to see his entire family as well as his daughters being superheroes and diving into that universe.

I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

The American advertiser has made the superior American magazine of today possible.

Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character.

Whatever the scenario, the dynamism of developing nations, their demographics and competitive power are great sources for superiority.

I knew very little about 'Spider-Man'. I grew up more in the 'Superman' generation. 'Spider-Man' - I didn't know so much. But it is a really successful franchise, and I'm happy to be involved with it.

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

I always loved Batman, the Michael Keaton 'Batman.' I loved those films, and Superman, but I was never a real comic book geek.

We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

Someone told me that there's a connection to Superman, that in an early edition of the Green Lantern comics, Tomar Re was the envoy to Krypton. That was fascinating to me.

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place.

I didn't know the Green Lantern comics at all. I was a Superman reader.

I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.

Batman and Superman are probably my favorite superheroes - apart from Constantine.

To be able to write 'Superman,' to be able to work with the legendary artist who is John Romita Jr., I signed on as soon as I could.

It's just nerve-wracking in general to write 'Superman,' right? I'm a life-long superhero fan, and he is the character that kicked off the entire genre.