Superman: ELLE Man of the Week

We all have our personal superhero favourites: Spiderman's got that whole agility thing going on, Batman has his Batmobile (a pretty sweet ride), and no judgement if hirsute types like Wolverine float your boat.

We love them all but admit it, who doesn't want to fly around the planet with a man in a billowing red cape?

Thankfully, you’re never too far away from a superhero re-boot and this week, Superman is back in the form of British actor, Henry Cavill.

He’s got the whole chiselled jaw, buff torso thing going on and, we think, a touch of soulful angst that means he will swoop in to save us from a burning building and take the time to soothe our post-traumatic stress with a good, long chat afterwards.

Eyes: penetrating

Body: superhuman

Personality: courageous

Attainability: invariably complicated

Man Of Steel, starring ELLE cover star </

Is he cross or is there a bad smell? Either way, Henry Cavill is looking hot

Have you been working out Brandon Routh?

Christopher Reeve styling out geek chic before it was even a thing

Ultimate Superman, Christopher Reeve

Those arms! Those lips! Tom Welling was such a pretty Superman...

Dean Cain - the star of our teenage dreams and a very 90s Superman!

Who's that guy? 1950's TV Superman George Reeves in Simon Cowell style pants

Work it, cartoon Superman!