While I think that you’re right that on some level, every Superman story has been told, I think you also point to the fact that there’s still the possibility of a fresh story from a writer’s own unique imagining of the particulars, and putting one’s self in a character’s shoes is a promising first step.

Myths were created in part to explain things that man had no way of understanding. And I think that’s all I would do with Superman. Attempt to explain –or at the very least explore– what I don’t understand; what I can’t possibly comprehend, earthbound and x-ray visionless as I am. I think all art needs an element of mystery. Not necessarily murder-on-a-train mystery, but an element of the unknown or unknowable. I think it should make us see the world in a new way or at least try to consider it from a perspective other than our own. What better perspective from which to examine the unknown than that of a man who literally sees the world differently from everyone else? Both in terms of perspective and interms of scale. Hell, Superman can see infrared, microwave, even cosmic frequencies. He is aware, in some way, of almost everything (except of course lead-lined underground lairs). The thought is terrifying. How does he process all this information? Does he struggle to move through and sort through the invisible infrastructures that we can only access through some sort of mediation and selection? How is he not completely overwhelmed at every moment by pure information? What is his perception of space and time? How does this affect the way in which he moves through the world and how does he maintain an element of humanity while inundated with data? Does understanding the scale of the solar system affect the way he understands the scale of a major metropolis? Comics have definitely explored these ideas, but they usually tell more than they show. By showing readers the world as experienced by Superman, I would hope that they consider the modern mysteries of their own world. I guess that would make me artist as empath.