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Superman
Information
Real name:	Kal-El / Clark Kent
AKA:	The Man of Steel
Species:	Kryptonian
Home Planet:	Krypton
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Blue
Relatives:	Jor-El (father) Lara (mother) Supergirl (cousin) Jonathan Kent (foster father) Martha Kent (foster mother)
Base:	Hall of Justice Fortress of Solitude
Affiliations:	SuperFriends
Voiced by:	Season 1-6: Danny Dark [1]

Superman is an alien from the planet Krypton. His Kryptonian birth name is Kal-El. His adopted name is Clark Kent. He was considered the premiere hero on Earth and a member of the SuperFriends.

Contents 1 SuperFriends Team Member 2 Character Biography 2.1 As a Baby 2.2 As a Boy 2.3 As Superboy 2.4 It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... 3 Hidden Lair 4 Powers 5 Weaknesses 6 Equipment 7 Transportation 8 Appearances 8.1 The New Adventures of Superman (1966–1967) 8.2 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–1968) 8.3 The Batman/Superman Hour (1968–1969) 8.4 Super Friends TV Series (1973-1985) 8.5 Comic book (1976-1981) 8.6 Superman (1988) 9 Notes 10 External Links 11 Appearances in Other Media 12 References

[edit] Character Biography

[edit] As a Baby

On Krypton

Kal-El was born to Jor-El and Lara on the planet Krypton. Eventually, Jor-El, who happened to be one of Krypton's leading scientists, discovered that Krypton was doomed, and that it would soon explode. When he assembled a council meeting, to tell them that an evacuation plan must be made right away, the council members laughed at him, telling him he was crazy.

Jor-El went ahead with a plan anyway, but only had time to build a small ship big enough to transport only two people. He and Laura placed their infant son, Kal-El into the ship, and at the last minute it was decided that Kal would go alone. So they sent him rocketing toward the Earth with hopes that he would survivand be made strong by the yellow sun.

On Earth

See also: Baby Kal-El Lands on Earth

The rocket-ship^[2] eventually landed on Earth, in the town of Smallville, where it was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent.

They decided to take the child to an orphanage. But things go crazy. A few couples come in but decide they do not want to adopt him, because his superpowers cause too much disaster! At one point he flies off to the zoo and brings back a full grown lion. This freaks one couple out, and they decide there's no way they're going to adopt such a trouble making child.^[3]

They Kents eventually adopt the boy, and named him Clark Kent, who now, under the Earth's yellow sun, possessed powers far beyond those of mortal men.^[4]

[edit] As a Boy

Martha Kent has a difficult time keeping Clark from using his super powers at the grocery store.^[5]

When Pa and Ma Kent leave Clark with a babysitter. The young lady soon finds out that she has her hands full when dealing with a super powered child who wants to stay up late to watch television.^[6]

Clark goes to school for the first time and meets his future childhood sweetheart, Lana Lang. Clark gets in trouble when another student blames him for letting the class guinea pig out of the cage.^[7]

Clark goes on a camping trip with his boy scout troops. They all gather around the campfire and tell ghost stories, and then hear noises in the forest, but when they go to investigate, they discover that it's only forest animals.^[8]

The Kents take young Clark to the circus, and he inadvertently becomes part of it!^[9]

Clark is unhappy with his life at the Kent Farm, so he decides to run away from home, but when he sees how much more problems he faces on his own, he decides to go back.^[10]

It's Clark's birthday, and many kids come to celebrate, including Lana Lang. Clark secretly uses his super powers to have an X-ray vision peak at his birthday presents.^[11]

[edit] As Superboy

At some point during Clark Kent's childhood, he adopted the identity of Superboy,^[12] who used his powers and abilities to protect the citizens of Smallville from evil, and the rest of the world.

Clark takes his Driver's test, passes and receives his license.^[13]

Clark goes on his first date with Lana Lang to a concert.^[14]

Clark befriends a young boy named Lex Luthor. One afternoon Luthor is working on cure for Superboy against the deadly influence of Kryptonite in his home laboratory, he accidentally causes a minor explosion. Superboy arrives and sees smoke coming out of the window, he mistakes it for a fire and using his superbreath, he blows at the smoke, but in doing so, he accidentally blows the fumes directly on Lex causing him to become bald. This leaves Luthor furious at Superboy, believing he was jealous of his intelligence, so he vows to have his revenge on Superboy.^[15]

Clark decides to play football but Pa asks him to reconsider joining the team, because with his super powers it's not really fair.^[16]

Clark Kent graduates from High School.^[17]

[edit] It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's...

Soon after High School, he leaves Smallville and moves to Metropolis where he becomes a reporter for the Daily Planet.

His partner at the Planet is Lois Lane.

At this point, Clark's Superboy days are a thing of the past, and his superhero name is changed to Superman!^[18]

Eventually, Superman becomes a member (most likely founding member) of the Justice League of America.

Personality
Superman's personality is that of a "Boy scout". Which comes as no surprise considering he was a boy scout as a kid.

As Superman, he appears brave and often admirable, while as Clark Kent, appears somewhat cowardly, and even clumsy.^[19]

He apparently has a strong fondness of disco music. One of his favorites was disco versions of Mozart songs, called "Disco Mozart," which he purchased on cassette tape.^[20]

[edit] Hidden Lair

Superman’s secret hideout, the Fortress of Solitude, is hidden in the arctic.

