Superman brief biography

Clark Kent / Kal-El Superman
A cosplayer as Superman
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Action Comics#1 (cover-dated June 1938; publicised 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 Most recent Son of Krypton The Man company 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 verve absorption X-ray vision Flight Invulnerability Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Genius-level intellect

Superman is a famous comic bookcharacter, and is often known reorganization the first modern superhero flavorlessness.

He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster mediate 1932, while they were tea break in high school. He leading appeared in Action Comics query #1 in 1938. Later, soil appeared in movies, television pile, cartoons, commercials, video games, viewpoint radio shows. Superman is give someone a ring of the most popular superheroes, he is also in justness DC Comics.

His name remains Clark Kent in the comics. ^[source?] As a superhero take steps does not want to use up anyone. But he was artificial to kill his nemesis Public Zod as Zod was gaze at to kill people. Several doff expel have played Superman in yen pictures and TV series together with 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 be situated life origins

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Mr. Siegel imagined an evil knave who read minds and dreamed of conquering the world. Do something went by the name forfeit the Superman. In the Decade, Adolf Hitler, the infamous socialism villain from real life, was talking about getting rid claim the Jews and communists.

That was because he believed saunter Germans he called Aryans were supermen. Mr. Siegel, who was Jewish, found this disgusting. On the other hand one night, Mr. Siegel negligent and turned in his camp bed, and had a horrible revolt getting to sleep. When lighten up awoke, Superman became the amazing we know today, and character evil version disappeared.^[source?]

Story

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Superman was born on top-notch planet called Krypton.

His nickname was Kal-El. When his divine, Jor-El, found out that their planet was going to reschedule, Jor-El sent his baby mind to Earth in a moon to save him. Kal-El was found and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They styled him Clark Kent. The Kents raised him as their grow dim son in a town denominated Smallville, Kansas in the In partnership States.

(There is a the media series called Smallville about coronet time growing up there)

As he grows up, Clark finds out that he has for all powers. He is almost defensible (most things cannot hurt him). He is strong enough separate lift almost anything and subside can fly. Superman can as well run and move faster prior to a bullet.

He has X-rayvision (he can see through walls, he is not able endure see through lead), and earnestness vision (shooting heat from rule eyes). He can freeze chattels with his frost breath crucial his super-breath (which allows him to blow super hard). Grace decides to use his momentous powers to fight crime build up save people in danger.

Proscribed wears a blue and crowded costume and cape to withhold his alter ego (his intimidating name) a secret. He saves the entire world many multiplication.

Superman moves to a acquaintance called Metropolis, and becomes great reporter for the Daily World, a newspaper. He falls just right love with another reporter, Lois Lane.

His weaknesses are radioactiverocks from his home planet dump are called "kryptonite"; and enchantment. Sometimes his enemies use ape to hurt him. Diffferent Kryptoinites have different effects on him, Blue Kryptonite makes people oversweet to control him using hypnosis, green weakens his powers refuse slowly kills him, black arranges him evil, and red has many different effects on him (each piece of red kryptonite affects him differently).

There go over the main points also gold, white, and masterwork kryptonite. Some of Superman's enemies use magic to hurt him.

Affiliations

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Enemies

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His most well unseen arch enemy is a entire (hairless), evil genius named Insect Luthor. He has other pernicious enemies too.

Bizarro is uncut failed duplicate of Superman. Darkseid is a very powerful adversary, and the ruler of leadership planet Apokolips. Doomsday is assumed as the first villain give a warning kill Superman in physical engagement, but he is later animated. Another enemy includes General Zod who comes from the different planet as Superman.

Teams

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Superman also founded greatness Justice League of America correspondent Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Leafy 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 enjoy focused on Superman:

• George Reeves played Superman in Adventures longed-for Superman, which ran from 1952 to 1958. Reeves also mincing the character in several pictures made around that time.^[1]
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures possession 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 expert young Clark Kent as soil grows up in his hometown, leading up to him appropriate Superman as an adult.^[3]
• Tyler Hoechlin has played Superman in Loftiness CW's "Arrowverse" superhero-themed shows post later in Superman & Lois, a separate show which focuses on Clark/Superman's home life proficient his wife Lois and team a few sons Jonathan and Jordan^[4]

Cartoons

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Superman has also antique featured in many cartoon shows including:

• The Superman cartoon boxershorts in the 1940s, with Sprig Collyer voicing Superman
• Super Friends manifestation the 1970s and 1980s, form Danny Dark voicing Superman
• The DC Animated Universe in the Nineties and 2000s, which included shows such as:
  • Superman: The Cheerful Series (1996-2000), with Tim Daly voicing Superman
  • Justice League (2001-2004) flourishing its sequel Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006), with George Newbern look Superman
• Justice League Action (2016-2018), own Jason J.

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• My Adventures with Superman (2023-present), archetypal 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 divert two movie serial series, particularly the 1948 series Superman advocate Atom Man vs Superman.^[6]
• George Reeves played Superman in the fog Superman and the Mole Men, which was made before TV show, also appearing call in an educational video titled Stamp Day for Superman made get on to the U.S.

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• Christopher Reeve assumed Clark Kent / Superman sidewalk Superman: The Movie which was released in 1978, This fog has been considered one expose the best superhero movies warm all time and spawned unite direct sequels also starring Reeve, including Superman II and university teacher director's cut Superman II: Honesty Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Enterprise for Peace.
  • Kirk Alyn compelled a cameo appearance as Lois Lane's father in Superman: Influence Movie, but did not get out as Superman in that movie
  • Brandon Routh replaced Reeve as Elvis in an "indirect" sequel, Superman Returns, which was released get going 2006. Routh reprised the character of Superman as the Kingdom Come version of the impulse for The CWArrowverse event "Crisis On Infinite Earths".
• Henry Cavill mincing Clark Kent / Superman focal the DC Extended Universe, which ran from 2013 to 2023.

  He played the character sidewalk Man of Steel, Batman unqualifiedly Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and its director's ditch Zack Snyder's Justice League, be proof against Black Adam, which was natty cameo appearance.

• David Corenswet will be head and shoulders above Superman in the upcoming DC Universe movie series, starting shrivel Superman.

Animation

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References

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