So wayyy back in 2006, Brian Singer and crew released Superman Returns, a bizarre, vaguely homoerotic love letter to the Man of Steel.  With 2 years of Supes bashing later, we probably forgot the bizarre road the film took to the screen.

It seems only yesterday that Superman Lives was given the greenlight for a late ‘90’s release, featuring Nicholas Cage as Superman with direction by Tim Burton and script by Kevin Smith.  The longwinded tale has been spoken of many times, whether in a lengthy Wikipedia article, or Kevin Smith’s eye-opening rant from An Evening With Kevin Smith.

But for the first time ever, thanks to the website pushing kids at Digg, a glimpse of what could have been, with this gallery of concept art for the Burton helmed flick.

Could you imagine Nic Cage as this Superman?