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<div>Guys, I've written up a possible 'Table of Contents' that could be used (and editied) for Superboy (just to maybe jumpstart interest in contributing to the entry), what do you think? <br />
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Overview<br />
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Origin<br />
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The Secret Identity<br />
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The Costume<br />
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Smallville<br />
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The Super-Powers<br />
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The Vulnerabilities<br />
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The Boy Himself (as Clark Kent)<br />
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The Boy Himself (as Superboy)<br />
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Family, Friends and Allies<br />
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-Raised By Jonathan and Martha Kent<br />
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-The Relationship with Lana Lang<br />
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-The Friendship with Pete Ross<br />
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-Ally of the Legion of Super-Heroes<br />
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-As the Owner of Krypto the Super-Dog<br />
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Relationship with the Law-Enforcement Establishment<br />
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The Texts<br />
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-Locales<br />
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-Developments<br />
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--Encountering his Future Self (as Superman)<br />
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--Encountering Supergirl<br />
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--Death of the Kents<br />
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--Becoming Superman<br />
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I especially like the "Relations with Law-Enforcement" bit --jazzes up hat would otherwise be "the relationship with Chief Parker"<br />
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Telle</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Superboy
2006-12-07T05:50:50Z
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'''The Adventures of [[Superman]] when he was a boy!''' <br><br />
Birth name: [[Kal-El]]<br />
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Secret Identity: [[Clark Kent]]<br />
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= Earliest Adventures =<br />
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'''Life on Planet Krypton'''<br />
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Superboy is born [[Kal-El]], child of [[Jor-El]] and [[Lara]], on the planet [[Krypton]]. At the time, it is "a planet of giant size," which revolves around a giant red sun. The beings who inhabit Krypton are possessed of high intelligence: they have created technology capable of controlling the planet's weather, have designed robots that perform all hard labor and household chores, and they are ruled by the [[Council of Science]], a group of the planet's most enlightened scientific minds. After ominous tremors (or "krypton-quakes") increase in intensity, Jor-El informs the science council that krypton is doomed, and will eventually explode "like a gigantic atom bomb!" The council believes him mad and does not heed his warning. Jor-El begins testing rockets that can carry Kryptonians to Earth. He at first uses a test rocket to send Kal-El's puppy [[Krypto]] into space, but a drifting meteor knocks the rocket off-course. (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life") <br />
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As a toddler on [[Krypton]], Superboy is kidnapped by the villain [[Brainiac]], (prior to Brainiac's theft of the city of [[Kandor]]) who plans to hold baby Kal-El for ransom in exchange for a new weapon that Jor-El has invented called the "21 Y-Ronatort." However, Brainiac and his accomplices have unwittingly brought Kal-El to their hideout in a yellow star system (which causes all natives of Krypton's red star system to gain special powers.) His newfound strength, combined with an awkward, uncontrolled flight ability, causes Superboy to utterly destroy the lair of Brainiac-crashing through buildings, throwing away expensive ships like toys, and crushing all of the jewels from Brainiac's treasure vault to dust. Brainiac tries to shrink the baby and stop his rampage, but he accidentally picks up an enlarging ray instead, and the baby walks all over Brainiac's weapons arsenal, destroying it. Unable to take any more humiliation, Brainiac releases Kal-El back to his parents and vows to return to avenge his humiliation. (SB No. 106, Jul 1963: "The Lair of Brainiac")<br />
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While Brainiac does return later, he does not have time to make good his threats on the El family. Krypton begins to break down sooner than expected, so Jor-El immediately uses another small test rocket to send his son hurtling toward planet Earth, his only chance for survival. Seemingly the sole survivor of the planet Krypton, baby Kal-El is found in a crashed rocketship and later adopted by [[Jonathan and Martha Kent]]. (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life") <br />
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'''Superboy Comes to Earth'''<br />
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"There had been rumors floating around the region about a super-powered tot almost since the day of young Clark's arrival on Earth. At parties, on hayrides, in local newspaper offices and the like, people would swear that they had seen a three-year-old boy punch a timber wolf and fly away. Or people would tell about others they knew who told some such story." (LSOK, Ch. 11)<br />
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On Earth, even before he is adopted by the Kents, Superboy demonstrates his amazing strength after they find him and place him in an orphanage. The baby Kal-El wreaks havok in the "orphan asylum," lifting various pieces of heavy furniture. The director of the orphanage breathes a sigh of relief when the Kents finally return to adopt the baby they'd found: "--Whew! Thank goodness they're taking him away before he wrecks the asylum!" (S No. 1/1, Sum 1939.) Various accounts detail the stories of the [[Smallville Orphanage]]).<br />
