its kinda of clever. people aren't as observant as you may think. i wear a uniform to work everyday and the minute i'm in regular clothes it takes awhile for folks to recognize me. the same can be applied to superman. he goes from slouching wearing glasses with corporate gray and blue suits to a bright blue, red, and yellow outfit. with a huge "S" and long red cape. you are not going to pay much attention to his face.
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As far as i'm concerned, I don't care if gladiator were more powerful indeed than Superman. I don't care if there's 20 million beings more powerful than Superman. What some people fail to understand is that Superman is an idol. He's the guy that's never going to give up fighting for us. He's the adamant soldier that won't back down even if it costs him his life. Spiderman can do the same, but he has nowhere near the responsibility Superman has. Supes fights for a planet that isn't his own, for what they gave to him in the form of a home. And you can always rely on him. Always.
actually after looking at that split picture, clark and supes do look a lot different if you put ur hand in the way and block out one, you know what i mean, cover half the picture and look at it, then do the same to the other half.
I've been a proponent of some changes to Supes outfit - taking away the red drawers, eliminating the yellow in favour of black etc. There is one picture floating around here that does this, and the Justice League cartoon showed one Superman from another dimension who had a white cape, and dark-blue to black suit, which I liked. But check out this Bill Sienkiewicz painting, where its teal instead of navy blue. He gives off more glow of power, it's subtle. And it made me think; the past Superman movies always used a lighter blue. That could be a single change which wouldn't be that radical.