So tell mysuperman any time he needs his ego stroked all he has to do is say those 3 little words and let me know he is ready to give up caring about what the world thinks and explore a new fronteer in what we can build together because I dont want to grow old without him.
Most of the latter-day Superman writers, and several of my own contemporaries, come down on the side of the notion that Clark is the real person and Superman is just what he can do.