Superman

ℹ️️**Notice**This is a crossover character. Not canon

**Superman** is the most powerful being on Earth, an alien refugee named **Kal-El** from the planet Krypton who was raised in Smallville, Kansas, to become an American superhero. Raised with high moral ideals, he uses his incredible strength, speed, flight and various other superpowers to fight evil and to protect the innocent. In his civilian identity he is **Clark Kent**, a mild-mannered reporter working for the Daily Planet in Metropolis. He is a founding member of the Justice League of America and a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th Century. He is the father of Conner Kent and Jonathan Samuel Kent

## Superman

### Real name

Kal-El (Birth name)Clark Joseph Kent (Legal name)

### Relatives

Lois Lane Kent (Wife)Conner Kent (oldest son)Jonathan Samuel Kent (youngest son)Jor-El (Father)Lara (mother)Jonathan Kent (adoptive father)Martha Kent (adoptive mother)

### Affiliation

Superman FamilyJustice LeagueDaily Planet

## Background

When the planet Krypton was on the brink of destruction, married scientists Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van built a rocket they could use to save their unborn son Kal-El in his gestation chamber. Jor-El administered a serum that would prevent Kal from dying due to the biological link with Krypton that all Kryptonians had to an artifact called the Eradicator. Jor-El planned to send his son to a distant planet orbiting a yellow sun he had been studying for some time. Just before Krypton finally came to an end, his parents sent him to the planet - Earth.

Upon landing, the child was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. The kindly couple decided they would adopt and raise him, naming him Clark Kent. Apparently, a normal child at first,  Clark's abilities increased steadily as he grew up, with super-strength and invulnerability manifesting at an early age and the power of flight developing during high school. When he was 18 years old, his adopted parents revealed the rocket and his foreign heritage to their son, leading Clark to the decision that he would become a hero in secret and use his powers to protect innocents.

He operated this way for seven years until he was forced to save a spaceplane in front of crowds of people, meeting reporter Lois Lane for the first time at age 25. He was attracted to her the moment they met and felt like a spark had developed between them, before a mob of inquisitive people descended on him. Deciding that it was time for him to become a public figure, Clark and his father designed a symbol for him to wear while Martha created a costume. In his secret identity, he would drastically change his physical appearance and mannerisms while wearing spectacles so that nobody would suspect he led a double civilian life. He was dubbed Superman by Lois Lane.

During his first costumed adventures in Metropolis, he simultaneously pursued his education at Metropolis University and put himself through school by working at Balducci's restaurant for two years, where he had a brief affair with an older woman named Ruby Carson He later began his new career as a reporter for the Daily Planet working for chief-editor Perry White, alongside Lois and cub reporter Jimmy Olsen. There, Clark would score the illustrious first documented interview with Superman, which Lois was forever be envious of.

The media coverage would eventually attract the attention of corrupt business mogul Lex Luthor, who tested Superman and tried to get him on the villain's payroll to no avail. Repeated attempts to murder Superman eventually led to LexCorp developing an imperfect clone of the Kryptonian named Bizarro.

Returning to Smallville after many years, Superman encountered another Kryptonian rocket, this time with a message from his birth parents that taught him the entire history of Krypton. Superman considered his dual heritage and decided that no matter where he's from, his life on Earth had made him a human and an American.