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Superman comics first appeared on April 18, 1938. It was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Siegel’s father died and Siegel created a man who became the world’s greatest hero.

Later Superman moved to radio and television programmes, films, newspaper comic strips and video games.

Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton and travelled to Earth in a rocket moments before his planet disappeared. He grew up as Clark Kent in the family of a Kansas farmer and his wife. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities: superhuman strength, speed, hearing, intelligence, vision powers (X-ray, infra-red, telescopic, microscopic, etc); he had an ability to fly, etc.

Superman usually wears a blue costume with a red-and-yellow letter ‘S’ and a red cape. This letter ‘S’ is a symbol of this character. 

The love of his life is Lois Lane and he usually fights against Lex Luthor and other bad guys. He was modelled on religious and mythological characters like Samson and Hercules.

Superman’s powers became more numerous with time. Unfortunately, green Kryptonite – a radioactive material from Krypton is dangerous for him.

After Superman many other superheroes have appeared.