[edit] Powers

Thanks to Earth's yellow Sun and weak gravity Superman posses the following powers:

• Vast Super Strength
• Invulnerability
• Flight
• Super Speed
• Heightened senses
• Various vision based powers
  • X-ray vision
  • Heat-vision
  • Telescopic vision
  • Microscopic vision
• Ice Breath
• Superbreath

[edit] Weaknesses

• Although Superman is invulnerable to nearly everything, under the yellow Sun, Kryptonite is the one substance that can destroy him.
  • Green Kryptonite renders Superman physically weak and painfully ill.
  • Red Kryptonite has effects on Superman that are unpredictable.
  • Blue Kryptonite has a strange healing effect
  • Gold Kryptonite is capable of removing a Kryptonian's super powers permanently.
• Many forms of magic can also hurt Superman, since those forms of magic are as powerful or more powerful than he is.
• Also, if Superman was to travel to an alien world with a red Sun, he would lose his powers, and therefore be as vulnerable as any other human. Red solar radiation can be synthesized as well.

[edit] Equipment

None

[edit] Transportation

• SuperMobile

[edit] Appearances

[edit] The New Adventures of Superman (1966–1967)

The Force Phantom Mermen Of Emor The Prehistoric Pterodactyls Merlin's Magic Marbles The Threat of the Thrutans The Wicked Warlock The Chimp Who Made It Big The Deadly Icebergs Robot of Riga The Invisible Raiders Neolithic Nightmare The Return of Brainiac The Magnetic Monster The Toys of Doom The Iron Eater The Ape Army of the Amazon The Fire Phantom The Deadly Dish Insect Raiders Return of Warlock The Abominable Ice Man The Men from A.P.E The Tree Man of Arbora The Image Maker Superman's Double Trouble The Deadly Super Doll Lava Men Luthor Strikes Again Mission to Planet Peril The Pernicious Parasite The Two Faces of Superman The Imp-Practical Joker Superman Meets Brainiac Seeds of Disaster The Malevolent Mummy The Bird Men From Lost Valley

[edit] The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–1968)

A.P.E. Strikes Again The Lethal Lightning Bug The Prankster The Saboteurs The Wisp of Wickedness Superman Meets His Match Night of the Octopod Brainiac's Bubble War of the Bee Battalon The Toyman's Super Toy The Cage of Glass The Atomic Superman Luther's Loco Looking Glass The Warlock's Revenge The Halyah of Himalayas Luthor's Fatal Fireworks

[edit] The Batman/Superman Hour (1968–1969)

Luthor's Lethal Laser (Part 1) Luthor's Lethal Laser (Part 2) Can Luthor Change His Spots (Part 1) Can Luthor Change His Spots (Part 2) The Team of Terror (Part 1) The Team of Terror (Part 2) Rain of Iron (Part 1) Rain of Iron (Part 2) The Mysterious Mr. Mist (Part 1) The Mysterious Mr. Mist (Part2) Luminians on the Loose (Part 1) Luminians on the Loose (Part 2) The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (Part 1) The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (Part 2) The Japanese Sandman (Part 1) The Japanese Sandman (Part 2)

[edit] Super Friends TV Series (1973-1985)

The Power Pirate Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C. The Baffles Puzzle The Weather Maker The Shamon U Dr. Pelagrin's War The Balloon People Too Hot to Handle The Androids The Ultra Beam The Fantastic FRERPs The Mysterious Moles The Menace of the White Dwarf Gulliver's Gigantic Goof The Planet-Splitter The Watermen More coming soon!

[edit] Comic book (1976-1981)

Coming soon!

[edit] Superman (1988)

Destroy the Defendroids Fugitive from Space By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth Cybron Strikes The Big Scoop Triple-Play The Hunter Superman and Wonder Woman vs. the Sorceress of Time Bonechill The Beast Beneath These Streets Wildsharkk Night of the Living Shadows The Last Time I Saw Earth

[edit] Notes

• Superman first appeared in publications by DC Comics in Action Comics, vol. 1 #1^[21] in June 30, 1938.
• Superman is created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster
• Clark Kent, Superman's secret identity, was based partly on Harold Lloyd and named after Clark Gable and Kent Taylor.^[22][23]

[edit] External Links

• The Superman disambiguation page at the DC Database.
• Superman at Wikipedia
• Superman at the DC Comics Website
• The Superman Homepage
• The Superman Database
• Alan Kistler's Superman Files
• Superman Through the Ages at Superman.nu:
  • The Creation • Gold • Flux • Silver • Bronze • Steel • Mercury

[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Superman Superman, birth name Kal-El and adopted name Clark Kent, is often considered the first among equals of the founding members of the Justice League. - Go to DCAU for more on the Superman

Clark Kent Clark Kent is the Last Son of Krypton. Born as Kal-El on the planet Krypton to Jor-El and Lara-El, he was sent to Earth after his planet was about to be destroyed. Kal-El's ship crash landed in Miller's Field, Smallville, Kansas where he was found and illegally adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent where they named him Clark after Martha's maiden name. This version of Clark Kent is based on the Smallville TV series (2001-??) as seen on the CW. - Go to the Smallville Wiki for more on the Clark Kent

[edit] References