"[227], Jules Feiffer has argued that Superman's real innovation lay in the creation of the Clark Kent persona, noting that what "made Superman extraordinary was his point of origin: Clark Kent." How does Lois Lane first find out that Superman can see through walls/objects? In 1936, he formed a joint corporation with Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz called Detective Comics, Inc. in order to release his third magazine, which was titled Detective Comics. "[206] Superman's image was also used in an AIDS awareness campaign by French organization AIDES. They wanted to become syndicated newspaper strip authors, so they showed their ideas to various newspaper editors. Title: [125] Jack Liebowitz established Superman, Inc. in October 1939 to develop the franchise beyond the comic books. The production cost up to $325,000[112] (equivalent to $3,458,000 in 2019). Siegel and Shuster upheld this bargain. [49] In early March they signed a contract (at Liebowitz's request) in which they gave away the copyright for Superman to Detective Comics, Inc. Siegel wrote amateur science fiction stories, which he self-published as a magazine called Science Fiction: The Advance Guard of Future Civilization. Jwelch5742. [5][6] Siegel modified Superman's powers to make him even more sensational: Like Bill Dunn, the second prototype of Superman is given powers against his will by an unscrupulous scientist, but instead of psychic abilities, he acquires superhuman strength and bullet-proof skin. Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator, Superman vs. They chose to keep marketing Superman to newspaper syndicates themselves. [203] In the United States, Saturday Night Live has often parodied the figure, with Margot Kidder reprising her role as Lois Lane in a 1979 episode. [53][54] Another influence was Philip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator, featuring a protagonist named Hugo Danner who had similar powers. [134] Between 1938 and 1947, DC Comics paid them together over $400,000 (equivalent to $6,140,000 in 2019). This was normal practice in the comic magazine industry and they had done the same with their previous published works (Slam Bradley, Doctor Occult, etc. Here are Reviews, Synopsis and Critiques of every incarnation of the Superman family of motion pictures. The model sheets for Superman (1988) were drawn by legendary comics artist Gil Kane and most of the episodes were written by comics writer Marv Wolfman. Superman SUPERM Profile: SUPERM Facts, SUPERM Ideal Type SUPERM is a 7-member super group under SM Entertainment (Korea) Capital Records (USA). After months of screen testing and such, a Superman was found and cast-that of a young New York native Christopher Reeve, who fit the bill and filled the role well. [209] Other tracks to reference the character include Genesis' "Land of Confusion",[210] the video to which featured a Spitting Image puppet of Ronald Reagan dressed as Superman,[211] "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" by The Kinks on their 1979 album Low Budget and "Superman" by The Clique, a track later covered by R.E.M. Elements such as Bizarro, Supergirl, the Phantom Zone, the Fortress of Solitude, alternate varieties of kryptonite, robot doppelgangers, and Krypto were introduced during this era. Superman's first and most famous supporting character is Lois Lane, introduced in Action Comics #1. He uses these powers maliciously for profit and amusement, but then the drug wears off, leaving him a powerless vagrant again. So when she falls asleep you masturbate and cum on her back. "[237] David Rooney, a theater critic for The New York Times, in his evaluation of the play, Year Zero, considers Superman to be the "quintessential immigrant story ... (b)orn on an alien planet, he grows stronger on Earth, but maintains a secret identity tied to a homeland that continues to exert a powerful hold on him even as his every contact with those origins does him harm. Siegel was furious because DC Comics did this without having bought the character. Consolidated Book Publishers was also known as Humor Publishing. Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. Superman's face was based on Johnny Weissmuller with touches derived from the comic-strip character Dick Tracy and from the work of cartoonist Roy Crane. The first live-action adaptation of Superman was a movie serial released in 1948, targeted at children. Superman has appeared in a series of direct-to-video animated movies produced by Warner Bros. Clarke viewed the comics characters as having to continuously update in order to maintain relevance and thus representing the mood of the nation. Fawcett paid DC Comics $400,000 (equivalent to $3,822,388 in 2019) and agreed to stop publishing Captain Marvel. [132], In a contract dated 1 March 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster gave away the copyright to Superman to their employer, DC Comics (then known as Detective Comics, Inc.[b]) prior to Superman's first publication in April. The titular character is a vagrant named Bill Dunn who is tricked by an evil scientist into consuming an experimental drug. [241], All that said, historians such as Martin Lund and Les Daniels argue that the evidence for Judaic influence is circumstantial. Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth. In Action Comics #241, the Fortress of Solitude is a cave in a mountain, sealed with a very heavy door that is opened with a gigantic key too heavy for anyone but Superman to use. [96] Weisinger favored lighthearted stories over serious drama, and avoided sensitive subjects such as the Vietnam War and the American civil rights movement because he feared his right-wing views would alienate his left-leaning writers and readers. [144] Supporting characters such as Jimmy Olsen and Supergirl will also lapse into the public domain later, as these characters did not appear in the earliest Superman publications. [47][48] Siegel and Shuster submitted their work in late February and were paid $130 (equivalent to $2,361 in 2019) for their work ($10 per page). Superman usually stores his Clark Kent clothing compressed in a secret pouch within his cape,[155] though some stories have shown him leaving his clothes in some covert location (such as the Daily Planet storeroom[156]) for later retrieval. Az első nagy sikerű Superman-filmet hasonlóan nagy népszerűségre szert tevő folytatás követte. This flourishing is today referred to as America's Golden Age of Comic Books, which lasted from 1938 to about 1950. In the 1990s The Death and Return of Superman story arc, after a deadly battle with Doomsday, Superman died in Superman #75 (Jan. 1993). [10][11], Siegel and Shuster showed this second concept of Superman to Consolidated Book Publishers, based in Chicago. To celebrate his 50th anniversary, Ruby-Spears produced an animated series partially based on Superman (1978) and post-Crisis Superman comics created by John Byrne. The 1978 Superman movie placed it in Kansas, as have most Superman stories since. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and first appeared in the comic book Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938). [152] This was carried over into some comic book stories and later movies, such as Man of Steel. If Superman turned back time at the end of the film, wouldn't the earthquake, everyone he saved, as well as everything else that happened, happen again. Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Wheeler-Nicholson offered Siegel and Shuster work in a letter dated June 6, 1935. In Action Comics #300 (1963), all of his powers including strength are activated by yellow sunlight and can be deactivated by red sunlight similar to that of Krypton's sun. He sees his job as a journalist as an extension of his Superman responsibilities—bringing truth to the forefront and fighting for the little guy. In early December 1937, Siegel visited Liebowitz in New York, and Liebowitz asked Siegel to produce some comics for an upcoming comic anthology magazine called Action Comics. In the first newspaper strips, Jor-El is shown running and leaping like Superman, and his wife survives a building collapsing on her. Starting in 1974, Superman was one of the leading characters in Hanna-Barbera produced an animated series called Super Friends and all its sequels until 1986. Superman took on the role of social activist, fighting crooked businessmen and politicians and demolishing run-down tenements. Whereas the radio serial was aimed at children, this television show was aimed at a general audience,[120][121] although children made up the majority of viewers. He first used this power in Superman #59 (1949) by applying his X-ray vision at its highest intensity. This came to an end in late 1940 when new editor Whitney Ellsworth instituted a code of conduct for his characters to follow, banning Superman from ever killing. Jimmy is frequently described as "Superman's pal", and was conceived to give young male readers a relatable character through which they could fantasize being friends with Superman. 1949).[174]. It is the most successful Superman feature film to date in terms of box office revenue adjusted for inflation. Contrary to popular perception, the $130 that DC Comics paid them was for their first Superman story, not the copyright to the character — that, they gave away for free. Although Superman was not the first superhero character, he popularized the superhero archetype and established its conventions. In the 1978 movie, the Fortress of Solitude is a structure made out of ice. They continued collaborating on other projects, but for the time being Shuster was through with Superman. DC Comics filed a lawsuit against Fawcett Comics for copyright infringement. The episodes were initially 15 minutes long, but after 1949 they were lengthened to 30 minutes. [182][183][184], Starting with the Pop Art period and on a continuing basis, since the 1960s the character of Superman has been "appropriated" by multiple visual artists and incorporated into contemporary artwork,[185][186] most notably by Andy Warhol,[187][188] Roy Lichtenstein,[189] Mel Ramos,[190] Dulce Pinzon,[191] Mr. Brainwash,[192] Raymond Pettibon,[193] Peter Saul,[194] Giuseppe Veneziano,[195] F. Lennox Campello,[196] and others. Superman: The Animated Series (with the voice of Tim Daly on the main character) aired from 1996 to 2000. [145] DC licensed in 1972, and eventually acquired by 1991, the intellectual property rights to Captain Marvel, today marketed under the title Shazam![146]. [66] It occasionally appeared in pulp fiction stories as well, such as "The Superman of Dr. That's where the dual-identity concept came from" and Shuster supporting that as being "why so many people could relate to it". 