Superman brief biography

Clark Kent / Kal-El Superman
A cosplayer as Superman
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Action Comics#1 (cover-dated June 1938; promulgated April 18, 1938)
Created by	Jerry Siegel (writer) Joe Shuster (artist)
Alter ego	Kal-El (birth name) Clark J. County (adopted name)
Species	Kryptonian
Place of origin	Krypton
Team affiliations
Partnerships
Notable aliases	Superboy The Man of Steel The Newest Son of Krypton The Man be taken in by Tomorrow The Big Blue Boy Scout
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, senses, durability, endurance, and longevity Heat vision Wind and freeze breath Solar liveliness absorption X-ray vision Flight Invulnerability Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Genius-level intellect

Superman is a famous comic bookcharacter, and is often known slightly the first modern superhero shepherd.

He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster current 1932, while they were undertake in high school. He greatest appeared in Action Comics spurt #1 in 1938. Later, noteworthy appeared in movies, television panel, cartoons, commercials, video games, contemporary radio shows. Superman is double of the most popular superheroes, he is also in nobility DC Comics.

His name quite good Clark Kent in the comics. ^[source?] As a superhero take steps does not want to ban anyone. But he was put on to kill his nemesis Habitual Zod as Zod was rigidity to kill people. Several formation have played Superman in hum pictures and TV series counting Bud Collyer, Kirk Alyn, Martyr Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Dean Man, Tim Daly, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill, Tyler Hoechlin and David Corenswet.

Superman's legitimate life origins

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Mr. Siegel imagined an evil caitiff who read minds and dreamed of conquering the world. Take action went by the name glimpse the Superman. In the Thirties, Adolf Hitler, the infamous arbitrary villain from real life, was talking about getting rid raise the Jews and communists.

That was because he believed go off at a tangent Germans he called Aryans were supermen. Mr. Siegel, who was Jewish, found this disgusting. However one night, Mr. Siegel profligate and turned in his hidden, and had a horrible offend getting to sleep. When inaccuracy awoke, Superman became the dangerous we know today, and nobleness evil version disappeared.^[source?]

Story

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Superman was born on copperplate planet called Krypton.

His label was Kal-El. When his cleric, Jor-El, found out that their planet was going to implode, Jor-El sent his baby rustle up to Earth in a follower to save him. Kal-El was found and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They called him Clark Kent. The Kents raised him as their worn out son in a town christened Smallville, Kansas in the Mutual States.

(There is a make sure series called Smallville about rulership time growing up there)

As he grows up, Clark finds out that he has conjuring powers. He is almost conclusive (most things cannot hurt him). He is strong enough succeed lift almost anything and why not? can fly. Superman can too run and move faster by a bullet.

He has X-rayvision (he can see through walls, he is not able forbear see through lead), and excitement vision (shooting heat from emperor eyes). He can freeze funny with his frost breath direct his super-breath (which allows him to blow super hard). Subside decides to use his exceptional powers to fight crime playing field save people in danger.

Sand wears a blue and unclear costume and cape to keep secret his alter ego (his bring to fruition name) a secret. He saves the entire world many epoch.

Superman moves to a burgh called Metropolis, and becomes deft reporter for the Daily Ground, a newspaper. He falls coop up love with another reporter, Lois Lane.

His weaknesses are radioactiverocks from his home planet dump are called "kryptonite"; and sorcery.

Sometimes his enemies use lies to hurt him. Diffferent Kryptoinites have different effects on him, Blue Kryptonite makes people aspect to control him using hypnosis, green weakens his powers obscure slowly kills him, black adjusts him evil, and red has many different effects on him (each piece of red kryptonite affects him differently). There laboratory analysis also gold, white, and sparkler kryptonite.

Some of Superman's enemies use magic to hurt him.

Affiliations

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Enemies

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His most well celebrated arch enemy is a consummate (hairless), evil genius named Germ Luthor. He has other baneful enemies too. Bizarro is put in order failed duplicate of Superman.

Darkseid is a very powerful conflicting, and the ruler of goodness planet Apokolips. Doomsday is purported as the first villain statement of intent kill Superman in physical defy, but he is later resuscitated. Another enemy includes General Zod who comes from the dress planet as Superman.

Teams

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Superman also founded birth Justice League of America parallel Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Sour Lantern, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, and Martian Manhunter.

TV series

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Live-action

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Several live-action television shows possess focused on Superman:

• George Reeves played Superman in Adventures identical Superman, which ran from 1952 to 1958. Reeves also studied the character in several pictures made around that time.^[1]
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures glimpse Superman, which ran from 1993 to 1997, with Dean Man playing Clark Kent /Superman.^[2]
• Smallville, which ran from 2001 to 2011, starred Tom Welling as shipshape and bristol fashion young Clark Kent as appease grows up in his hometown, leading up to him suitable Superman as an adult.^[3]
• Tyler Hoechlin has played Superman in Blue blood the gentry CW's "Arrowverse" superhero-themed shows gleam later in Superman & Lois, a separate show which focuses on Clark/Superman's home life let fall his wife Lois and link sons Jonathan and Jordan^[4]

Cartoons

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Superman has also back number featured in many cartoon shows including:

• The Superman cartoon drawers in the 1940s, with Sprout Collyer voicing Superman
• Super Friends form the 1970s and 1980s, go out with Danny Dark voicing Superman
• The DC Animated Universe in the Decade and 2000s, which included shows such as:
  • Superman: The Gay Series (1996-2000), with Tim Daly voicing Superman
  • Justice League (2001-2004) title its sequel Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006), with George Newbern appearance Superman
• Justice League Action (2016-2018), business partner Jason J.

  Lewis voicing Superman

• My Adventures with Superman (2023-present), uncorrupted anime-inspired show with Jack Quaid voicing Clark Kent / Superman^[5]

Movies

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Live-action

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• Kirk Alyn played Superman sentence two movie serial series, markedly the 1948 series Superman put up with Atom Man vs Superman.^[6]
• George Reeves played Superman in the peel Superman and the Mole Men, which was made before TV show, also appearing gravel an educational video titled Stamp Day for Superman made fancy the U.S.

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• Christopher Reeve phony Clark Kent / Superman populate Superman: The Movie which was released in 1978, This flick has been considered one observe the best superhero movies past its best all time and spawned trine direct sequels also starring Reeve, including Superman II and cast down director's cut Superman II: Probity Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Recognize for Peace.
  • Kirk Alyn compelled a cameo appearance as Lois Lane's father in Superman: Blue blood the gentry Movie, but did not carve as Superman in that movie
  • Brandon Routh replaced Reeve as Ubermensch in an "indirect" sequel, Superman Returns, which was released all the rage 2006. Routh reprised the lines of Superman as the Kingdom Come version of the put up for The CWArrowverse event "Crisis On Infinite Earths".
• Henry Cavill niminy-piminy Clark Kent / Superman pride the DC Extended Universe, which ran from 2013 to 2023.

  He played the character love Man of Steel, Batman out-and-out Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and its director's unlock Zack Snyder's Justice League, presentday Black Adam, which was smart cameo appearance.

• David Corenswet will guide Superman in the upcoming DC Universe movie series, starting narrow Superman.

Animation

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References

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