I thought "Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel" was brilliant until I happened to pick up a copy of Super Folks (1977) by Robert Mayer a year or so later.

I read it again a few months ago when indexing the new collected edition for the GCD and found it too bleak, too derivative, and the upbeat ending (considering all he had lost) out of place.

I realize I'm swimming against the stream in my opinion...