Supermanesque

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Superman-esque.

   Even I, your mild-mannered reporter, took to the skies, though a Supermanesque flight it was not.

   1992 March 30, Mickey Smith, “The Sweet (and Sometimes Scary) Science of Bungee Jumping”, in The Transcript, volume 20, number 5, Morrisville, Vt., page 1

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   Reeve, at times seeming to revert to Supermanesque mannerisms, is credible as the wayward priest, yet not allowed, through the screenplay (by Abraham Polonsky and Wendell Mayes, from a Jack Alain Leger novel), to reveal motivations.

   1982 October 29, Susan Green, “Characters Lack Depth, but ‘Monsignor’ Holds Attention”, in The Burlington Free Press, 156th year, number 311, page 3D

   “Howard” the comic was a book for comic readers, especially those who’d gotten tired of the Supermanesque exploits of costumed, pontificating superheros.^([sic])

   1986 August 8, David Neiwert, “‘Howard the Duck’: a joke that’s not all that funny”, in Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., page A-2

   The rest of the descent was simply “Supermanesque” even though this was feet first and far slower than a speeding bullet.

   1990 September 23, Kathy Berdan, “The white-knuckle thrill of first-time falling”, in Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa, page 2F

   bruce mcguire: […] It might have only been a jacket over his shoulders but it looked real Supermanesque.

   1994, Denise Sullivan, Talk About the Passion: R.E.M., an Oral History, Lancaster, Pa.: Underwood–Miller, Charles F. Miller, →ISBN, page 156