Story about Superman origin is similar to other cultural heroes and religious figures like Jesus, Moses, Gilgamesh, Samson and Krishna that as babies were sent from a place where they were in danger. Anyway, facts about their roots, and ties and capabilities, have considerably changed during time.

Editor and screenwriters used the process of retroactive continuity, to consolidate the changes in popular culture, remove the restrictive segments of myths and create a modern story. Those alterations are created to solidify the basic elements that make the Superman an icon.

Superman is the most famous and most animated hero of all time. His makers are a Canadian drawer Joseph Shuster and American screenwriter Jerome Siegel. Superman was created in 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio. Rights to the character were bought by a comic publisher Detective Comics Inc, more known as DC. Superman first appeared in June 1938 in a magazine Action Comics #1, and then got into all media (radio, television, movies and news-paper). He is one of most striking super-heroes and icons of popular culture.

In the first episode of the comic the reader finds out that Superman was born as Kal-El from the planet Krypton. His father, scientist Jor-El, as a baby sends him on a rocket to Earth a couple of minutes before Krypton is destroyed. The baby was found by a middle aged married couple, the Kents, and adopted it. Growing up, the boy starts to realize that he own superhuman powers that he started to use to help humanity. In everyday life the Superman is hiding behind the character of benevolent clumsy Clark Kent, journalist of the news-paper Daily Star (later on Daily Planet). Clark’s partner is a journalist Lois Lane, hos great, but secret love, who he will marry later on.

Superman’s nicknames are Man of steel, Mon of tomorrow, Krypton’s last son and Metropolis favorite son. Apart from these, find out 10 more interesting facts regarding Superman.