![]() As Clark Kent, he is a journalist for the Daily Planet, a Metropolis newspaper. ![]() Superman resides and operates in the fictional American city of Metropolis. Very early on he started to display various superhuman abilities, which, upon reaching maturity, he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity through a secret "Superman" identity. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the alien planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. ![]() With this success, Superman helped to create the superhero archetype and establish its primacy within the American comic book. Superman debuted in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, newspaper strips, television programs, films, and video games. They sold Superman to Detective Comics, the future DC Comics, in 1938. ![]() ![]() The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933. Superman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superhuman intelligence, super strength, flight, invulnerability, super speed, X-ray and heat vision Source ![]()
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