Arena (1975)

The Comic Strip Hero (1981x13)

Air date: Apr 18, 1981

This week Arena patrols the skies above Metropolis in search of the legend that is Superman. Meet Kirk Alyn, the first celluloid-Superman, and Christopher Reeve the latest; Dr Fredric Wertham, Superman's greatest living adversary; Joanne, the model for Lois Lane; Dave 'Darth Vader' Prowse, who turned a 13-stone weakling into The Man of Steel; and, for the first time on British television, Superman's creators, the legendary Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.