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As his powers develop, [[Superbaby]] sightings are reported all over the world, but are never confirmed. (LSOK, Ch. 11) Clark continues to grow and his powers become more obvious on the family farm: he gathers eggs at super-speed, pulls up old tree stumps with his bare hands, and survives an attack by an angry bull without even one scratch! The Kents soon find that the blankets he'd been wrapped in when they discovered him are indestructible, and use them to make a playsuit for the mischevious baby. (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life") Superbaby's exploits are numerous, and indeed, his time-shattering trips into the past are often key to the decisions of many historical figures.<br />
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The family eventually moves into town, and Pa Kent sells the farm to run a general store. One afternoon the Kents take young Clark to a secluded pond outside of Smallville to play. He begins to chase a bird and loses sight of his parents. This makes him rather upset, so he decides to cross a pond to look for them; however, the "pond" he crosses is actually the Atlantic Ocean, and he soon lands in London. Though gone for a week (while his parents were worried sick) he returns after helping Scotland Yard catch several criminals and spare an innocent man from execution (SB No. 73, Jun 1959: "Superbaby in Scotland Yard").<br />
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After two other boys see him lift an automobile over an injured man, a young Clark Kent says "My powers give me the chance to do a lot of good--but I can't let people know that Clark Kent can do these things...the knowledge might be dangerous!" He then begins to wear the "colorful red and blue costume" that is famous today, and Clark adopts the identity of Superboy. (MFC No. 101, Jan/Feb 1945) Most sources elaborate that the Kents design the costume from the materials found in baby Kal-El's rocket, and that Pa Kent guides Superboy's actions during the next few years.<br />
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'''Learning to Fly'''<br />
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Following an interesting early childhood, the last power that Superboy masters is flight. After presenting him with his costume, Pa Kent reveals to Clark that he often flew when he was a baby, and encourages him to try practicing it again. After his first attempt, he crashes into an oil derrick and ruins it. The next day he designs a box kite with a steel cable and tries again. While he holds on to the inside of the box kite, Pa Kent unwinds the cable, allowing Superboy to stabilize himself in midair. A pilot named [[Captain Burton]] photographs this ridiculous-looking exercise, but Superboy overexposes his film using his x-ray vision. On the third day of practice, his box kite is destroyed by lightning, but by the fourth day Superboy is at last able to control his ability to fly, and flies to the edge of outer space for the first time. <br />
(SB No. 59, Dec 1958: "How Superboy Learned to Fly!")<br />
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== Discrepancies in Earliest Accounts ==<br />
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In the earliest accounts of [[Superman]]'s adventures (S No. 1/1, Sum 1939; and others) very little is revealed about Clark Kent's life before adulthood, except that his parents died and he later became known as Superman. However, the chronicles soon begin to reveal that Superman had originally been known as Superboy, an identity that young Clark Kent adopted to keep other children from suspecting that he had abilities far beyond those of normal young men. (MFC No. 101, Jan/Feb 1945; and others) However, in revised accounts appearing a short while later, Clark Kent embarks on his super-heroic career after reaching adulthood, and first learns of his extraterrestrial origins as late as November-December 1949, when, after having already functioned as a super-hero for more than a decade, he journeys through [[Time Travel|the barriers of time and space]] --to the planet Krypton prior to its destruction-- and actually witnesses the cataclysm that destroyed his native planet. He also witnesses the aftermath of that cataclysm, including his arrival on Earth in a rocket and his adoption by the Kents.<br />
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"That old couple ... they're my '''foster parents'''!" thinks Superman excitedly as he watches Jonathan and Martha Kent lift his infant self gently from the rocket that has just brough him to Earth. "I'm Clark Kent! Then that's me .. '''that infant is me back in the past!'''<br />
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"Now I understand why I'm different from earthmen! I'm not really from Earth at all --I'm from another planet-- the planet Jor-El called Krypton!!"<br />
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"So at last," notes the textual narrative, "after all these years, Superman is at last aware of his birthplace, and why he is the strongest man on Earth!" (S No. 61/3: "Superman Returns to Krypton!").<br />
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In the years that followed, however, these accounts underwent substantial revision. In the newer version, Superman was again portrayed as having battled crime and injustice as a youngster --as Superboy-- prior to embarking on his adult crime-fighting career as Superman (S No. 72/2, Sep/Oct 1951: "The Private Life of Perry White!"; and many others), and he was described as having learned of his extraterrestrial origins while still a boy "by overtaking and photographing light rays that had left Krypton before it exploded" (S No. 132, October 1959: "Superman's Other Life!" pts.1-3 "Krypton Lives On!"; "Futuro, Super-Hero of Krypton!"; "The Superman of Two Worlds!"; and others) In addition, it was stated that "Because of his super-memory, Superman can recall all the incidents of his childhood!" (Act No. 288, May 1962: "The Man Who Exposed Superman!"; and others). However, remembering his life as a toddler sometimes requires great effort, or the assistance of his "mind-prober ray." (SB No. 73, Jun 1959: ""Superbaby in Scotland Yard")<br />
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Despite these early revisions, however, all the texts of the Superman chronicles agree that Superman has lived a double life since the onset of his super-heroic career, using his super-powers openly only as Superboy or Superman while concealing his true, extraterrestrial identity beneath the deceptive guise of mild-mannered Clark Kent.<br />
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= Superboy Goes Public: The Boyhood Adventures =<br />
