Noone will deny that the guy's an icon, but I've never really gotten into the character. To be honest, I generally have a hard time getting into most of the DC characters, because they're simply more godlike than most of Marvel's characters.
And it's probably why I love Superman I and II, because first they gave us the man, and then added in the Super. Well, and they had Zod.
As for the comic, well, I think that Crisis was a good thing for Supes, because his reboot grounded him a bit more, and gives Clark Kent a bit more meaning than just being a cover for Superman.