


CharacterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). €™s Code Name: Superman
Real Name: Clark Joseph Kent on Earth. Kal-El on KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.
Alias(es): The Man of Steel, The Man of Tomorrow, The Son of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman., Supes,
Identity: Secret
Species: KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman..
Appearance: Caucasian Humanoid
Gender: Male
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 240 lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Unusual Distinctive Traits: None
Birthplace: KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.
Citizenship: United States of America
Occupation: Journalist
Wealth Level: Upper-Middle Class
Popularity Level: Extremely Popular
Area of Typical Operations: MetropolisThe base of operations of Superman., USA
Time/Era of Typical Operations: Present Day Earth
Planet/Specific Earth: Earth
Known Relatives & Their Statuses: Jor-El (natural father, deceased); Lar-A (natural mother, deceased); Jonathan Kent (adoptive father); Martha Kent (adoptive mother); Kara Zor-El (cousin)
Marital Status: Single
Current Romantic Relationship(s): Lois Lane
Past Romantic Relationship(s): Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris
Religious Affiliation: Worships KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. God RaoA deity of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman... Also potentially has Christian leanings given his Midwestern upbringing.
First Appearance: Action Comics #1
Date: June 1938
Creator(s): Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster


Head/Face/Mask: None
Arms/Chest: A long sleeved royal blue shirt, emblazoned with the cardinal red and canary yellow “S” shield in the middle of the shirt.
Emblem/Symbol: A diamond design with a stylized “S” in the middle of it.
Hands/Gloves: None
Waist/Belt: A golden belt with a simple buckle.
Pants: Royal blue tights with red briefs
Footwear: Red boots with a “M” tip at mid calf.
Cape: Red Cape with a fully golden/yellow stylized S emblem on the back on the outside of the cape.
Other:

Dexterity: Extreme Metahuman
Strength: Extreme Metahuman
Stamina: Extreme Metahuman
Intelligence: Enhanced Metahuman
Wisdom: Normal
Charisma: Normal
Battle Role in a Group: Tank
Alignment: Lawful Good
MotivationThe driving urge behind a character to act as they do. Typically this is tied with the character €™s origin.: Upholding the Good

PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)
FlightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling. – Superman can break free of gravity and travel unimpeded through the air.
ImmunityA character can have a broad based immunity to all sorts of toxins, viruses, or poisons; adverse climate changes, etc.., or they could only have immunity to one of these. to Adverse Temperature – Superman has no problem operating in areas where the temperature would cause a normal person considerable problems.
ImmunityA character can have a broad based immunity to all sorts of toxins, viruses, or poisons; adverse climate changes, etc.., or they could only have immunity to one of these. to Disease – Superman’s super immune system fights off most, if not all, Earth based viruses and bacteria.
ImmunityA character can have a broad based immunity to all sorts of toxins, viruses, or poisons; adverse climate changes, etc.., or they could only have immunity to one of these. to Toxins – Superman can withstand poison and toxic attacks with ease.
InvulnerabilityA character possessing this power is typically impervious to harm from normal means or even extraordinary means unless they possess a weakness of some sort such as Superman to Kryptonite or Magic. – Superman is extremely durable and hard to damage physically.
Safe in SpaceThis ability allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to survive the rigors of a vacuum without help from any equipmentAny items that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). would use that does not have an intentional use as a weapon. (Example: The Flash €™s Costume Ring holds his costume so that he can change super fast is a unique piece of equipment.). – Superman can travel through the vacuum of outer space with no ill effects.
Super BreathThe ability to exhale a great deal of air to effect enemies or other items effected by rushing air such as fires. – Superman can exude a powerful blast of air from his lungs.
Super HearingThe ability to hear sounds from a great distance. – Superman has the ability to hear sounds from a great distance and pinpoint where those sounds are located.
Super IntelligenceA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). who has a quick thinking brain and is considered learned on a myriad of difficult to comprehend subjects. – Superman is keenly smart and due to KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. science has a basic knowledge of most Earth sciences and some sciences not on Earth yet.
Super SpeedA power which allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to move faster than a normal human can. Increased reflexes and speed make the characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). difficult to hit. – Superman is insanely fast.
Super Stamina - Superman rarely tires out in a normal battle scenario.
Super StrengthA power which allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to lift/carry more weight than a normal human could. This power comes in handy for physical assaults. – Superman is almost incalculably strong.
Super VentriloquismThe ability to throw your voice convincingly over a certain distance. Handy for confusing a foe or those trying to figure out your secret identityA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). that keeps who they really are under wraps so that only a few people know who they actually are. (Not even Lois Lane suspects that mild mannered reporter Clark Kent is really Superman in disguise.). – Superman can throw his voice over distances. Presumably he learned to do this to help with the cultivation of his secret identityA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). that keeps who they really are under wraps so that only a few people know who they actually are. (Not even Lois Lane suspects that mild mannered reporter Clark Kent is really Superman in disguise.).
Vision PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) – Superman possesses four distinct vision powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.).
- Heat VisionA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). with this power can exude heat waves that typically appear as laser beams out of their eyes for various effects. – Superman can send heat beams out of his eyes gentle enough to warm someone or cook food or laser like as a particularly brutal attack or to melt objects.
- Microscopic VisionThis power allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to examine an object down to the microscopic level and even beyond given their abilities, such as when objects are looked at via a microscope. – Superman can use his vision to see things at a microscopic level.
- Telescopic VisionThe power to see thing from far away outside normal human vision. Such as when someone uses a telescope. – Superman can see far into the distance for detecting incoming objects or to witness trouble.
- X-Ray VisionThis ability allows a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). to see through solid matter to whatever is on the other side. Typically this power is blocked by lead. – Superman can use his vision to see through objects providing those objects are not shielded by lead.
VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.
For all of his powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.), Superman is not completely vulnerable. Superman has a few major vulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness..
Fellow Kryptonians – Of course, when faced with other survivors of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman., Superman is battling basically a doppelganger and that doppelganger has the same abilities.
KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians. – Superman suffers various effects depending upon his range to and the color of a chunk of his home planet. There are many types but the most common are below.
- Gold KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians.This rare variation of KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians. permanently removes a KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. €™s power. – Takes away the powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) of a KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman...
- Green KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians.This variation of KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians. is the most common form and causes instant radiation poisoning in Kryptonians in the immediate vicinity. – Takes away his powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) and begins to kill him fairly immediately. This is the most common form of KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians..
- Red KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians.This variation of KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians. affects a KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. in random ways usually resulting in major change in the KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. either manifesting physically or through their personality. – Causes a mutation in Superman’s physiology, mental state, or combination of both for a certain length of time. Typically 24 or 48 hours, but this has changed over time.
MagicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. – Superman is inordinately not so super when confronted with magical beings.
Mental Control – Superman can be controlled via strong telepathic powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.).
SkillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.)
Acrobatics – None
Animals – Superman was raised as a farmer and most likely has some understanding of basic animal behavior.
Artist - Superman in his alter ego of Clark Kent is a writer.
Charisma - While many look up to, revere, and even worship Superman, Superman is not very accepting of this adulation. He frequently will place himself in with the rest of the metahuman community as just “pulling his weight” and has proven a very reluctant leader at times.
Connections – Superman has high security clearance with the U.S. Government. Clark Kent’s Press Pass allows him into most places with varying degrees of success. Superman has universal access to The Daily Planet and the Metahuman community.
Detective - None
Education – College educated and also received private tutoring via history tapes of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman..
Gadgetry - None
Martial Artist – None
Medicine - None
Military Science - None
OccultistA character who dabbles in occult artifacts or the occult in general. Usually most magical characters are automatically occultists by default, however this term typically is applied to characters who do not typically exhibit powers like fortune tellers. - None
Scholar - None
Scientist - None
Survival - None
Thief - None
Vehicles - Normal, plus Tractor.
Weaponry - None

