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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.
In the Batcave, Batman informs Superman that the man behind The Purge is Ra's Al Ghul, an eco-terrorist.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
" 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.
Cloud County has also been listed as one of the locations for Smallville in the Superman story line.
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.
He then selects a female volunteer from his audience and flies with her in a fashion similar to Superman carrying Lois Lane.
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.
It was his work on Superman that garnered Rodier his greatest acclaim, especially on the award-winning "The Death of Superman" story arc.
In the 'Action Comics #822' story titled 'Repo Man; part one', Dorrance is designated as the location of Smallville, of Superman fame.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (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.
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.
The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of 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, Woman of Kleenex, an essay about Superman's sexuality by Larry Niven
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.
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.
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)
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.
Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the übermensch, translated "overman" (as opposed to, e.g., "superman") by scholars including Walter Kaufmann
He is perhaps best remembered for his connection to the serial and television versions of Superman.
Apart from Daabu, Indian comics scenario was largely based on reprints of The Phantom and Superman.
Dennis also plays guitar, and starred in a music video for Our Lady Peace's "Superman's Dead".
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.
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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".
Luthor appoints Amanda Waller as his successor until Luthor was re-exposed as a criminal in the events of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
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.
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.
The name of the ice cream comes from the colors of the comic book superhero Superman, though it is not licensed through DC Comics.
In Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman, a league of Superman robots is seen operating various equipment in Superman's Fortress of Solitude.
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.
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.
Singer Pat Boone appeared in issue #9 (May 1959) before starring in his own comic book series.
In 1969, the series was repackaged into 30-minute episodes without the Superman segments and renamed Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder.
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 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.
# QuickTime-accessible music videos for "Waitin' for a Superman", "Race for the Prize", and "Be My Head".
Programming on WJLD initially consisted of popular music, news programs and radio adventure shows such as Superman and Tom Mix.
From 1986 to 1993, he was, variously, the cover artist or the colorist of Mayfair Games' "DC Heroes" line of roleplaying games, including An Element of Danger, The Green Lantern Corps Sourcebook, Who's Who in the DC Universe, Superman: The Man of Steel Sourcebook, and DC Heroes Role-Playing Game, 3rd Edition.
He first appeared in Superman: The Man of Steel #27 (November 1993), and was named after long time DC writer Roger Stern.