You are wrong with thinking that the story is 20 years old.

It has been an ever evolving story.

20 years ago Lois & Clark wen't married, so that's new, that's less then a decade old.

I could say that Spider-Man is 40 years old and I'd be wrong since the comic today is not EXACTLY the way it was back then.

Comics are like a Rorschach test; everyone has a different opinion on what they are and can be...