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71 unusual facts about Superman


A to the B

The music video of "A to the B" illustrates the fictional character, Superman (played by Paw Lagermann) flying through the air.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid

A long time admirer of Superman character made his first team debut for Kedah in a Malaysia Super League match against Perak FA on January 3, 2007 after Helmi Eliza has been sent off which Kedah won the match with 4-3 result at their own ground, Darulaman Stadium.

Acrata

Together with Superman, the three saved Mexico and the world from total destruction at the hands of a bio-terrorist group led by a Mexican sorcerer named Duran, who was trying to channel the powers inherent in the ley lines of Earth.

All the Myriad Ways

The oft-discussed essay "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is a humorous discussion of the difficulties Superman might encounter in trying to conceive a child with Lois Lane.

Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity

In the Batcave, Batman informs Superman that the man behind The Purge is Ra's Al Ghul, an eco-terrorist.

Bill Patmon

Patmon also introduced legislation for specialty license plates that highlight Cleveland as the starting point for Superman, to celebrate Superman's 75th anniversary in 2013, and to acknowledge Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as the co-creators of the best-known superhero in the world.

Boys of Steel

It's the first picture book biography of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and is the first ever stand-alone biography of the pair.

Chief Parker

Following the 1959 death of actor George Reeves and the cancellation of the Adventures of Superman television series, DC Comics (then known as National Periodical Publications) and the producers of the TV show decided to launch a new series about the hero's teenage exploits in Smallville.

Chief Douglas Parker is a supporting character in stories published by DC Comics featuring Superboy, the younger version of Superman.

Cloud County, Kansas

Cloud County has also been listed as one of the locations for Smallville in the Superman story line.

Comics Guaranty

An example is Action Comics #1, the first published appearance of Superman.

Dan Turpin

Dan Turpin has an uncredited cameo in the 2013 direct-to-video film Superman: Unbound as one of the police officers attempting to save Lois Lane from being kidnapped by terrorists.

Dancing Barry

After the song ended, he ripped open his shirt to display "DANCING BARRY" where Superman wears his "S".

Dorrance, Kansas

In the 'Action Comics #822' story titled 'Repo Man; part one', Dorrance is designated as the location of Smallville, of Superman fame.

Elizabeth Holloway Marston

He was inventing somebody like that new Superman fellow, only his character would promote a global psychic revolution by forsaking Biff!

Forrest Fezler

He waited until the last hole of the last round and, in Superman fashion, stepped into a portable toilet, changed into shorts and played the last hole, then hurriedly left the course to avoid possible admonishment by the USGA.

Great Scott

As a distinctive but inoffensive exclamation, it has been widely used as a catchphrase in popular fiction, including the works of Mark Twain, the Rathbone–Bruce Sherlock Holmes films (said by Dr. Watson), Silver Age comics (especially Superman), the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Back to the Future films (Dr. Emmett Brown).

Grounded

"Superman: Grounded" a storyline in the Superman comic book, written by J. Michael Straczynski

Hollywoodland

Reeves lands the starring role in the television series Adventures of Superman, based on the comic-book hero.

The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves (played by Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman.

The filmmakers wished to use the familiar filmed opening of Adventures of Superman in context within Hollywoodland, but Warner Bros. refused to license clips from the show itself.

On a visit to his own ex-wife Laurie, Simo learns that his son is upset over the death of George Reeves, the actor who played Superman on television.

Ibrahima Sonko

He quickly became a fans' favourite, being nicknamed Superman for his prodigious leaps into the air to powerfully head the ball away.

Is Anybody Home?

Similar to their hit song, "Superman's Dead", the band has stated the song is about people who seem to lock themselves in their rooms and get their values from television or the computer, and that it's like a call from one isolated person to another.

Kent Taylor

Along with Clark Gable, Kent Taylor served as the inspiration behind the name of Superman's alter-ego - Clark Kent.

Loïs Lane

The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.

Man of Steel

Superman, a fictional character nicknamed the Man of Steel

Superman: The Man of Steel, a monthly comic book series about Superman from 1991 to 2003

Miles Millar

Miles is best known for co-developing and writing the long-running Superman-inspired television series Smallville, alongside his partner Alfred Gough.

Millosh Gjergj Nikolla

In Të lindet njeriu ("May the man be born") and particularly, in the Nietzschean dithyramb Trajtat e Mbinjeriut ("The shape of the Superman"), a strangled, crushed will transforms itself into "ardent desire for a new genius," for the Superman to come.

