Superman
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Superman is a famous comic book character. He is perhaps the first modern superhero character. He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932, while the two were still in high school. He first appeared in Action Comics issue #1, which was printed in 1938. Later, he appeared in movies, TV shows, cartoons, commercials, and radio shows. He is one of the most popular superheroes ever, and the mascot of DC Comics.
Superman is really from a planet called Krypton, and his name was Kal-El. His father, Jor-El, found out that their planet was going to explode. Jor-El sent his baby son to Earth in a spacecraft to save him. Kal-El was found and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They named him Clark Kent and raised him as their own son in a town called Smallville, Kansas in the United States. There is a TV show called Smallville based on this time.
As he grows up, Clark finds out that he has special powers. He is indestructible (he can't be hurt). He is strong enough to lift anything. He can fly. He can run and move faster than a bullet. He has X-ray vision (he can see through walls), and heat vision (he can shoot heat from his eyes). He can freeze things with his cold breath. He decides to use his special powers to fight crime and save people in danger. He wears a blue and red costume and cape to keep his alter ego (his real name) a secret. He saves the entire world many times.
He moves to a city called Metropolis, and becomes a reporter for the Daily Planet, a newspaper. He falls in love with another reporter, Lois Lane.
His only weakness is a radioactive rock from his home planet, called "kryptonite." It makes him sick and weak. His enemies use it to hurt him. Blue Kryptonite gets rid of his powers, green slowly kills him, and red makes hhim feel good and gets rid of his humanity.balck makes him split personalitys so he is two people with a good and his bad.silver makes him paronoid, and that everyone is out to get him. His worst enemy is a bald, evil genius named Alexzander Luthor.