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This website is devoted to DC Comics’ Superman, the first and best comic book superhero, who was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.This website is dedicated to giving you information on Superman in all forms of media. Superman: The Complete Comic Strips 1939-1966, Superman/Shazam! Furthermore, since the newspaper strips carried stories adapted from Action Comics, the judge ruled that DC Comics had effectively abandoned the copyright to the Action Comics stories. Superman, American comic book character created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. This prompted Siegel to revisit Superman as a comic strip character. Superman definition, a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers. But all was not well in paradise. DC Comics trademarked the Superman chest logo in August 1938. The Siegel heirs called off their deal with DC Comics and in 2004 sued DC for the rights to Superman and Superboy. [127], The Licensing Letter (an American market research firm) estimated that Superman licensed merchandise made $634 million in sales globally in 2018 (43.3% of this revenue came from the North American market). Under current US copyright law, Superman is due to enter the public domain in 2033. Hamarosan azonban Lex Luthor kiszabadul a börtönből, és három természetfeletti erejű bűnöző segítségével ismét harcba száll a Föld feletti uralomért. The show also feature a seven-minute part focused on Superboy named The Adventures of Superboy. [15][16] Although Consolidated expressed interest, they later pulled out of the comics business without ever offering a book deal because the sales of Detective Dan were disappointing. The Kents teach Clark he must conceal his otherworldly origins and use his fantastic powers to do good. With Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando. [140], Siegel died in 1996. Superman was created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1933. Written by Since 1940, the publisher had placed a logo with the initials "DC" on all its magazine covers, and consequently "DC Comics" became an informal name for the publisher. The Kents adopt the boy and name him Clark, and teach him that he must use his fantastic natural gifts for the benefit of humanity. The first big-budget movie was Superman in 1978, starring Christopher Reeve and produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind. He can break the sound barrier, and in some stories, he can even fly faster than light to travel to distant galaxies. [105], The first adaptation of Superman beyond comic books was a radio show, The Adventures of Superman, which ran from 1940 to 1951 for 2,088 episodes, most of which were aimed at children. Hamarosan a nagyvászonra is megérkezik az afroamerikai szuperhős, aki nem a DC-képregények valamely korábban bevezetett fekete Supermanje lesz, hanem ugyanaz a Clark Kent, akit eddig fehérnek ismertünk. [58], Clark Kent's harmless facade and dual identity were inspired by the protagonists of such movies as Don Diego de la Vega in The Mark of Zorro and Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel. [94], Mort Weisinger was the editor on Superman comics from 1941 to 1970, his tenure briefly interrupted by military service. The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? The Sunday strips had a narrative continuity separate from the daily strips, possibly because Siegel had to delegate the Sunday strips to ghostwriters. respectively.[107][108]. [163] Booster Gold had an initial icy relationship with the Man of Steel, but grew to respect him. Reeves was the Superman of the ‘50s, appearing in 102 episodes of Adventures of Superman between 1952 and 1958. The last game centered on Superman was Superman Returns (adapted from the movie) in 2006. Action Comics and Superman have been published without interruption (ignoring changes to the title and numbering scheme). This point is debated by historians: Ogon Bat, the Phantom, Zorro, and Mandrake the Magician arguably fit the definition of the superhero yet predate Superman. [61], Kent is a journalist because Siegel often imagined himself becoming one after leaving school. [37] In October, Wheeler-Nicholson offered to publish Superman in one of his own magazines. The British rabbi Simcha Weinstein notes that Superman's story has some parallels to that of Moses. Superman can be rather rigid in this trait, causing tensions in the superhero community. Superman in the Movies Superman has thrilled audiences on the big screen for many years. It's Superman, series of Superman theatrical animated shorts, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Copyright lawsuits by Superman's creators, National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications, "Up, Up, and Awa-a-ay! "[218] Andrew Arnold, writing in the early 21st century, has noted Superman's partial role in exploring assimilation, the character's alien status allowing the reader to explore attempts to fit in on a somewhat superficial level. Jerry Seinfeld, a noted Superman fan, filled his series Seinfeld with references to the character and in 1997 asked for Superman to co-star with him in a commercial for American Express. Since Action Comics #1 (1938), Superman has superhuman strength. The judge ruled that Fawcett had indeed infringed on Superman. [9] In later years, Siegel once recalled that this Superman wore a "bat-like" cape in some panels, but typically he and Shuster agreed there was no costume yet, and there is none apparent in the surviving artwork. Siegel and Shuster settled out-of-court with DC Comics, which paid the pair $94,013.16 (equivalent to $1,000,420 in 2019) in exchange for the full rights to both Superman and Superboy. Then a director and writer were required. Superman's success immediately begat a wave of imitations. I know that a formula can possibly prove monotonous through repetition but I fear that if this element is removed from the story formula that makes up SUPERMAN, that this strip will lose a great part of its effectiveness." ),[50] but Superman became far more popular and valuable than they anticipated and they much regretted giving him away. These traits extended into Clark's wardrobe, which typically consists of a bland-colored business suit, a red necktie, black-rimmed glasses, combed-back hair, and occasionally a fedora. Superman, he notes was very much part of that effort. Astro Boy, first published in 1952, was inspired by Mighty Mouse, which itself was a parody of Superman. The first and oldest of these is Action Comics, which began in April 1938. "[238], Some see Judaic themes in Superman. This show was extremely popular in Japan, where it achieved an audience share rating of 74.2% in 1958. He argues that Superman allowed the superhero genre to take over from the Western as the expression of immigrant sensibilities. [234] David Jenemann has offered a contrasting view. Great musical score by John Williams. National Allied Publications was founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. DC Comics sued the Shuster heirs in 2010, and the court ruled in DC's favor on the grounds that the 1992 agreement with the Shuster heirs barred them from terminating the grant.