Super Man

Superman was created in January of 1933 by Cleveland High School student Jerry Siegel and illustrated by his classmate and friend Joe Shuster. It was called "The Reign of the Superman" Superman's name before adoption was Kal-El but after adoption, his name turned into Clark Kent. He is part of Justice League and Legion of Super-Heroes. Superman's age has varied through his history in comics. His age was originally left undefined, with real-time references to specific years sometimes given to past events in Golden Age and early Silver Age comics. In comics published between the early 1970s and early 1990s, his age was usually cited as 29 years old. However, during "The Death of Superman" storyline, Clark's age was given as 34 years old (in a fictional promotional newspaper published), while 1994's "Zero Hour" timeline established his age as 35. Superman has appeared in Family Guy in Season 14 Episode 15. In the Simpsons Bart was also spotted reading an Aquaman & Superman comic. The sale of the 1938 book, by Federal Way, Wash. comic book shop owner Darren Adams, handily topped the 2011 sale of an equally pristine copy of the volume for $2.16 million. The price sets a new benchmark for a comic book sale on eBay, and suggests stratospheric prices for the most coveted comics like Action Comics No. 1 and Detective Comics No. 27 (which marked Batman’s debut) aren’t returning to Earth anytime soon.

The "S" symbol that became iconic (left) and a collection of Superman merchandise (right)

Superman depicted as stricken by AIDS, in an awareness campaign

Clark Kent, argued by Jules Feiffer to be the most innovative feature of Superman