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For many years Superboy operates anonymously and in secret. He appears only occasionally as a quickly moving red and blue blur, never revealing himself to those he helps and only rarely to the criminals he hinders. His actions are noticed however, and a legend grows of a kindly spirit who haunts Smallville, performing good deeds and the rare harmless prank. <br />
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Superman recalls his first public appearance as Superboy in April, 1961. When young Clark Kent announces that he has spotted a robbery in progress using his x-ray vision, Jonathan Kent declares, "The time has come for you to perform publicly as Superboy! People won't believe you exist at first, but you'll soon convince them! You'll crusade for good!"<br />
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Donning his costume, Superboy foils the robbery, after first introducing himself to two Smallville police officers as "Superboy, foe of all criminals." The policemen introduces Superboy to Smallville's Mayor, who in turn introduces him to the Governor. Eventually, Superboy meets the President of the United States, in the process saving the President's life, and is finally revealed to the United States at large through "representatives of the armed services, leading cities, and various charities" for whom Superboy performs special tasks in the following days.<br />
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As a teenager, Superman as Superboy, performed numerous heroic exploits in Smallville (S No. 97/3, May 1956: “Superboy’s Last Day in Smallvilleâ€; and others). <br />
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As the adult Superman notes, "By now, the entire world knew that a Superboy existed, and the whole Earth was gripped by a thrill of excitement." Indeed, radio broadcasts announce that "A Superboy exists! He can fly! Bullets bounce off him! He has amazing super-vision! He battles for justice!" (S No. 144/2: "Superboy's First Public Appearance!").<br />
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The years that follow this event are perhaps the most well-known of Superboy's chronicles, in which many significant life events occur in the town of Smallville. In the beginning, Clark Kent's circle of friends includes the pretty, blonde-haired [[Margo Griffiths Vaughn|Margo Griffiths]], who would later grow up to be a nurse in [[Metropolis]]. (SB No. 1/1, Mar-Apr 1949: "The Man Who Could See Tomorrow") However, as time passes Clark becomes more well-acquainted with some of his lifelong friends and foes: [[Pete Ross]], the [[Lana Lang|Lang]] family, and [[Lex Luthor]], among others. <br />
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==The World of Smallville==<br />
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Upon his arrival on Earth from Krypton, the baby Kal-El is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. At various times, the Kents are farmers, and during the majority of young Clark's school years, owners of a general store in Smallville. Superboy also digs tunnels through his basement floor, including one tunnel that goes to the outside of town, and one that goes to Pa Kent's general store. He also stores many of his trophies and [[Superboy Robots]] in the basement of the house. (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life") <br />
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[[Krypto]], Superboy's lost puppy from Krypton, eventually found his way to Smallville and frequently joins Superboy in many of his adventures. He arrived in Smallville after bursting through a dog catcher's truck, and when Clark Kent saw him shot several times and unharmed, Superboy located his Kryptonian rocket and documents that verified that the dog belonged to his father Jor-El. (Adv No. 210, Mar 1955: "The Super-Dog From Krypton!") From time to time, Krypto leaves Smallville to go on long "space-romps," but always returns to his master in the end. More recently, on one of his romps through space, Krypto was anointed king of a distant planet...only to play dead and escape when his new subjects presented him with a shiny new meteor rock-kryptonite, the only substance that can kill the Dog King! (SB No. 77, Dec 1959: "The Space Adventures of Krypto!")<br />
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[[Lana Lang]] is the beautiful, red-haired girl next door, the daughter of archaeologist [[Professor Lewis Lang]]...and a pain in Superboy's neck. Clark Kent secretly admires her, and Lana secretly admires Superboy...however, she has eventually come to suspect that Clark Kent and Superboy are one and the same, forcing him to resort to such tricks as using Superboy Robots to allay her suspicions. Pa Kent suspected when Clark was very young that the pair would become interested in one another. (LSOK) Though young Lana can often be self-absorbed and impetuous, it is notable that when she is sick, she tells Superboy that she wants nothing for herself but does wish that Superboy could help Clark to be less shy and meek. (SB No. 43/3, Sep 1955: "Clark Kent's Coach")<br />
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Clark Kent's "only close friend" is [[Pete Ross]]. "Grown-up and logical," he once told Lana Lang that anyone who knew Superboy's secret identity would be in constant peril, and it would therefore be best if noone knew. Several days later, he did find out Superboy's identity, after seeing Clark Kent change to Superboy on a camping trip. He has never told anyone that he knows Clark Kent is Superboy, even Clark himself. (S No. 90, Jul 1961: "Pete Ross' Super Secret!")<br />
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[[Lex Luthor]] is a farmboy, a huge fan of Superboy who once stored photos and Superboy memorabilia in his barn, but dreams of becoming a scientist. One day he saves Superboy's life by pushing away a rather sizeable kryptonite meteor with a bulldozer, and Superboy repays him by building a state-of-the-art, modern experimental laboratory and presenting it to him as a gift. The two quickly become friends. Luthor immediately begins work in his new laboratory, creating a kryptonite antidote and working on a discovery that he called "the secret of life itself," but when a lab accident starts a fire, Superboy's super-breath accidentally destroys Luthor's new discoveries, and the fumes from the chemical fire cause Luthor to lose his hair. He blames the act on Superboy's jealousy of his scientific mind, and the two have become competitive foes for the foreseeable future. (Adv. No. 271, Apr 1960: "How Luthor Met Superboy!")<br />
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When needed by the authorities in an emergency, [[Police Chief Parker]], can summon Superboy by means of an ingenious flashing light system. The town of Smallville has also set aside a special holiday for Superboy. '''Superboy Day''', as it is called, is celebrated annually (S No. 116, Sep 1957: "Disaster Strikes Twice!").<br />
