Clark Kent

Full Name: Kal-El/Clark Joseph Kent Occupation: Newspaper Reporter Base of Operations: Metropolis Martial Status: Married Height: 6’ 3” Weight: 225 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black First Appearance: (Historical) ACTION COMICS #1 (June, 1938); (Current) THE MAN OF STEEL #1 (June, 1986), SUPERMAN : BIRTHRIGHT #1 (September, 2003)

Rocketed to Earth from the doomed planet Krypton, the infant Kal-El landed on Earth near the town of Smallville, Kansas, where he was raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent, the couple who had found his crashed rocketship They invested their adoptive son with a strong sense of compassion that would someday benefit the entire world.

As Clark matured, Earth’s gravity (lighter than that of Krypton) and the rays of its yellow sun granted him powers far beyond those of normal men, powers he explored during an around-the-world journey in search of clues to his origins. Afterwards, he fashioned a costume based on what he had learned of his Kryptonian heritage and adopted the name given him by reporter Lois Lane, fighting for truth and justice as “Superman.”

Hiding his Superman identity underneath, an unassuming demeanor, Clark - who had developed a flair for journalism - landed a job at Metropolis’ Daily Planet. There, he and Lois Lane began as rivals but became partners. Clark’s love for Lois, the only woman who could keep up with him in either identity, would later prompt him to reveal his secret identity to her, and the two eventually married.

Superman’s abilities include flight, invulnerability, heat vision, and superhuman levels of strength, speed, hearing and eyesight. His only known weaknesses are Kryptonite (radioactive shards of the remnants of Krypton) and magic, which affects him as it does most mortals.