he wouldn't. he never does. he'd just keep showing up on the scene helping out and then flying off.
actually, there's a comic that deals with archetypal superheroes. it's called astro city. really amazing stuff. the best writing, the best art, the best everything. but anyway, one of the characters is based on the superman archetype (the details- powers, origin, civillian identity, etc- are original, but there are definite pointers to superman). after his first rescue (which looked a lot like superman's first rescue, but was also unique), he was mobbed by reporters. one asked who he was. "call me... a good samaratin." and that's how he ended up being called "samaratin."
otoh, i can almost see clark, repeatedly pressed for a name to call him while in the suit coming up with something like "dave." or maybe looking at the s on the suit and going with "sam."
or
maybe sentry or sentinel or something of the sort.
Paul
EDIT: conversation on irc reminded me... there actually was a guy who went by "super dave." "super dave osborne," to be more precise. he was a stuntman/comedian. had a TV show a while back, made appearances here and there, too. used to claim that his first name was "super." he'd tell stories about people talking to him, and always claim that they called him "super."
just looked him up on
IMDB . turns out the actor's name is
bob einstein, and that he's the brother of
albert brooks .
<shrug> just thought i'd pass that on.