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After their romantic flight, the costumed hero flies off and Lois says to herself, "What a super man", then pauses, and says "Superman!," thus giving the mysterious man his name. Meanwhile, super criminal Lex Luther is intent on committing "the greatest real-estate swindle of all time", with the unwitting aid of the U.S. Lois receives an invitation to meet someone at her place, signed only "a friend." Following a perfunctory interview with the Man of Steel, Lois joins him on a flight over Metropolis, ostensibly to see how fast he can go.
#SUPERMAN JOE BROOKS GOREBISON SERIES#
It isn't long before Clark's true nature is unveiled when, in his blue suit and red cape, he publicly rescues Lois from a helicopter accident atop the Daily Planet building.įollowing a series of incidents in which Clark in his yet-unnamed guise comes to the rescue and saves the day, Perry White issues to all his reporters to find out as much information as possible about this mysterious hero. Clark becomes immediately infatuated with Lois, but is unable to properly gain her affection while in the bumbling guise of Clark Kent. While there, he meets teenage photographer Jimmy Olsen and the paper's star journalist, Lois Lane. He's hired as a reporter for The Daily Planet newspaper by its editor-in-chief, Perry White. After 12 years of education and training within the Fortress of Solitude, he emerges garbed in a red cape and blue body suit with the El family symbol on the chest and flies off.Ĭlark returns to civilization, arriving in the city of Metropolis. Inside, Kal-El learns the reason he was transported to Earth and his future role on the planet from holographic recordings of his father. He soon departs on a journey to the Arctic and uses the crystal to build the Fortress of Solitude, a majestic crystal palace in the architectural style of his home planet, Krypton.
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He realizes that it is time to discover his purpose, and bids an emotional farewell to his Earth mother. His adopted father Jonathan Kent tells him that he was brought here to Earth with the powers he has for a purpose, and it wasn't for showing off in front of his friends.Īs Clark tries to get his father to race him to the house, Jonathan suffers a fatal stroke and dies, making Clark feel ashamed that with all his powers, he couldn't save his father. After a few months pass, Clark hears the call of a mysterious green crystal hidden in his parents' barn. Frustrated, Clark kicks a football high into the air and then races back home at super-speed, amazingly outracing an approaching locomotive. Clark accepts the offer, but realizes that he has so much work to do and so watches Lana drive off with her friends. At age 18, Kal-El, who is now Clark Kent, is busy putting away equipment for the Smallville High's football team when his friend Lana Lang invites him over to listen to records. One day, a particularly huge leap sent him flying into the roof of the barn, which he fell through and would have smashed the ground but instead he hovered a few inches above the ground. As a teenager, Clark found himself able to leap great distances and heights, and would often bound through the cornfields near his home. Kal-El easily lifts up the truck, making the Kents wonder if the child really came from outer space somewhere. The Kents discuss what they wish to do with the child when the truck falls off the jack, almost crushing Jonathan who was working underneath it to change a flat tire. They see a young three-year-old child emerge from the wreckage unharmed. It burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere and crash-lands in a nearby Smallville field, causing Jonathan and Martha Kent to pull over and investigate. The star ship carrying Kal-El travels through space, causing the child to age a few years while also educating him. Both Jor-El and his wife Lara bid their son a sad goodbye as the star ship is launched from Krypton minutes before the planet and its sun explodes.
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Undaunted by their ignorance, Jor-El develops a star ship in which he will send his son to a primitive planet called Earth. Kal-El was born the son of Jor-El, a member of the Science Council on the planet Krypton, who had trouble convincing them that Krypton and its sun are on the verge of destruction.