Restore Superman IV

12/07/2025

Good exposure but really BBC, did you have to swipe every last word and picture from my website?

Memories are shared of the time Christopher Reeve was dangled high above Milton Keynes.

08/07/2025

Enjoy the summer of Superman folks..!
Below is a continuity polaroid from 1993 - do you think based on this Christopher Reeve had at least one more Superman movie left in him..?

(This image comes direct from a crew member on the TV Movie 'Nightmare In The Daylight" and has been enhanced as the original was out of focus. We don't do AI on this page..!)

30/06/2025

Another great vintage piece courtesy of Oliver Harper..!

28/06/2025

24/06/2025

Ed Hannigan's mockup cover for the DC Comics adaptation (currently on offer at

Ed Hannigan Superman IV Movie Special #1 Cover Preliminary Original Art (DC, 1987).

This full-color preliminary cover by Hannigan pulls no punches -- Superman and Nuclear Man locked in a lunar tug-of-war over the American flag, surrounded by dramatic stills from the film. The image was so striking that John Byrne and Jerry Ordway closely followed it for the final published version. Meant to adapt the swan song of the Christopher Reeve Superman saga, the comic goes where the movie dared not, restoring deleted scenes, including a scrapped ending, and giving fans a fuller, more ambitious Quest for Peace. Rendered in mixed media on onion skin paper with an image area of 6.75" x 10.5". Marginal notes, smudging, creasing, and handling wear. Signed by Hannigan in the lower margin. In Very Good condition.

22/06/2025

A thousand times yes...

Christopher Lee, in his gothic baritone, once remarked, “Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.” It’s a line so drenched in truth you can almost hear it echo off the stone walls of Castle Dracula. But that quote does more than sum up a veteran’s wit—it slices straight to the heart of what separates actors who phone it in from those who, even when trapped in cinematic purgatory, hold the line like Spartans at the gates.
So, let’s talk about Christopher Reeve in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace—a film that should’ve been a triumph and instead became a cautionary tale about budget cuts, studio meddling, and the difference between inspiration and ex*****on. The film is a mess: a cardboard villain with disco hair, bargain-bin special effects, and a script that feels like it was edited with gardening shears. But Reeve? Reeve never let it crack his performance.
This was a man who believed in Superman—not just the character, but the idea of him. When he played Clark Kent, he wasn’t doing the glasses-and-bumbling act for laughs. He gave Clark depth, made him the quiet conscience of the world, the part of Superman that aches for connection. Even in Superman IV, where the logic of the plot checks out halfway through and never returns, Reeve's dual role stays grounded. There's an earnestness in his eyes, a sense of purpose that refuses to be buried beneath the rubble of bad editing or a villain named “Nuclear Man.”
And here's the kicker—Reeve didn’t just show up for the check. He co-wrote the story. He thought the idea of Superman eliminating nuclear weapons might resonate in the Reagan era, and it could have, had Cannon Films not yanked away most of the budget like Lucy pulling the football. What we got was a gutted vision, a lecture in tights, and stock footage that looked like it was borrowed from a driver’s ed film.
But Reeve stood tall. There's a scene where Clark visits the farm, talking to a ghostly image of his mother. It’s a quiet moment, bathed in the bittersweet nostalgia that Superman: The Movie did so well. That scene doesn’t belong in Superman IV—it’s too good, too emotional, too honest. But that’s Reeve. He didn’t just play Superman. He believed in him.
That’s the real magic trick actors like Lee were talking about. When the ship goes down, some actors grab the lifeboat. Others, like Reeve, keep playing the captain to the last, making sure the soul of the story doesn’t go down with the script.
You can talk all you want about professionals, but it’s when an actor refuses to betray their character, even when the film around them has already given up, that they become something more. Christopher Reeve in Superman IV was that something more. He wasn’t just a man in a cape. He was the reason the cape still meant something, even when everything else didn’t.

16/06/2025

Thanks Philip!!

Celebrating 38 years of Superman IV, featuring exclusive crew interviews with storyboard artist Martin Asbury, composer Paul Fishman, costumer designer John...

07/06/2025

And Part II - Anybody remember this..?!

Living in London during 1986 and commuting six days a week to Elstree Studios for the filming of Superman IV: The Quest For Peace must have left little time for engagements, but as newly-crowned Prince of the Cannon family, Christopher Reeve was obligated to represent and pressed into duty. Though R...

07/06/2025

Newly updated and revised posts - Fascinating stuff! - Part I -

    When the Salkinds struck their historic deal with DC Comics way back in 1973, the character of Superman was, of course, the prize. Much to the Salkinds delight, however, the rights didn’t just extend to The Man Of Steel, but now the entire Superman family was at their disposal. As their prim...

05/06/2025

Coming soon - huge archive of vintage newpaper articles detailing the making of, locations, Mark Pillow, the premiere and Superman visits Manchester!?