Narayan Debnath

Bullets began to bounce off of him as in the case of Superman.

NEC PC-100

Possibly due to the standard inclusion of a mouse, a blue anime style mouse with "PC-100" on its chest looking little like the Superman was used as a promotional character.

Nelvana of the Northern Lights

On October 5, 1995, Canada Post issued a stamp depicting her, as part of the "Comic Book Superheroes" series that also included Superman, Johnny Canuck, Captain Canuck and Fleur de Lys.

Peräsmies

The comic depicts the adventures of Peräsmies, a Finnish superhero and a parody of Superman.

Pierre Spengler

Among many international hits, he is best known for initiating the first three Superman movies, and producing them with Ilya Salkind.

Pierre Watkin

He is perhaps best remembered for his connection to the serial and television versions of Superman.

He played a couple of different characters in episodes of the television series, Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton had been cast as Perry White.

Pøbel

One series, for example, portrays superheroes such as Superman and Batman in decrepit old age.

Quarmer

He was a living sand doppelganger of Superman and first appeared in Superman (Vol. 1) # 233 January 1971 in The Sandman Saga, the first issue that introduced the Bronze Age-era Superman.

Ramón Valdés

In some episodes, he portrayed a character named Super Sam, an English-speaking, money-thirsty superhero dressed as Superman, clearly mocking Uncle Sam and the relatively wealthy situation of United States, when compared to average Latin American countries, as well as criticizing the American colonialism.

Ray Middleton

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Middleton was the first actor to play Superman in public, which he did on July 3, 1940, during the 1939 New York World's Fair's "Superman Day".

Retman

The concept put forward by this team was a completely changed one, using the character Superman as a model for Retman.

Roy Alon

Born in Otley, near Leeds, during his 36-year career he appeared in over 1,000 films including the James Bond and Superman films.

Ryan Dennis

Dennis also plays guitar, and starred in a music video for Our Lady Peace's "Superman's Dead".

Sam Jones III

Jones played Pete Ross on the first three seasons of the television series Smallville, based on the early years of Superman, after which he left before season 3's final episode, but returned as Pete Ross in the season 7 episode "Hero".

Sam Jones III, also known as Samuel Jones, is an American actor, best known for playing Pete Ross on the first three seasons of the Superman television series Smallville, Willie Worsley in the 2006 film Glory Road , Craig Shilo on Blue Mountain State, Chaz Pratt on ER and Billy Marsh in the 2006 film Home of the Brave.

Sandvikens IF

Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.

Superman: At Earth's End

Faced with no other option, Superman takes the Expunger with him and returns, defeating the Diktators' legions of lion-men and mutant SS troopers in a hail of gunfire.

Superman: Deadly Legacy

According to DC Comics president Jenette Kahn, there were plans of publishing a Portuguese version of Superman: Deadly Legacy and Superman and Wonder Woman – the Hidden Killer for dissemination in Angola and Mozambique.

Superman: Secret Identity

Superman: Secret Identity is a four-issue mini-series of 48 pages each in prestige format, written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Stuart Immonen.

Superman: The Game

This included all of the previous versions as well as new conversions for the Commodore 16/Plus/4, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.

Superman: True Brit

Written by John Cleese and Kim Howard Johnson, with art by John Byrne and Mark Farmer, it reimagines the origin of Superman, by considering how Clark Kent's upbringing would be different if his spaceship had crashed in Weston-super-Mare in England instead of the fictional town of Smallville in Kansas, America.

Superman: War of the Worlds

Three weeks later, Superman is held captive by the Martians, who are being helped by a now-bald Luthor after a Heat-Ray burned off all of his hair.

Superman's Dead

The first performance of "Superman's Dead" took place on January 13, 1997 at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick, the first date of the Clumsy tour.

The original video was filmed over the first couple of days of January 1997 in an abandoned warehouse in Toronto.

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Singer Pat Boone appeared in issue #9 (May 1959) before starring in his own comic book series.

Superman/Aliens

Creative team on this mini-series: Story and layout art by Dan Jurgens, with finished art by Kevin Nowlan.

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder

Superman/Shazam: First Thunder is a 2006 comic book mini-series published by DC Comics, written by Judd Winick, with art by Joshua Middleton.

SuperTed

SuperTed whispers it every time he or someone else is in peril and he transforms into a superhero with Superman-like red suit with rockets built into the boots.

