# Superman (disambiguation)

Superman (also known as Clark Kent and Kal-El) is a DC comic book superhero.
Superman may also refer to:

## The Superman franchise

* Superman (franchise), a media franchise based on the comic book character

### Comic books and strips

* Superman (comic book), 1939–present
** Superman vol. 2, 1987–2006
** Superman (Volume 3), 2011–2016
* Superman (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip, 1939–1966

### Fictional characters

* Superman (1978 film series character)
* Superman (DC Extended Universe)
* Superman (Earth-One), the Silver Age incarnation of Superman
* Superman (Earth-Two), an alternate version of the fictional superhero
* Superman (Kal Kent), the Superman of the 853rd century
* Superman (Kingdom Come), an alternate version of Superman
* Superman (Hernan Guerra), an alternate version of Chris Kent
* Clark Kent (Superman & Lois)
* Superman (Jon Kent), the son and successor of Clark Kent

### Film

* Superman (1940s animated film series)
** Superman (1941 film), the first film in the 1940s animated series
* Superman (serial), a 1948 film serial
* Superman (1978 film), also called Superman: The Movie, starring Christopher Reeve
* Superman (1980 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
* Superman (1987 film), an Indian Hindi-language film
* Superman (1997 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
* Superman (2025 film), first film in the DC Universe franchise

### Television

* Adventures of Superman (TV series), 1952-1958
* Superman (TV series), 1988
* Superman: The Animated Series, 1996–2000

### Gaming

* Superman (1979 video game), for the Atari 2600
* Superman (1987 video game), for the NES
* Superman (1988 video game), an arcade game
* Superman (1992 video game), for the Mega Drive/Genesis
* Superman 64, or Superman: The New Superman Adventures, 1999, for the Nintendo 64

## Other fictional characters

* Bill the superman, a character in the short story ‘’The Manhood of Edward Robinson’’ by Agatha Christie, 1924
* Bill Dunn or the Superman, a character from The Reign of the Superman by Jerry Siegel, 1933
* Superman (Psychomech), a fictional race in the novel Psychomech

## Music
### Albums

* Superman (Arash album), 2014
* Superman (Gary Chaw album), 2006
* Superman (Barbra Streisand album), 1977
* Superman, an album by Machi, 2005
* Superman: The Best of the RCA Years, a 1979 album by Alison MacCallum

### Songs

* "Superman" (Black Lace song), 1981
* "Superman" (Donna Fargo song), 1972
* "Superman" (Eminem song), 2003
* "Superman" (Keith Urban song), 2020
* "Superman" (Lazlo Bane song), 2000, the original opening theme of Scrubs
* "Superman" (Pepe Luis Soto song), released by Celi Bee and the Buzzy Bunch, 1977
* "Superman" (Stereophonics song), 2005
* "Superman" (The Clique song), 1969, covered by R.E.M. in 1986
* "Superman", a song by Crystal Kay from the 2012 album Vivid
* "Superman", a song by Gabriella Cilmi from the 2010 album Ten
* "Superman", a song by the Game from the 2008 album LAX
* "Superman", a song by Goldfinger from the 1997 album Hang-Ups, notable for its usage in the Tony Hawk's video game series
* "Superman", a song by Rachel Platten from the 2016 album Wildfire
* "Superman", a song by Skee-Lo from the 1995 album I Wish
* "Superman", a song by Taylor Swift from the 2010 album Speak Now
* "Superman", a song by Unwritten Law from the 1996 album Oz Factor
* "Superman (It's Not Easy)", a song by Five for Fighting, 2001
* "Superman (Meets The Man Of Steel)", a song by Chalk Circle from the 1996 album The Great Lake
* "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", by the Kinks, 1979
* "O Superman", a 1981 song by Laurie Anderson
* "Superman's Song", a 1991 song by the Crash Test Dummies

## People with the nickname Superman

* Supaman, an Apsáalooke rapper and fancy war dancer
* Gianluigi Buffon (born 1978), Italian football player
* John Cena (born 1977), WWE professional wrestler
* Sam Fuld (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and General Manager
* Dennis Hallman (born 1975), American MMA fighter
* Dwight Howard (born 1985), American National Basketball Association player
* Miguel Ángel López (born 1994), Colombian cyclist
* Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
* Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), American retired National Basketball Association player
* Art Pennington (1923–2017), American retired Negro league baseball player
* Armen Petrosyan (born 1990), Russian-Armenian MMA fighter
* Sean Rosenthal (born 1980), American beach volleyball player

## Roller coasters

* Superman: Escape from Krypton, at Six Flags Magic Mountain
* Superman – Ride of Steel, at Six Flags America
* Superman: Ultimate Flight, at various Six Flags parks
** Superman: Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)

## Sport and racing

* Superman, a type of cycling stunt
** The superman as used by Mat Rempits
* The superman, a cycling position created by Graeme Obree

## Other uses

* Superman (gene), a plant gene in Arabidopsis thaliana
* Superman (ice cream flavor)
* Übermensch, sometimes translated as Superman, a concept of Nietzsche
* Superman: The Life of Frederick the Great, a 1931 book by Nathan Ausubel