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In May 1955, Superman returns to Smallville thwart an underworld scheme to recover $1,000,000 in gold which, following its theft many years ago, was hidden in Smallville by the thieves and never recovered (S No. 97/3: “Superboy’s Last Day in Smallvilleâ€).<br />
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==Childhood Adventures Beyond Smallville==<br />
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'''"Bizarre" Travels'''<br />
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Another of Superboy's notable boyhood adventures marks the first appearance of [[Bizarro]]. Using a duplicator ray, Superboy accidentally creates a "bizarre" imperfect duplicate of himself. The duplicate creature then names himself Bizarro, goes on a mini-rampage on main street, breaks into a farmhouse to tell an older couple "I BE YOUR LOVING SON!", and finally befriends a blind girl who could not be afraid of his chalky white appearance. Superboy apparently destroys Bizarro, but the ensuing vibrations cure his friend's blindness. (SB No. 68, Oct 1958: "Bizarro: The Super-Creature of Steel") While he appears to die that day in Smallville, the future "Bizarro No. 1" has apparently survived and used a duplicator ray to create an array of other Bizarro creatures on the planet [[Htrae]]. Conversely referred to as "The Thing of Steel" or "The Idiot of Steel," he lives with his wife [[Bizarro-Lois]] No. 1. Superboy and Krypto occasional travel to Htrae and ecounter the Bizarros, as seen when they crash through the time barrier in July 1961 (Adv. No. 285, "The Shame of the Bizarro Family!")<br />
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'''Club Membership'''<br />
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Superboy also meets The [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], a super-hero club founded in his honor, during this time period. Superboy first encounters the Legion in April 1958 when he meets three teenagers in Smallville who inexplicably know his secret identity. In time, the teenagers are revealed to be [[Lightning Lad]], [[Saturn Girl]], and [[Cosmic Boy]], members of a "super-hero club" from the 30th Century called the Legion of Super-Heroes. Acknowledging Superboy as an inspiration, the Legion [[Time Travel|journey back in time]] to recruit Superboy as a member. After a series of tests in the far-future, Superboy is awarded membership and returned to his own time (Adv No. 247/1: "The Legion of Super-Heroes!").<br />
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= Adolescence =<br />
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'''Krypto's Departure from Smallville'''<br />
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Among the many changes that occur during Superboy's teenage years is the absence of his long-time companion, Krypto the Superdog. During one of his space-romps, Krypto encounters the [[Mindbreaker Beast]], a purple, gargoyle-like creature that feeds on the mental energy of the humanoids on which it preys. Krypto challenges the Mindbreaker Beast and sends him hurtling through space; however, Krypto wanders off dazed, an amnesiac. He drifts through space until Clark meets him again in adulthood. (S No. 287, May 1975: "Who Was That Dog I Saw You With Last Night?")<br />
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'''Superboy Meets Superman'''<br />
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In one undated adventure, a teenage Superboy is transported into the future by a troubled and villainous Pete Ross. Though it is impossible for a person to occupy the same space at the same time, Pete Ross circumvents this rule by taking possession of Superboy's body with a mind-transfer ray, thus enabling Superboy and Superman to exist at the same time. Though Pete captures Superman (using Superman's own powerful, youthful Superboy body) his plan fails because Superboy, trapped in Pete Ross' body, frees both himself and the adult Superman. (DCP No. 14, Oct 1979: "Judge, Jury...and NO JUSTICE!") <br />
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'''Superboy's 16th Birthday Celebration'''<br />
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By Superboy's 16th birthday, the Kents are shown to be much younger, their faces no longer wrinkled and their graying hair turned reddish-brown, thanks to a chemical from another dimension. Oddly enough, the Kents are also shown placing seventeen candles on Clark's birthday cake. This is revealed to be due to an episode when Clark turned eight years old, when two immortal beings tried to transfer their immortality to Clark so that they could die. Their plan failed, and on Clark's 16th birthday they celebrated the event (of which Clark's memory had been erased) by placing an extra candle on his cake, as a "secret token of our thanks and good luck for the next year!" It is also clear whose company Clark prefers most...he blows out the candles on his cake with the lovely Lana Lang standing by his side. (NSB No. 1, Jan 1980: "The Most Important Year of Superboy's Life!")<br />
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'''The Deaths of Martha & Jonathan Kent'''<br />
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Less than two years after his sixteenth birthday, the Kents enjoy a vacation in the Caribbean. Superboy drops by to see them, and they reveal that they have found a page from the diary of [[Pegleg Morgan]], dated July 16, 1717, in which he mentions being "driven off the ship by the cruelest pirate of them all!" Martha Kent convinces Superboy to take them to the past to investigate the pirate. He constructs a glass bubble to protect them from friction and takes them back to 1717, where the Kents watch [[Blackbeard]] from a distance, sitting and eating fruit before returning to Smallville.<br />
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Alas, the next day, the Kents awaken with raging fevers. The doctors inform Clark that his parents appear to have symptoms of the [[Fever Plague]], a disease that has not existed for for 100 years! Nothing can be done for the Kents, so the doctors suggest that Clark quarantine them and make them comfortable. Lana, who has had some training as a nurse's aide, offers to sit with the Kents while Clark looks for some answers. Several courses of action are attempted: Superboy locates an "orchid tree," said in an old manual to cure the Fever Plague, and gives the sap to his parents. Since Pa Kent is on the prison parole board, Lex Luthor uses his "vibro-health restorer" for an hour trying to cure the Kents (and ultimately receive parole,) but to no avail. Lana reassures him: "Chin up, Clark...maybe Superboy will figure out a cure!" Finally, Clark decides to project the Kents into the [[Phantom Zone]] until he is able to find a cure, as he had previously done when [[Mon-El]] was incurably ill. However, solar flares interfere with the operation of the Phantom Zone Ray, and Ma Kent dies. In his final moments, Clark's father regains consciousness and makes Clark promise to use his super-powers to do good before saying goodbye and passing away. <br />
