Superman Week: The Superman Movie Matrix

	Superman: The Movie (1978)	Superman II (1981)	Superman III (1983)	Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)	Superman Returns (2006)	The Man of Steel (2013)
Kryptonite?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Smallville?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Super-Powered Villain?	No	Zod, Ursa, Non	Superman vs. Clark	Nuclear Man	No	Zod
Lex Luthor?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Clark’s Earth Parents?	Jonathan and Martha Kent	No	No	No	Martha Kent	Jonathan and Martha Kent
Kal-El’s Birth Parents?	Jor-El and Lara	Lara	No	No	Jor-El	Jor-El and Lara,
Fortress of Solitude?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Superman Defeated?	Lois dies.	Superman loses his powers.	Superman defeats Clark.	Nuclear Man defeats Superman	Superman stabbed with Kryptonite	?
Biblical Metaphor?	Jor-El sends only son (Christ) to Earth	Devilish Insurrectors (Zod)	No.	No.	Lance of Longinus.	?
Superman Defeats Mother Nature?	Earthquake	No	Hurricane	No	No	?
Superman and children	Saves School Bus on Golden Gate Bridge	Saves child at Niagara Falls	Yes: Saves Lana's son from corn  thresher	Responds to child’s request to rid world of nuclear arms	Superman’s son with Lois.	?
Femme Fatale?	Miss. Teschmacher	Miss Tessmacher	Lorelei	Lacy Warfield	Kitty Kowalski	?
U.S. President?	Saved on Air Force One	E.G. Marshall	No	Roger Beatty	No	?
Superman takes Lois Flying?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Franchise Cameo?	Kirk Alyn Noel Neill	No	No	No	Noel Neill Jack Larson	?