[140]. [140], At that point, Fawcett Comics decided to settle out of court with DC Comics. The manga and anime series Dr. Slump featured the character Suppaman; a short, fat, pompous man who changes into a thinly veiled Superman-like alter-ego by eating a sour-tasting umeboshi. John Carter is a human who is transported to Mars, where the lower gravity makes him stronger than the natives and allows him to leap great distances. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and first appeared in the comic book Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938). In Superman #188 (April 1966), Superman is killed by kryptonite radiation but is revived in the same issue by one of his android doppelgangers. Superman is a fictional superhero who first appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics. Born as Kal-El on the dying planet Krypton, his parents Jor-El and Lara sent him in a rocket to the planet Earth where he would be the last surviving member of his race. The character became an alien from the planet Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world. Gabriel, Ariel), who are airborne humanoid agents of good with superhuman powers. Martha și Jonathan Kent l-au numit pe băiatul lor Clark. [175] However, Siegel wrote stories in which Lois suspects Clark is Superman and tries to prove it, with Superman always duping her in the end; the first such story was in Superman #17 (July–August 1942). Superman has been interpreted and discussed in many forms in the years since his debut, with Umberto Eco noting that "he can be seen as the representative of all his similars". [110] Joe Shuster provided model sheets for the characters, so the visuals resembled the contemporary comic book aesthetic.[111]. Shuster designed the now-familiar costume: tights with an "S" on the chest, over-shorts, and a cape. In 1967 National Periodical Publications was purchased by Kinney National Company, which later purchased Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and became Warner Communications. The "freezing breath" was first demonstrated in Superman #129 (1959). And here he is, the down-home clean-cut boy in the blue tights and red cape". [204] Superman has also been used as a reference point for writers, with Steven T. Seagle's graphic novel Superman: It's a Bird exploring Seagle's feelings on his own mortality as he struggles to develop a story for a Superman tale. All of these shows were produced by Bruce Timm. [139], After Siegel's discharge from the Army, he and Shuster sued DC Comics in 1947 for the rights to Superman and Superboy. [113] A sequel serial, Atom Man vs. Superman, was released in 1950. As Jerry Siegel conceived her, Lois considers Clark Kent to be a wimp, but she is infatuated with the bold and mighty Superman, not knowing that Kent and Superman are the same person. [19] The first response came in July 1933 from Leo O'Mealia, who drew the Fu Manchu strip for the Bell Syndicate. Ellsworth toned down the violence of the show to make it more suitable for children, though he still aimed for a general audience. In 1966 Superman had a Tony-nominated musical play produced on Broadway. Most episodes were done live. Schwartz retired from DC Comics in 1986 and was succeeded by Mike Carlin as an editor on Superman comics. Animation called DC Universe Animated Original Movies, beginning with Superman: Doomsday in 2007. [149] The ship lands in the American countryside, where the baby is discovered by the Kents, a farming couple. The "S" on Superman's chest at first was simply an initial for "Superman". In early concept art, Shuster gave Superman laced sandals like those of strongmen and classical heroes, but these were eventually changed to red boots. Although Clark engages in heroics, he doesn't wear a costume, nor does he call himself Superboy. Superman, also known as the Man of Steel, is one of the most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe.His abilities include incredible super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, freezing breath, flight, and heat-vision. Carlson took his place as editor of the Superman comics. 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Superman's modern look in Action Comics #902. The group consists of Taemin of SHINee, Kai and Baekhyun of EXO, Taeyong and Mark of NCT 127, and Ten and Lucas of WayV.SUPER M made their official debut in the United States on the October 4th, 2019. His archenemy is Lex Luthor, a mad scientist and ruthless businessman; his other enemies include Darkseid, Brainiac, General Zod, Doomsday, Metallo, and more. Superman can project and perceive X-rays via his eyes, which allows him to see through objects. Jukes". [67] It is unclear whether Siegel and Shuster were influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch; they never acknowledged as much.[68]. K.C. [106] Bud Collyer was the voice actor for Superman in most episodes. He famously lived for years just a few blocks from the boulevard in a small apartment crammed head to foot with Superman action toys and Superman cutouts and Superman … "The Reign of the Superman". 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