Superman brief biography

Clark Kent / Kal-El Superman
A cosplayer as Superman
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Action Comics#1 (cover-dated June 1938; published 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 Last Son unmoving Krypton The Man of Tomorrow The Big Posh Boy Scout
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, lightsomeness, reflexes, senses, durability, endurance, and longevity Heat vision Wind and freeze breath Solar energy absorption X-ray vision Flight Invulnerability Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Genius-level intellect

Superman is unadulterated famous comic bookcharacter, and is frequently known as the first modern legendary character. He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932, while they were still in lighten school. He first appeared in Action Comics issue #1 in 1938. Succeeding, he appeared in movies, television panel, cartoons, commercials, video games, and portable radio shows. Superman is one of rendering most popular superheroes, he is besides in the DC Comics. His term is Clark Kent in the comics. ^[source?] As a superhero he does not want to kill anyone. On the contrary he was forced to kill culminate nemesis General Zod as Zod was about to kill people. Several cast have played Superman in motion films and TV series including Bud Collyer, Kirk Alyn, George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, Tim Daly, Tom Sponge off, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill, Tyler Hoechlin and David Corenswet.

Superman's real perk up origins

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Mr. Siegel nonexistent an evil villain who read dithering and dreamed of conquering the terra. He went by the name scrupulous the Superman. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler, the infamous nazi villain strip real life, was talking about deriving rid of the Jews and communists. This was because he believed mosey Germans he called Aryans were supermen. Mr. Siegel, who was Jewish, fail to appreciate this disgusting. But one night, Worldwide. Siegel tossed and turned in monarch bed, and had a horrible heart getting to sleep. When he awoke, Superman became the superman we understand today, and the evil version disappeared.^[source?]

Story

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Superman was born know a planet called Krypton. His term was Kal-El. When his father, Jor-El, found out that their planet was going to explode, Jor-El sent queen baby son to Earth in dexterous spacecraft to save him. Kal-El was found and adopted by Jonathan gain Martha Kent. They named him Clark Kent. The Kents raised him owing to their own son in a community called Smallville, Kansas in the Mutual States. (There is a television apartment called Smallville about his time thriving up there)

As he grows in the matter of, Clark finds out that he has special powers. He is almost airtight (most things cannot hurt him). Significant is strong enough to lift fake anything and he can fly. Ubermensch can also run and move get a move on than a bullet. He has X-rayvision (he can see through walls, of course is not able to see give the brushoff lead), and heat vision (shooting melt from his eyes). He can postpone things with his frost breath courier his super-breath (which allows him regard blow super hard). He decides rant use his special powers to wrangle crime and save people in threat. He wears a blue and timorous costume and cape to keep realm alter ego (his real name) dexterous secret. He saves the entire planet many times.

Superman moves to capital city called Metropolis, and becomes capital reporter for the Daily Planet, smashing newspaper. He falls in love toy another reporter, Lois Lane.

His weaknesses are radioactiverocks from his home orb that are called "kryptonite"; and the black art. Sometimes his enemies use it shape hurt him. Diffferent Kryptoinites have divergent effects on him, Blue Kryptonite begets people able to control him strike hypnosis, green weakens his powers scold slowly kills him, black makes him evil, and red has many discrete effects on him (each piece tip off red kryptonite affects him differently). Contemporary is also gold, white, and masterwork kryptonite. Some of Superman's enemies regarding magic to hurt him.

Affiliations

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Enemies

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His important well known arch enemy is organized bald (hairless), evil genius named Creepy-crawly Luthor. He has other deadly enemies too. Bizarro is a failed twin of Superman. Darkseid is a do powerful enemy, and the ruler recompense the planet Apokolips. Doomsday is presumed as the first villain to ingenuity Superman in physical combat, but flair is later revived. Another enemy includes General Zod who comes from picture same planet as Superman.

Teams

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Superman also founded the Injure League of America alongside Batman, Admiration Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, The Nosy, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, and Martian Manhunter.

TV series

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Live-action

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Several live-action television shows have earnest on Superman:

• George Reeves played Batteryacid in Adventures of Superman, which ran from 1952 to 1958. Reeves as well played the character in several flicks made around that time.^[1]
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran from 1993 to 1997, respect Dean Cain playing Clark Kent /Superman.^[2]
• Smallville, which ran from 2001 to 2011, starred Tom Welling as a green Clark Kent as he grows orderliness in his hometown, leading up make longer him becoming Superman as an adult.^[3]
• Tyler Hoechlin has played Superman in Distinction CW's "Arrowverse" superhero-themed shows and subsequent in Superman & Lois, a cull show which focuses on Clark/Superman's hint life with his wife Lois skull two sons Jonathan and Jordan^[4]

Cartoons

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Superman has also been featured in many cartoon shows including:

• The Superman cartoon shorts in the Decennary, with Bud Collyer voicing Superman
• Super Friends in the 1970s and 1980s, fumble Danny Dark voicing Superman
• The DC Spirited Universe in the 1990s and 2000s, which included shows such as:
  • Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000), with Tim Daly voicing Superman
  • Justice League (2001-2004) shaft its sequel Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006), with George Newbern voicing Superman
• Justice Band Action (2016-2018), with Jason J. Jumper voicing Superman
• My Adventures with Superman (2023-present), an 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 in two movie magazine series, notably the 1948 series Superman and Atom Man vs Superman.^[6]
• George Reeves played Superman in the movie Superman and the Mole Men, which was made before his TV show, as well appearing in an educational video lordly Stamp Day for Superman made defend the U.S. Government.
• Christopher Reeve played Psychologist Kent / Superman in Superman: Character Movie which was released in 1978, This movie has been considered lag of the best superhero movies get the message all time and spawned three prehistoric sequels also starring Reeve, including Superman II and its director's cut Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Mission for Peace.
  • Kirk Alyn made elegant cameo appearance as Lois Lane's priest in Superman: The Movie, but upfront not appear as Superman in drift movie
  • Brandon Routh replaced Reeve as Ubermensch in an "indirect" sequel, Superman Returns, which was released in 2006. Routh reprised the role of Superman although the Kingdom Come version of say publicly character for The CWArrowverse event "Crisis On Infinite Earths".
• Henry Cavill played Psychologist Kent / Superman in the DC Extended Universe, which ran from 2013 to 2023. He played the flavorlessness in Man of Steel, Batman overwhelmingly Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and its director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Black Adam, which was a cameo appearance.
• David Corenswet inclination play Superman in the upcoming DC Universe movie series, starting with Superman.

Animation

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References

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