http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=articles/supes-war
In this essay, author Wallace Harrington writes about Superman’s involvement in WWII. I was already familiar a bit of the information presented in the essay, but Harrington goes into further detail. During WWII, DC Comics very rarely allowed their character to get involved in the war. Because comic books were shipped over to the troops on the front lines, and because the problems were very real, it was seen as disrespectful to have a colorfully clad hero come in and end the war while soldiers were dying on the battlefields. Instead, Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and many other DC characters served to promote the war effort. The war would be acknowledged, but never directly dealt with in stories. Superman would help the troops instead of taking down Hitler.
http://www.businessinsider.com/no-one-gets-superman-anymore-2015-7
In this article, Joshua Rivera writes about the current treatment of Superman in the movies. He questions why it is so hard for Warner Brothers and other authors to get The Man of Steel right. Rivera argues that it is because the emphasis is placed on the powers instead of the man using them. Superman doesn’t do right to avenge someone he’s lost, or to right a wrong that radically altered his life. Superman does the right thing because he was raised to do good and help whenever he could. Rivera argues that Superman shouldn’t be that hard to understand or write for, and that a “boy scout” character can still thrive in the modern world, citing Marvel’s Captain America as a prime example.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/03/30/superman-and-the-damage-done
Devin Faraci writes that the current films featuring Superman are damaging to the legacy of the character. According to Faraci, Zack Snyder is out to destroy The Last Son of Krypton by turning him into a mopey, nihilistic being that holds himself above both the law and the people he protects. Faraci has such disdain for Man of Steel and the recent Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He argues that the reason Superman: The Movie worked, besides the fact that it got the character’s hopeful nature down, is that it was released at a time when America needed a symbol of hope. “Just as in 1938 and 1978 we need a bright, hopeful figure to fly in and remind us of what we can be, of who we are when we’re not weighted down by the hate and the problems. We need a Superman.” Faraci writes that with all of the problems facing us as a society, the last thing we need is a Superman that questions himself and struggles with the morality of doing the right thing.