Whatever happened to the Archetype!?

What if a super-man had crashed landed on our planet many decades ago, lived the life of the icon hero and was unceremoniously discarded into the stories of legends past? A legend that was so long ago that he is barely remembered at all, considered perhaps by many as just a myth or fable?

What if, before that super-man was to come to our planet, he had gone through some very REAL emotional losses and sadness? If he were to have a troubled history, before he was to become a legend. When that legend lived here on Earth, he had to face the harsh realities of what it is to once be a beloved hero, to now dealing with loneliness and isolation. These emotions and feelings that a superhero must contend with throughout his life, we never get to see this type of drama properly explored too often in a comic book genre.