Fat Rumors
With great physique comes great rumors. Now that we’ve gone over some of the costume issues and technicalities, what were some of the things that the public was saying about Superman? Well, there was one rumor going around and a fat one at that.
“George was padded in this manner throughout the color years, except for a few episodes in 1957,” wrote jimnolt. “These episodes gave rise to comments that he appeared overweight.” Not to say that assumption isn’t a fair one but it surely isn’t a nice one. He had to do what he had to do.
