okay. I don't generally go searching for interviews and such for info on creators. But I still think it's "entering the story"

Superman is a great deal different from real world people. He can catch the people he drops off buildings with no harm to them. He the most reliable witness in the world. It just seems like a lot of trouble to empathize with a character that is shown no positive traits. It's like "oh, he's a human being, he must have this or that, or whatever." But it's fiction. They're created characters. The guy could be a bigger monster than the devil. And within the confines of the story he's probably feeling as close to the helplessness he'd inflict on others right there at that moment.