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First there were the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Now, for many Christian moviegoers comes another gospel; SUPERMAN. That's right, some people see Superman as a Christ figure. Are these people serious?! read in.

“It is so on the nose that anyone who has not caught on that Superman is a Christ figure, you think, ‘Who else could it be referring to?”’ said Steve Skelton, who wrote a book examining parallels between Superman and Christ.

As one of society’s most enduring pop-culture icons, Superman has often been observed as more than just a man in tights.

In his early 1930’s comic-book incarnation, he was a hero of the New Deal, aiding the destitute and cleaning up America’s slums, said Tom De Haven, author of a book about Superman’s status as an American icon and a novel about the hero’s high-school days.

By the 1950’s, fears of postwar urban lawlessness had turned him into a tireless crime fighter, while his early television persona envisioned him as an idealized father figure, De Haven said.

Father, who art in Krypton
But the comparison to Jesus is one that’s been made almost since the character’s origin in 1938, said Skelton, author of “The Gospel According to the World’s Greatest Superhero.”

Many simply see the story of a hero sent to Earth by his father to serve mankind as having clear enough New Testament overtones. Others have taken the comparison even further, reading the “El” in Superman’s original name “Kal-El” and that of his father “Jor-El” as the Hebrew word for “God,” among other theological interpretations.

“Superman Returns,” which premieres June 28, has been drawing its own comparisons to biblical accounts, especially after the appearance of its trailer earlier this year. (article)