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In their will, the Kents give Clark their home and business, and donate their savings to the Smallville Orphanage. When Clark presents the money to the director of the orphanage, he thanks Clark for his family's support ever since they adopted him. However, Clark Kent believes himself responsible for his parents' deaths and discards his Superboy costume...until it is proven that their trip through time did not cause their deaths; instead, they died from a virus they contracted while rummaging through Pegleg Morgan's chest on vacation. Upon this discovery, Clark says "Dad...Mother...what a relief to know that I'm not responsible for what happened to you! Now I won't be afraid to become Superboy again!" (S No. 161, May 1963: "The Last Days of Ma and Pa Kent").<br />
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No mention of this story is made elsewhere in the chronicles, and indeed, many place the deaths of Martha and Jonathan Kent at very different times<br />
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'''Superboy's Farewell'''<br />
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Clark buries his parents, vows not to sell the house and leaves for Metropolis. (Pete Ross attempts to condemn the house years later, to conceal the fact that Clark Kent was Superboy...but changes his mind when he sees how Clark feels about his boyhood home.)(S No. 270, Dec 1973: "I Can't Go Home Again") According to a popular legend, Clark returns to Smallville for a second farewell as Superboy. As he is leaving town, the townspeople join hands and form letters visible to the sky: "Farewell Superboy, We'll Never Forget You!" This touches Superboy, and he throws the townspeople a giant farewell party, complete with a giant cake that he bakes for them. Many pieces of the cake are preserved by the townspeople as souvenirs. (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life")<br />
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= Transitional Years =<br />
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Clark Kent first "thinks of himself as Superman" in order to evade a lie-detector test given to him by [[Professor Thaddeus V. Maxwell]], who suspects that he is Superboy. (S No. 125/2, Nov 1958: "Clark Kent's College Days"). Many other accounts state that Clark takes on the Superman identity after leaving his dead adopted father and Smallville and Superman's memories (S No. 129, May 1959: "The Girl from Superman's Past!") also confirm that he is known as Superman during his college years. However, according to another later account (SSY No. 1, Feb 1985: "Dreams and Schemes and Feeling Proud") Clark still officially goes by the name "Superboy" through most of his college career. Clark Kent and Lana Lang both attend [[Metropolis University]], with Lana eventually transferring to Hudson University to study broadcast journalism. Clark chooses not to play football in college, once commenting: "I could be the world's greatest football player...but I can't join the team and reveal my super-powers! Besides, it would be unfair to win that way...I'll have to pretend I'm "meek" and "unathletic" all my life!" (S No. 146, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life") <br />
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Clark's college roommates include [[Tommy Lee]], [[Dave Hammond]], the alcoholic [[Ducky Ginsberg]], and eventually [[Billy Cramer]], a young man from Smallville whose mother Alice recommends that he either look up Clark or Lana when he arrives at Metropolis University (SSY No. 1, Feb 1985: "Dreams and Schemes and Feeling Proud", SSY No. 2, Mar 1985: "Reach Out and Touch"). <br />
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On parents' day during his junior year, Clark travels back in time (becoming a phantom) to witness a family dinner at the Kent home. When he returns to the present he chances upon a horrible car accident. Ducky, upset over the ending of his relationship with his girlfriend Amy, has been drinking excessively and crashes into a tree. Superboy arrives after the police and is able to do nothing... Ducky survives, but is paralyzed and bound to a wheelchair (SSY No. 1, Feb 1985: "Dreams and Schemes and Feeling Proud"). Following the accident, Billy Cramer is placed in Clark's dorm by the housing dean, and one day they come to the rescue of a "crippled girl" in a wheelchair -- [[Lori Lemaris]], whose beauty leaves Clark speechless (while a previous account suggests that Clark meets Lori Lemaris in his senior year of college -- and alone, SSY No. 2, Mar 1985: "Reach Out and Touch" states that he meets her later in his junior year). Clark and Lori begin dating, but she has many strange habits, including a strict eight o' clock curfew (S No. 129, May 1959: "The Girl in Superman's Past!"). Meanwhile, Clark reveals to Billy Cramer that he is a super being, and when Pete Ross shows up for a visit, they each suspect that the other knows Clark's secret, covering for him when necessary (SSY No. 2 Mar 1985: "Reach Out and Touch"). <br />
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After Clark solves the mystery of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] later in the year, he gives Billy a supersonic whistle to contact him in case he is ever in trouble. At this time, Clark also decides to also tell Lori that he is Superman, and proposes to her. She rejects his marriage proposal and reveals that she ''already knew'' that his secret, before saying that she needs some time alone. The well-meaning Billy, sensing that something is wrong, uses his supersonic whistle to summon the Man of Steel, in order to force him to talk about his relationship problems. Superboy becomes so angry at Billy's misuse of the whistle that he threatens to melt it if Billy ever misuses it again, and flies away. Clark then goes to confront Lori Lemaris, discovering that she is a mermaid from [[Atlantis]]. He offers her a ride home, and upon depositing her in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, they kiss the "strangest" goodbye kiss (SSY No. 3, Apr 1985: "Terminus", but see conflicts in this telling and that of S No. 129, May 1959: "The Girl from Superman's Past!")<br />
