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Superman | |
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Superman in "The Baffles Puzzle." | |
Species | Kryptonian |
Gender | Male |
Member of | Super Friends |
Affiliation | Daily Planet Mystery Incorporated |
Occupation | Superhero Reporter |
Father | Jor-El Adoptive father, Jonathan Kent |
Mother | Lara Adoptive mother, Martha Kent |
Cousin(s) | One, Supergirl |
Marital status | Husband to Lois Lane in Super Sons/Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon Special |
Children | One son, Jon Kent, in Super Sons/Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon Special |
First appearance | SF: "The Power Pirate" (1973) |
Played by | Danny Dark |
Superman as Clark. | |
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians |
Superman is a Kryptonian superhero and one of the main characters of the Super Friends franchise. He is voiced by Danny Dark. Having been born on the planet Krypton, he was named Kal-El, but was quickly sent to Earth before it exploded, where he was found by two elderly humans who named him Clark Kent. He grew up to live a double life as the protector of the city of Metropolis and a reporter for the Daily Planet.
Character description
Powers
- Kryptonian physiology: While Superman may look human, his alien makeup differs significantly from that of any Earthling, allowing him to use all of his abilities.
- Solar radiation absorption: Superman's physiology is absorbed by the solar radiation of Earth's yellow sun, and as such, gains the ability to use his powers.
- Superhuman strength: Superman possesses a vast amount of strength compared to most people. How much of that power is used varies by how he is portrayed on-screen.
- Invulnerability: Bullets or any physical actions with brute force have no effect on Superman, as he is nigh-invulnerable to them. This also extends to his protection against toxins and diseases.
- Superhuman stamina: Superman is able to maintain strenuous physical action for a long period of time. Despite this, it is limited by physiological and psychological needs such as eating, drinking, and sleeping.
- Superhuman speed: Superman's reflexes can move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid-flight, as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
- Flight: Superman is capable of defying gravity by flying through the atmosphere and beyond.
- Heightened senses: Superman has heightened senses such as smelling, hearing, and sight. They are sensitive enough to pick at rates much higher than an average human.
- Enhanced vision: Sometimes called "Superhuman Vision", or "Super Vision", Superman processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
- Heat vision: Superman can fire beams of intense heat simply by looking at a target.
- X-Ray vision: Superman can see through virtually any object, with the exception of lead, or anything made out of that material.
- Telescopic vision: This ability grants Superman access to look at things at a greater distance.
- Microscopic vision: Superman can see objects at the microscopic level, right down to at an atomic level.
- Infrared Vision: Superman can see with better acuity in darkness, and to a degree in total darkness.
- Super Breath: Superman's lungs are incredibly powerful, and can expel vastly strong winds by exhaling air. He can also chill the air as it leaves his lungs to freeze targets.
- Superhuman Vocals: With precise muscle control, Superman can amplify his own voice as if speaking through a microphone.
Weaknesses
- Kryptonite: Although Superman is invulnerable to nearly everything, Kryptonite is the one substance that can weaken him.
- Magic: Various forms of magic can negatively affect Superman. Since it is as powerful or more powerful than he is, it can also hurt him.
- Red solar energy: If Superman were to travel anywhere with a red sun, he will lose his powers, and therefore will just be as venerable as a regular human.
- Lead: Even Superman's x-ray vision is incapable of allowing him to see through this metal.
Appearances
TV series
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- 1.8 "Foul Play in Funland" (mentioned)
- Super Friends
- 1.1 "The Power Pirate"
- 1.2 "The Baffles Puzzle"
- 1.3 "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C."
- 1.4 "The Weather Maker"
- 1.5 "Dr. Pelagian's War"
- 1.6 "The Shamon 'U"
- 1.7 "Too Hot Too Handle"
- 1.8 "The Androids"
- 1.9 "The Balloon People"
- 1.10 "The Fantastic Frerps"
- 1.11 "The Ultra Beam"
- 1.12 "The Menace of the White Dwarf"
- 1.13 "The Mysterious Moles"
- 1.14 "Gullivar's Gigantic Goof"
- 1.15 "The Planet Spitter"
- 1.16 "The Watermen"
- The All-New Super Friends Hour
- Challenge of the Superfriends
- The World's Greatest Superfriends
- Superfriends
- Mork & Mindy
- 1.2 "The Greatest Shmo on Earth" (mentioned)
- Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
- The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
- Teen Wolf
- 1.7 "Wolf Pride" (mentioned)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- 2.3 "The Devlin Made Me Do It" (mentioned)
Specials
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (mentioned)
Comics
- The Super Friends
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC Comics)
- #11A "Project Rainbow and the Poughkeepsie Experiment" (poster)
- Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
- #6 "A Super Friend in Need"
- #9 "Truth, Justice, and Scooby Snacks"
- #24 "Out of This World" (poster)
- #37 "Nasty Tricks" (photograph)
- #48 "Going Rogue" (photograph)
- Scooby Apocalypse
- #30B "A League of His Own"
- #33B "When Atoms Collide"
- #34B "Supermant!"
- #35B "In the Belfry" (mentioned)
- #36B "Awards Season"
- Superman/Top Cat Special
- #1A "...The Kalien Among Us"
Video games
Biography
Past life
Superman was originally Kal-El, the son of Jor-El from the planet Krypton. Jor-El warned his fellow scientists that Krypton will explode in its final moment. Although his calculations were scoffed at by the elites around him, he used that knowledge to build a rocket ship for his newly-born son. He and his wife Lara sent their son's ship to Earth, where it managed to escape from the dying planet.[1][2] When the ship landed on an empty field, the infant Kal-El was taken by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Discovering that the baby was unhurt, the kindly couple hid his ship and took him to a orphanage, where he was soon adopted as Clark Kent.[2]
Now part of the Kent family, Clark was raised in the idyllic town of Smallville, where he slowly became aware of his abilities and heritage growing up. When he was a teen, he created the superhero mantle of Superboy, which would later transition into Superman by the time he reached his adulthood. He briefly became a friend to a young Lex Luthor, who had once admired him and at one point wanted to create an antidote to Superboy's Kryptonite weakness. After a minor accident caused Luthor to lose his hair, he vowed revenge on Superboy and became his arch-nemesis.[3]
Later into adulthood, Clark left his hometown to pursue a career in Metropolis City. He was then hired as a reporter at the Daily Planet by editor and chief, Perry White. While working there, he had also met up with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen; both of whom became his closest allies. When not as the mild-mannered reporter, Clark uses his Superman identity to help out Metropolis' citizens — and the entire world — in the name of truth and justice.
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Superman/Gallery
Behind the scenes
- Superman is a DC Comics character created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. He debuted in Action Comics #1 (published in the year 1938).
- Scooby becomes a parody of Superman in the TV special Scooby Goes Hollywood.
- George Jetson becomes a parody of Superman in The Jetsons episode "SuperGeorge."
- A young version of Superman would've appeared in Hanna-Barbera's proposed prequel series Junior Superfriends.
- In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Mindless" and the Harvey Birdman: Attorney General special, Mentok is given Superman's background.
- DC Comics forbade Warner Bros. Animation from using Superman in Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? due to not wanting their superpowered heroes in the series, only to allow the Flash.
In popular culture
- Main article: Family Guy
References
- ^ Super Friends: "The Planet Splitter", episode 15 (1973).
- ^ a b Challenge of the Superfriends: "Secret Origins of the Super Friends", episode 8b (1973).
- ^ Challenge of the Superfriends: "History of Doom", episode 16a (1973).