Allies -
Supergirl - KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. cousin.
Justice League of AmericaOne of the flagship titles of the DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. line featuring their most marketable characters. - HeroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) Group Affiliation
Legion of Super-HeroesA group of intergalactic teenagers that have bonded together to defend the 30th century universe from evil. They recruited Superboy in their earliest adventures. - HeroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) Group Affiliation
HeadquartersThe location of where a single costumed character or a team of costumed characters meet, plan courses or actions, or even live. The JLAAn abbreviation of Justice League of America Satellite, the Batcave, and the Fortress of Solitude are all examples of Headquarters. -
Fortress of SolitudeSuperman €™s hideaway, typically in the Arctic Circle.
Pets -
Krypto the Super Dog. Additionally Superman keeps a zoo at his Fortress of SolitudeSuperman €™s hideaway, typically in the Arctic Circle. of creatures he rescued who no longer have a home.
Vehicles – None
Weaponry -
JLAAn abbreviation of Justice League of America Signal Device – Every member of the Justice League carries this device which serves as a two way communicator.
Legion FlightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling. RingUsed by members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, these rings allow all their members to fly, communicate with each other, and serve as symbols of their organization. – Being a Legionnaire when he was Superboy, Clark still possesses a Legion FlightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling. RingUsed by members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, these rings allow all their members to fly, communicate with each other, and serve as symbols of their organization.. The ring allows for non-powered flightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling. based upon will power.
Phantom ZoneThe zone that criminals of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. found themselves trapped in an insubstantial form until their sentence was completed. Ray Gun - This gun teleports those caught in its beams to the Phantom ZoneThe zone that criminals of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. found themselves trapped in an insubstantial form until their sentence was completed. dimension which keeps them alive but unable to harm other beings.
Superman Robots - Superman frequently employed robotic duplicates to help divert from his true identity and to patrol if he would be away for an extended time.
Other
Bottled City of Kandor – Superman keeps this shrunken KryptonianA character whose original home world is KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. city of Kandor in a bottle in his Fortress of SolitudeSuperman €™s hideaway, typically in the Arctic Circle.. Inside the city Kandorians are just as powerful as Superman just at an average of six inches high.

On the distant planet of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. in a Red Star system, Jor-El and Lar-A met and mated. Of that union, was born Kal-El. Some short time after Jor-El, being one of the Science guild, sometimes viewed as the head of the Science guild, theorized that the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. was going to explode under pressure from it’s intensely radioactive core. Jor-El pleaded with the powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) that be that they must evacuate KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. immediately.
The main ruling body of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. rejected Jor-El’s findings as radically ridiculous and forbid him to mention his findings to prevent a panic. Jor-El dejected returned home to Lar-A and began his plan to build a prototype of a ship that would save his familyMeant to denote a group of characters that are all interrelated or share the same origins, methodology, or powers. (Example: All Members of the Green Lantern Corps belong to €œthe Lantern family €) from the fate of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman..
Once Jor-El finishes his working prototype, the planet of KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. begins its death throes with earthquakes. Realizing there is no more time to work on a ship for him and his wife, Jor-El programs the prototype to take Kal-El to the planet Earth where Jor-El’s calculations have shown that Kal-El will possess amazing abilities with Earth’s lesser gravity and its Yellow Sun, Sol.
The rocketship takes off from KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. as Jor-El and Lar-A hold each other and in their last moments of life the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. explodes sending fragments everywhere throughout the cosmos. Kal-El’s rocketship travels from KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. to Earth unimpeded.
It is a normal November day, the harvest is done and Jonathan and Martha Kent of Smallville, Kansas are returning home from town to their familyMeant to denote a group of characters that are all interrelated or share the same origins, methodology, or powers. (Example: All Members of the Green Lantern Corps belong to €œthe Lantern family €) farm with their supplies for the long winter months ahead as the spaceship from KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman. crash lands off the road in a corn field. Jonathan and Martha stop their pick-up truck and investigate and find the infant wrapped in clothing bearing the El familyMeant to denote a group of characters that are all interrelated or share the same origins, methodology, or powers. (Example: All Members of the Green Lantern Corps belong to €œthe Lantern family €) symbol, an S in a diamond shape.

