Martha Kent lived in Smallville.
She was married to Jonathan Kent and the adoptive mother to Clark Kent.
Background Information[]
On the parallel-universe of Earth-One, Martha Kent was the daughter Henry and Willa Clark and wife of Jonathan Kent. Together with her husband, they find the toddler Kal-El in his rocket, they take him to the Smallville Orphanage and later formally adopt him, naming him "Clark" (this is same in Earth-1A continuity). This was because Martha's maiden name was "Clark."
She helped her husband run the Kent Farm, then later the Kent General Store.
When Clark Kent was in his early twenties, Martha and Jonathan went on a vacation in the Caribbean where they discovered a buried treasure chest. Opening the chest released a virulent alien micro-organism that infected both of them. Young Clark tried to save them, but failed. Both Martha and Jonathan passed away at the same time.[1]
Appearances[]
Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends:
- Season 1 (1973): The Planet-Splitter
- Season 3 (1977): Secret Origins of the SuperFriends
- The Adoption
- At the Babysitter's
- The Big Scoop
- The Circus
- The Hunter
- Little Runaway
- The Driver's License
- To Play or Not to Play
- Graduation
- It's Superman
Appearances in Other Media[]
Notes[]
- Martha Kent first appeared in Superman, Vol. 1 #1[2] (Summer 1939)
- She was created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster.
External Links[]
- See the Martha Kent disambiguation page at the DC Database.
- Go to Wikepedia for more on Martha Kent
Reference[]
- ↑ As revealed in Superman, Vol. 1 #161 (May 1963), and Superman, Vol. 1 #163 (September, 1981). Both issues can be found at the DC Database.
- ↑ Go to DC Database for more on Superman, Vol. 1 #1 (published Summer, 1939)