GEEK FACTS: First Actor Who Portrayed Superman In Public
GEEK FACTS is a column in Flipgeeks that showcases geek factoids especially concerning Filipinos in geek culture.
Since this month is practically Superman month and with Man of Steel showing in cinemas here in the Philippines next week, this week’s Geek Fact will be about Superman!
DID YOU KNOW that on July 3, 1940 at the World of Tomorrow exhibit in the New York World’s Fair, Superman was featured as the “Man of Tomorrow“. Donning the suit, and with an “S” shield on his cest that has a “Superman” labeled on it mainly because the logo hasn’t reached it’s iconic status, Superman was portrayed by american actor/singer Ray Middleton .