Fate played a hand as well as the biggest blizzard of the century began to bear down on the farm. Jonathan managed to get the spacecraft hidden in the barn just as the snow became a white out and as he went inside the Kents welcomed their new child as their own since they had been unable to conceive naturally. They named the child Clark Joseph Kent and when the snows finally abated in April, no one in town doubted that Martha had been expecting and delivered early on the farm in the small rural community.
Raised in the Midwest by salt of the Earth people with strong American values, Clark was indistinguishable from any other child in Smallville, except after a while he began to exhibit some interesting traits. He never got sick for instance and seemed extraordinarily strong for his age. One day Clark was playing football with a bunch of boys and when he grabbed one by the shoulder Clark broke his arm. It became apparent that Jonathan and Martha could no longer keep Clark’s originA story that tells the beginnings of a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). or team. a secret and they told him the story of how they found him.
Together they concocted a plan, a secret identityA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). that keeps who they really are under wraps so that only a few people know who they actually are. (Not even Lois Lane suspects that mild mannered reporter Clark Kent is really Superman in disguise.) for Clark, more to keep everyone else safe until Clark could control his strength fully. Clark would become a bookworm, a klutz, a withdrawn teen to shield others from the possibility that his abilities hurt another. This act stuck and Clark found himself socially ostracized in the small town.
As Clark matured he discovered his other powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) and eventually he began to wear a costume and took to calling himself Superboy. Superboy being so brave and powerful couldn’t possibly be timid, meek, glasses wearing Clark Kent. Superboy began to have a great number of adventures in Smallville which enabled him to do some good even though Clark himself was a wall flower.
Clark had two close child hood friends. Pete Ross was Clark’s best friend in Smallville. When they went on a camping trip there came a great storm and Clark changed to Superboy thinking everyone was asleep but Pete saw Clark in a flash of lightning and became aware of Clark’s identity. This is a secret that Pete would hold onto for a very long time. Then there was Clark’s main love interest in Smallville, Lana Lang. Lana was convinced that Clark and Superboy was the same person, but just could never prove it. Lana herself would go on and have some wacky adventures as The Insect Queen.
Clark’s third friend would prove to be his worst enemy. Lex Luthor. Luthor lived in Smallville and wanted to be the best scientist in the world. He wanted to be able to develop a serum to cure Superboy of KryptoniteAn crystal that was formed in the explosion of the planet KryptonThe home world of Kryptonians, like Superman.. Kryptonite comes in different colors and each have a different effect on Kryptonians. poisoning. Lex perfected the formula, but his lab caught on fire.. Superboy spotted the fire and used his superbreath to put the fire out, however this also blew the chemical fumes back at Lex. Lex lost all of his bright orange hair and became permanently bald. Enraged at being a bald 15 year old Lex Luthor swore vengeance on the Boy of Steel.
Superboy learned how to become a super-heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) when he was recruited to the future by The Legion of Super-HeroesA group of intergalactic teenagers that have bonded together to defend the 30th century universe from evil. They recruited Superboy in their earliest adventures.. When confronted by the three future teens from the 30th Century, Superboy went into the future to see the impact his life would have on the universe. He saw his destiny. Superman. Saturn Girl used her telepathic abilities to make sure that Superboy would not become overwhelmed by his future and in a true chicken and egg metaphor, the Legion taught Superboy how to be a heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) using the example of Superman from their past.
Clark eventually will graduate from Smallville High and head off from the farm for the big city of MetropolisThe base of operations of Superman..
Once there, Clark would join the team of The Daily Planet and become a crack reporter using his super power abilities to assist in scooping his fellow investigative reporter Lois Lane, who would become the love of his life.
Along with their boss, newspaper editor Perry White and the eager cub photographer Jimmy Olsen, it seems as if Clark is set for a long life of excitement in the city.