Susan Eisenberg

Her breakout role was that of Wonder Woman in the acclaimed Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series, as well as the direct-to-DVD films Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and Justice League: Doom.

Takeshi Minamino

He also played HAPPY MAN, an alien character dressed in a Superman-like pink attire, and had a title hot against the Tohoku Junior Heavyewight Champion Yoshitsune, but he failed.

The Bulleteers

In Superman: Doomsday, the restored bullet car appears as one of Superman's trophies in his Fortress of Solitude.

The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll

Many of his compositions are very similar, a fact that is highlighted by scenes of him recording songs such as "I Whipped Superman's Ass", "I Whipped Spider-Man's Ass" and "I Whupped Batman's Ass", which are overlaid to highlight their similarities.

The Russ Abbot Show

The series showcased Abbot's talents as an all round entertainer and included characters such as Basildon Bond, a James Bond parody, 'Cooperman', a cross between Tommy Cooper and Superman, and C.U. Jimmy, a virtually unintelligible red-headed Scotsman.

This Modern World

Invisible Hand of the Free Market Man (abbreviated I.H.O.T.F.M.-Man in dialog in the strip) is a superhero character, wearing what is basically a Superman costume, with an I.H.O.T.F.M.-Man logo (a hand with the IHOTF in each finger, and M in the palm) where the Superman logo would be.

Thugaboo

Superman - Made a cameo appearance in an Air Jaretts commercial wanting the sneakers.

Torchy Blane

Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel cited Glenda Farrell's portrayal of Torchy Blane as his inspiration for the personality of the character of Lois Lane, and the name of Lola Lane (who also played Torchy Blane) as his inspiration for Lois' name.

Ultraa

Ultraa's origin was very similar to Superman's, in that he was born on an alien world, and sent to Earth to escape its destruction.

Wally Funk

When Funk was five years old, she jumped off the roof of a barn in a Superman costume.

We're on the Ball

Deemed a good idea, they indeed disguise themselves in a red telephone box outside the café (a reference to Superman) and then go to the World Cup.

WJLD

Programming on WJLD initially consisted of popular music, news programs and radio adventure shows such as Superman and Tom Mix.


Annette O'Toole

In October 2001, 18 years after portraying Lana Lang in a feature film (Superman III), she returned to the Superman mythos in the role of Martha Kent, Superman's adoptive mother, in the television series Smallville.

BBC Radio Northampton

The station was launched at 6:45am on 16 June 1982 on 1107 AM and 96.6 FM, with Jon Beynon's programme Start the Day, the first piece of music being John Williams's Superman theme, followed by Work that Body by Diana Ross.

Captain Action

Captain Action was an action figure created in 1966, equipped with a wardrobe of costumes allowing him to become Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Aquaman, the Phantom, The Lone Ranger (and Tonto), Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Sgt. Fury, Steve Canyon, and the Green Hornet.

Separate Superman, Batman, Lone Ranger, The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Captain America, Sgt Fury, Steve Canyon and Aquaman costumes (with accessories) were available; the next wave (1967) added Spider-Man, Buck Rogers, the Green Hornet, and Tonto, with a Blue Lone Ranger variation (matching the still popular Clayton Moore series) and collectible flicker rings in each box.

Champions of Angor

Subsequent appearances include "When You Wish..." in Justice League Quarterly #3, the "With a Vengeance!" storyline in Superman/Batman #20-24, and in the new Lord Havok and the Extremists series.

Clara Bloodgood

" She next appeared with Arnold Daly in "How He Lied to Her Husband," and a production of "The Gentleman from India," in Boston. In 1905 at the Hudson Theatre in New York she played Violet Robinson in George Bernard Shaw’s "Man and Superman," with Robert Loraine.

Cybernetic revolt

A comics story based on this theme was a two-issue Legion of Super-Heroes adventure written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, where the team battled Brainiac 5's construction, Computo.

David Copperfield's flying illusion

He then selects a female volunteer from his audience and flies with her in a fashion similar to Superman carrying Lois Lane.

DC: The New Frontier

Stories included a Batman vs. Superman that revealed that it was not until the mid-1950s that Superman and Wonder Woman met Batman, a post-New Frontier story where Robin teams up with Kid Flash for the first time as well as a Mad Magazine style story between Wonder Woman and Black Canary.

Denis Rodier

It was his work on Superman that garnered Rodier his greatest acclaim, especially on the award-winning "The Death of Superman" story arc.

