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Superman (whose Kryptonian name is Kal-El and his earthly name is Clark Kent) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Canadian artist in 1933, when both were living in Cleveland, Ohio; it sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938 for $ 1305 and the first adventure of the character was published in Action Comics (June 1938) and then appear in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and established its primacy within the American comic. The character's appearance is distinctive and iconic: a blue and red suit with a cape and a shield "S" on his chest stylized shield that has become a symbol of the character in all types of media.

The original story of Superman relates that he was born with the name Kal-El on the planet Krypton; his father, the scientist Jor-El, and his mother Lara Lor-Van, sent him on a spaceship bound for Earth when he was a child, just before the destruction of their planet. It was discovered and adopted by Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, a couple of farmers Smallville, Kansas, who raised him with the name of Clark Kent and instilled a strict moral code. The young Kent started showing superhuman abilities, the same as to reach maturity decide to use for the benefit of mankind.

Although called, sometimes, of unflattering way, as "the great Boy Scout Blue" by other superheroes, Superman is also known as "The Man of Steel," "The Man of Tomorrow" and "The Last Son of Krypton" by the general public of comics. Under the identity of Clark Kent, Superman lives among humans as a "timid reporter" the Daily Planet in Metropolis. That works alongside reporter Lois Lane's, with which it has been linked romantically.

DC Comics / Warner Bros. slowly expanded the cast of supporting characters, Superman powers and symbols through the years. his past was modified to allow his adventures as Superboy, and other survivors of Krypton, including Supergirl and Krypto the Superdog were created. In addition, Superman was licensed and adapted to a variety of media, from radio to television and film. In the latter gave what is perhaps his most remarkable performance: Christopher Reeve both Superman: The Movie (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1981), films Richard Donner who received the unanimous critical acclaim and became the most successful films of Warner Bros. at the time. However, the following two sequels, Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace were not as successful collection level. The film Superman Returns, which was released in 2006, was unsuccessful in the United States but in the rest of the world exceeded the initial expectations of its creators.

Since the debut of Superman seven decades have passed, during which the character has been recreated and renewed many times. A major and significant change occurred in 1986, when the author John Byrne modernized and made a massive retcon the character, reducing Superman's powers and eliminating several characters from the canon, in a strategy that attracted much media attention. It reappeared in the press in the 1990s, when DC Comics published The Death of Superman, a story in which the character died and then revived.

Superman has been fascinating for scholars and postgraduate students as both cultural commentators and critics have explored the impact of the character and its role in the United States and the rest of the world. Umberto Eco discussed the mythic qualities of the character in the early 1960s and Larry Niven wrote about the characteristics of a hypothetical sexual relationship between the character and Lois Lane.

The property character has often been a subject of dispute; Siegel and Shuster twice filed lawsuits to recover their legal possession. The rights to the character are again under discussion, because the changes to the law of copyright they allowed the wife and daughter of Siegel claim for a share of the rights, something the company that owns DC, Warner Bros. dispute.