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Not long after he bids Lori farewell, a small island in the south Pacific is threatened by a tidal wave. As Superboy works feverishly to rescue the island, he hears Billy's supersonic whistle, and with his super-vision sees Billy trapped in a burning building after attempting to rescue someone. Clark, forced to choose between his roommate and the populous Pacific island, is unable to make it in time, and Billy tragically dies thinking that Clark is ignoring his whistle, because he "cried wolf" earlier. After Billy's death, Clark is so grief-stricken--having been unable to save his parents, Ducky, or Billy-- that he sheds his identity for a second time, going into exile in the [[Fortress of Solitude]] (SSY No. 3, Apr 1985: "Terminus").<br />
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He returns three months later, defeating Lex Luthor and making peace with his friends and his past, as Superman (SSY No. 4, May 1985: "Beyond Terminus"). According to this account, at the time Clark is first announced as Superman by the Daily Planet, he is probably 21 years old, entering his senior year of college. This age is corroborated by an earlier story, in which Clark Kent's early classmate Margo Griffiths is told by a magician that she will die at the age of 21. She is spared from death-at age 21-by Superman. (SB No. 1/1, Mar-Apr 1949: "The Man Who Could See Tomorrow"). On the other hand, the account of of SSY No. 4 reports that [[Perry White]] works for [[George Taylor]] at the Daily Planet, another contradiction to many earlier chronicles, including an account where Superboy helps Perry White get his job on the Planet under editor Mr. Hobb (Adv No. 120, Sep 1947: "Perry White, Cub Reporter"), and a tale in which Perry White is made editor of the Planet during Superboy's youthful career (Adv No. 152, May 1950: "Superboy Hunts for a Job!").<br />
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= Superboy Returns: Adventures in the Thirtieth Century =<br />
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Superboy is also the inspiration for the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]. Over 1,000 years after entering adulthood, Superboy resurfaces in the 30th Century. He is subsequently initiated as a regular member of the Legion, which later includes his cousin [[Supergirl]]. Superboy serves two terms as Deputy Leader of the Legion, including presiding over the try-outs and induction of [[Princess Projectra]], [[Ferro Lad]], and [[Karate Kid]]. (Adv No. 346, Aug 1966: "One of Us is a Traitor!")<br />
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=External Links=<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superboy Wikipedia Entry on Superboy]<br />
*[http://members.shaw.ca/legion_roll_call/legionnaires/superboy/ Kal-El's entry at the LSH Clubhouse]<br />
*[http://darkmark6.tripod.com/superboyind1.htm Superboy Index by Dark Mark]<br />
*[http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/indexes/newindexes.php?character=sboy Superboy Index by Mike]<br />
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==External Links to Online Comics==<br />
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*[http://superman.ws/tales3/birthOfSuperboy/ The Birth of Superboy] from More Fun Comics No. 101<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/superdog/ "The Superdog from Krypton"] from Adventure Comics No. 210<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/super-teacher/ "The Super-Teacher from Krypton"] from Adventure Comics No. 240<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/lsh/ "The Legion of Super-Heroes"] from Adventure Comics No. 247<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/howluthormetsuperboy/ "How Luthor Met Superboy"] from Adventure Comics No. 271<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales3/first/ "Superboy's First Public Appearance"] from Superman No. 144<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/phantomsuperboy/ "The Phantom Superboy"] from Adventure Comics No. 283<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/mon-el/1/ "Superboy's Big Brother"] from Superboy No. 89<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/ross/ "Pete Ross' Super Secret"] from Superboy No. 90<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/ultra/ "The Boy with Ultra-Powers"] from Superboy No. 98<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/3ages/ "The Three Ages of Superboy"] from Superboy No. 103<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/traitors/ "Superboy and the 5 Legion Traitors"] from Superboy No. 117<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/strangedeath/ "The Strange Death of Superboy"] from Superboy No. 161<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales4/final/ "Don't Call Me Superboy!"] from DC Super Stars No. 12<br />
*[http://superman.ws/superboy-lives/takingtime/ "Taking Time"] Unpublished<br />
*[http://superman.ws/superboy-lives/tomorrows-lesson/ "Tomorrow's Lesson"] Unpublished<br />
*[http://superman.ws/superboy-lives/visitor/ "Strange Visitor"] Unpublished<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Talk:Tharka
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<div>great find!--[[User:Super Monkey|Super Monkey]] 12:08, 14 September 2006 (EDT)<br />
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Nice write up as well... --[[User:MatterEaterLad|MatterEaterLad]] 12:45, 14 September 2006 (EDT)</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Tharka
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A lovely blonde superheroine from the far-distant planet [[Zor (1953)|Zor]]&mdash;clad in an orange minidress, green cape, and green gloves, with the white letter "T" on a black background emblazoned on her chest&mdash;who journeys to Earth in March-April 1953, as a gesture of interplanetary goodwill, with the intention of apprehending the [["Bowtie" Barris]] gang, a gang of vicious criminals who, with the aid of a hijacked experimental tank, have been terrorizing [[Metropolis]] with a series of spectacular crimes. Complications arise for [[Superman]], however, owing to the fact that although Tharka possesses super-powers on her home planet, she is only an ordinary human in Earth's greater gravity, and Superman feels compelled to aid the visiting heroine surreptitiously so that she will not appear to fail in her mission. Ultimately, he and Tharka apprehend the Barris gang, leaving Tharka free to return to Zor in triumph (S No. 81/3: "The Superwoman from Space").<br />
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Dolores Winters
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<div>[[Image:Dolores_Winters.jpg|thumb|The "Evil Blazing" gaze of the Ultra-Humanite inside Dolores Winters.]]<br />
'''Dolores Winters'''<br />
