 Tom Mankiewicz (qv) was hired to oversee the script originally  written by Mario Puzo (qv) for the original  _Superman (1980)_ (qv), which of course was to be made  simultaneously with its sequel. Thus, the script had elements of  both films in it. Mankiewicz eliminated most of the camp elements  that Puzo had inserted in the original draft and went ahead with the  filmmakers decision to keep the religious allusions of the Superman  story in the script. Specifically, there are elements of the Second  Coming of Christ in the Superman saga ever since it first appeared  in comic book form in the 1930s. Among the similarities to the  Second Coming are: 1) Jor