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Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.

When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.

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.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.

Superman is such an old character. He's an old character with this huge legacy behind him. And one of the awesome things about the fact that he's been around for these decades is that he's gone through these different phases.

I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream.