Before i give my answer i would like to make an introduction,
contrarily of the greater part of the people who visit this forum I have known on the first time the post crisis version of Superman, and this because in Italy his publication was a real mess
.
Therefore I first known the version re-created by Byrne :x , and not the previous one,later i was introduced to the "concept" of
Golden Age Superman and
Silver Age Superman but only through articles and book reviews,
and it looks like to me simply inadapt for the tastes of the modern readers,
this was my thought until when it happened to me the reading
of : "
For a man who has everything", perhaps now my answer can appear too much simple, but this story has indeed allowed me to understand what as been removed from the character and the many things that I don't know and that i risked to lose about this great fictional hero but this story changed immediately my opinion and make me wants to know more of his previous comic book life.
From this day on Alan and Curt have became one of my favorites...