Ranking Every Live-Action Superman Suit From Worst To Best

13. Kirk Alyn Suit

In last place by default is the costume worn by Kirk Alyn. We are still not in the era wear the costume designing techniques are refined enough for us to have a proper suit for The Man of Tomorrow. As a result, we have clothing that looks like it can be made by anyone with a sewing machine.

Look closely enough, and we can see that the upper part of the costume is just a sweater attached to a Superman emblem and a cape. It is not form-fitting enough to fully emphasize Kirk Alyn's physique, nor would the censors of the time would even allow for such an overt pronunciation of muscle.

It is unfortunately a product of its time. A suit that was enough for anyone watching in the early days of TV, but years of costume refinement in film and TV have shown us we can have better. Maybe the people making this wanted to make this most comic-accurate as it can be, but the limitations of the time made it impossible. Sometimes Clark wears pajamas to fight crime.