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Famous movie actress. In January 1940 [[Clark Kent]] and [[Lois Lane]] witness a filming inside the Collossal Films Studios where Dolores is acting. After Clark foils an assassination attempt, she accepts an invitation to be interviewed, but by next evening refuses to talk to him.<br />
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Later, she announces she is quitting acting, as she has acquired enough money to meet her goals. At a retirement party on her private yacht she kidnaps a number of celebrities, kills one in cold blood, and broadcasts her ransom demands via the ship's radio. Tracing the five million dollars asked for ransom to a submarine, [[Superman]] finds Dolores and recognizes the [[Ultra-Humanite|Ultra-Humanite's]] "evil blazing" gaze in her eyes. It seems that when the Ultra-Humanite was killed during his last encounter with the Man of Steel, his assistant revived him "via adrenalin". Because the Humanite's recovery is temporary, he captures Dolores Winters "and places [his] mighty brain in her young vital body." He manages to escape underwater (Act No. 20, Jan 1940).<br />
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The Puzzler
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<div>'''PUZZLER, THE.''' <br />
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An utterly ruthless villain—an extortionist, kidnapper, and murderer—whose diabolical crimes revolve around the symbolism of parlor games, tricks, and puzzle. His personal symbol is a bent nail, one-half of a commonplace nail puzzle, of the type that can be purchased at any novelty shop. Of himself, the Puzzler has made this comment: “A genius at solving puzzles, I decided to utilize the principles that win games to launch a crime campaign unrivaled in history. That I’ve been successful is a testimony to my brilliance.†The Puzzler is also fond of leaving complex clues to the whereabouts of his next crime and the location of his secret hideout, because, in his words, “It tickles my vanity to think I can outsmart [[Superman]]!†(Act No. 49, Jun 1942: “The Puzzler!!â€).<br />
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The Puzzler is an expert in games of all kinds, but, as in his battles with Superman, he frequently comes off second best. He fancies himself, for example, “the world’s most brilliant checkers expert,†but Superman outplayed him in June 1942 (Act No. 49: “The Puzzler!!â€). Similarly, although the Puzzler is adept at such varied card games as poker, rummy, blackjack, hearts, casino, and bridge, he is bested by champions in each of these games when he enters a card-playing tournament in January-February 1943 (S No. 20/4:“Not in the Cardsâ€).<br />
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“Parlor games, tricks, and puzzles can be harmless fun,†notes Action Comics No. 49, “- -but when a twisted intellect utilizes their principles to commit clever crimes, they can be dangerous indeed†On one occasion, for example, in June 1942, the Puzzler kidnaps [[Lois Lane]] and spins a grisly wheel of fortune to decide her fate. “. . . [ the indicator land on the red instead of the blue section,†gloats the villain fiendishly, “a strangling device will automatically put you out of your misery!†But the game is rendered even more diabolical by the fact that the Puzzler has rigged it in advance to stop on the red. “One minute a gallant sportsman, and the next a double-crosser!†muses one of the villain’s henchmen ruefully. “Must be something twisted in his nature†(Act No. 49: ‘The Puzzler!!â€).<br />
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On another occasion, in January-February 1943, the Puzzler deliberately sends a carload of his own henchmen hurtling off a bridge as a means of diverting Superman’s attention while he himself makes good his escape. “So you’re deliberately sending your own men to their deaths- -just to save your own miserable hide!†cries Superman. “Any thing to outsmart you!†replies the Puzzler. “I’d like to attend to the Puzzler,†muses Superman grimly, “- -but above all I must save human life.. - No matter how little those thugs deserve it (S No. 20/4: “Not in the Cardsâ€).<br />
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In June 1942, the Puzzler and his henchmen commit a series of heinous crimes—involving extortion, kidnapping, and attempted murder—only to have Superman pursue them finally to their secret hideout and rescue Lois Lane and five other kidnap victims from the villains’ clutches. The Puzzler, however, determined not to be taken alive, clambers up the cables of a high suspension bridge “in a frantic effort to escape,†and, cornered finally by Superman, tears himself free of the [[Man of Steel]]’s grasp and, in an apparently suicidal leap, “plummets down--down toward the far distant water....†“I wonder if the Puzzler really perished,†thinks Superman to himself, after searching the river bottom to no avail, “or if he and Superman are fated to cross wits again?†(Act No. 49: “The Puzzler!!â€).<br />
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In January-February 1943, after being narrowly defeated by champions in six different card games in a card-playing tournament at the prestigious [[El Dorado Club]], the Puzzler angrily pulls a gun on bridge champion [[Morton Thornton]], only to be apprehended on the spot by Superman, who has been covering the tournament in his [[Clark Kent]] identity. “Don’t look so happy and relieved, you game champions,†cries the villain bitterly as members of the [[Metropolis]] police force prepare to lead him away. “Somehow I’ll escape. And every man who defeated me today will pay with his life for having damaged my pride!†With that, the Puzzler lunges for the light switch, plunges the room into darkness, and escapes.<br />
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In the days that follow, the Puzzler, true to his fiendish threat, sets out to avenge his humiliating defeat in the El Dorado Club card tournament by murdering the six men who defeated him in ways suggestive or symbolic of the card games in which they are expert, as when he bludgeons poker champion Harlow Gates to death with a fireplace poker and tries to kill bridge champion Morton Thornton by shoving his car off a bridge.<br />
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After thwarting all of the murder attempts but one, however, and apprehending the Puzzler’s henchmen, Superman pursues the villain to his secret hideout, where he finds the Puzzler seated in a large glass cubicle situated at the center of a gigantic maze. The pathway through the maze is fraught with deadly perils—including poisonous gas, red-hot flames, and a net of electrically “super-charged wiresâ€â€”but Superman easily withstands them all- Seizing the glass cubicle with the villain inside it, Superman flies the cubicle to the nearest police station, only to discover, upon his arrival, that the cubicle is empty and that the Puzzler has somehow escaped (S No. 20/4: “Not in the Cardsâ€).<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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<div>Given that many relics and inventions of Jor-El pop up in the chronicles every now and again, (Phantom Zone projector is a good example) how about an 'Inventions of Jor-El' or 'Jor-El's Inventions' category?</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Jor-El