Harmony No Harmony

Margot Kidder is an actress famed for her parts in the Superman movies, and also for a highly-publicised mental breakdown in 1996 (suiting the somewhat weary nature of the song's lyrics).

Ian Karkull

In the Superman: The Animated Series episode The Hand of Fate, it features a shadowy being called only Karkull (voiced by Ted Levine) as a powerful Cthulhu-like being accidentally freed when a petty thief robs a mystical artifact from a museum.

Iron Warrior

The film pay homage to a number of popular films from the time, including the first Superman film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Excalibur, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Jerry Robinson

During the mid-1970s, Robinson was a crucial supporter of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in their long struggle with DC Comics to win full recognition and compensation as the creators of Superman.

Kent Shakespeare

Subsequently, Shakespeare is revealed to be a member of the Superman Dynasty in the 31st century, where he operates wearing a grey costume similar to that of Conner Kent, the Kryptonian/Human hybrid clone who fights crime in the 21st century as Superboy.

Kirt Niedrigh

Earth-Man gathered a group of fellow Earth-born Legion rejects, (Tusker, Radiation Roy, Eyeful Ethel, Storm Boy, Golden Boy and Spider Girl) and formed the Justice League of Earth, a group purporting to uphold Superman's ideals.

Kryptonian

In the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse movie, a mix of gibberish and Esperanto is used to depict Kryptonian dialog spoken by both Superman and Supergirl.

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (later collected as simply Luthor) is a five-issue monthly American comic book limited series written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, which features Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor as the main protagonist.

Live action

Adaptations from comics include live-action film versions of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man and X-Men, DC Comics' Superman and Batman, or manga such as Death Note, Detective Conan and Great Teacher Onizuka.

Lucy and Superman

Bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and his young son Little Ricky (Richard Keith) watch the latest episode of the Adventures of Superman television series, which concludes with the narrator stating that Superman will be making personal appearances in the coming week at Macy's Department Store in New York City.

Man of Steel

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex, an essay about Superman's sexuality by Larry Niven

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex

In Frank Miller's comic Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Superman touches on the theme of the essay when asked about sex by Lara, his teenage daughter by Wonder Woman.

Mindgrabber Kid

In the Zatanna and Bulleteer installments, the Mindgrabber Kid is once again a hero wannabee, calling himself "Mind-Grabber Man"; he receives tutelage from World War Two heroine the Human Bullet while secretly visiting hero therapy, appears on superhero conventions to boost his career, and entertains dreams of being "more popular than Superman" or even just teaming up with another super-powered being.

Murphy Anderson

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (full art) #129-130, 132; (Superman and Jimmy Olsen heads re-drawn over Jack Kirby layouts) #136-139, 141-145, 148 (1969–1972)

Overman

Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the übermensch, translated "overman" (as opposed to, e.g., "superman") by scholars including Walter Kaufmann

Pran Kumar Sharma

Apart from Daabu, Indian comics scenario was largely based on reprints of The Phantom and Superman.

Sarge Steel

Luthor appoints Amanda Waller as his successor until Luthor was re-exposed as a criminal in the events of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.

Shoot a Crooked Arrow

In Batman's first episode of the second season, Fenton Quigley, a.k.a. The Archer, a medieval enemy of Superman modeled after Robin Hood, escapes from Police Headquarters in a moving van from the Trojan Hearse Company, driven by Maid Marilyn.

Superman Classic

The Metropolis scenery is heavily inspired by the architecture of Hugh Ferriss, while the film's music is taken from the 1948 Superman serial composed by Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

Superman ice cream

The name of the ice cream comes from the colors of the comic book superhero Superman, though it is not licensed through DC Comics.

Superman robots

In Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman, a league of Superman robots is seen operating various equipment in Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

The Batman/Superman Hour

In 1969, the series was repackaged into 30-minute episodes without the Superman segments and renamed Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder.

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

The film stars Michael Sarrazin in the title role, along with rising stars Margot Kidder of Superman, Jennifer O'Neill, star of Summer of '42, and Cornelia Sharpe, best known for her part in Serpico.

Underworld Unleashed

Underworld Unleashed is one of very few DC Comics major crossovers not to directly involve Superman; at the time of the series he was off-planet as part of The Trial of Superman story arc.

Waitin' for a Superman

# QuickTime-accessible music videos for "Waitin' for a Superman", "Race for the Prize", and "Be My Head".