2006-12-07T05:44:56Z
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=Jor-El=<br />
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The father of [[Superman]], and the foremost scientist of the planet [[Krypton]] prior to its destruction. A "scientific genius" (S No. 65/3, Jul/Aug 1950: "Three Supermen from Krypton!") with a fertile, wide-ranging intellect, he conducted far-reaching experiments in rocketry, invented a matter-transmitter and numerous other marvels, and discovered the [[Phantom Zone]]. It was Jor-El who predicted to an unbelieving population "that Krypton would explode from gathering atomic pressure at the core of the planet" (Act No. 182, Jul 1953: "The Return of Planet Krypton!"), and it was Jor-El who, when the doomsday came, dispatched the infant Superman toward Earth in an experimental rocket, remaining behind with his wife [[Lara]] to perish in the cataclysm.<br />
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Described repeatedly in the texts as "Krypton's greatest scientist" (S No. 53/1, Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"; and others), "Krypton's foremost physicist" (Act No. 329, Oct 1965: "The Ultimate Enemy!"), and "the greatest scientist on Krypton" (Act No. 149, Oct 1950: "The Courtship on Krypton!"; and others), Jor-El was born into a family with a centuries-long heritage of achievement in the fields of science, statesmanship, and exploration. His ancestry teemed with such men of lasting distinction as [[Val-El]], an explorer and discoverer who was the moving force behind Krypton's great Age of Exploration; [[Sul-El]], the inventor of Krypton's first telescope; [[Tala-El]], the author of Krypton's planet-wide constitution; [[Hatu-El]], a scientist and inventor who discovered the nature of electricity and devised Krypton's first electromagnet and electric motor; and [[Gam-El]], the father of modern Kryptonian architecture (SF No. 172, Aug/Sep 1975; and others).<br />
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=Pre-Cataclysm=<br />
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When Jor-El was still an infant, his own father succeeded in journeying to Earth and back in an experimental spacecraft of his own design (S No. 103/1, Feb 1956: "The Superman of Yesterday"), and although knowledge of the craft's construction had apparently been lost to Kryptonians by the time Jor-El reached maturity (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"; and others), there can be little doubt that his father's achievement served to inspire his own explorations into the then-infant sciences of rocketry and space travel.<br />
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Little is known of Jor-El's early life, but by the time he reached college he had begun to gather about him a coterie of young intellectuals destined to make great names for themselves in the annals of Kryptonian science. His college roommate was [[Professor Kimda]], who, years later, would befriend Superman in the bottle city of [[Kandor]] and help him thwart the schemes of the villainous [[Brainiac]] (Act No. 242, Jul 1958: "The Super-Duel in Space"). Jor-El also befriended Ral-En, whose career as a "brilliant scientist" was ultimately warped and destroyed by dictatorial ambitions fostered and encouraged by his father [[Mag-En]] (S No. 154/2, Jul 1962: "Krypton's First Superman!"). Other colleagues included his friend [[Nor-Kan]] (S No. 158, Jan 1963: "Superman in Kandor" pts. I-III-"Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!"; "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!"; "The City of Super-People!"; and others) and [[Lon-Es]], who worked for a time as his assistant (S No. 154/2, Jul 1962: "Krypton's First Superman!").<br />
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During this period, two of Jor-El's brothers&#8212;his identical twin brother [[Nim-El]] (Adv No. 304/1, Jan 1963: "The War Between Superboy and Superman"), and another brother named [[Zor-El]] (Act No. 252/3, May 1959: "The Supergirl From Krypton")&#8212;also embarked upon distinguished careers in science, but they appear to have limited themselves to the fields of weapons science and climatography, respectively, and to have displayed none of their brother's capacity for brilliance and creativity in a breathtaking array of scientific disciplines (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!"; and others). Indeed, in the course of a brilliant career that was terminated by the destruction of Krypton, Jor-El applied his great genius to virtually every aspect of Kryptonian life, not only to every facet of science and invention, but also to the problems of war and peace (Act No. 216, May 1956: "The Super-Menace of Metropolis"), transportation (S No. 134, Jan 1960: chs. I-III&#8212;"The Super-Menace of Metropolis!"; "The Revenge Against Jor-El!"; "The Duel of the Supermen!"), and the humane administration of criminal justice (S No. 65/3, Jul/ Aug 1950: "Three Supermen from Krypton!"; and others).<br />
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He worked to develop a serum for prolonging life (S No. 78/1, Sep/Oct 1952: "The Beast from Krypton!"), carried on an intensive telescopic study of the planet Earth (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton"; and others), and conducted archaeological research into the "marvels of a dead civilization that once existed at the bottom of the Great Krypton Sea!" (S No. 170/2, Jul 1964: pts. I-II&#8212;"If Lex Luthor Were Superman's Father!"; "The Wedding of Lara and Luthor!").<br />
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His inventions included a "petrifying ray" which turned people to stone as long as it shone on them, "levitation bombs" designed to reverse the pull of gravity and make objects fall upward, a "super-artificial lightning projector" for projecting bolts of artificial lightning, a magnet that attracted human flesh instead of iron, and an "invisibility-spray" which could make a person invisible by covering him with "a fine coating of light-refracting particles" (S No. 74/1, Jan/Feb 1952: "The Lost Secrets of Krypton!"); a "matter-radio," described as "a transmitter that can send all forms of living matter&#8212;even living people&#8212;across space by radio" (S No. 77/1, Jul/Aug 1952: "The Man Who Went to Krypton!"; see also Act No. 281, Oct 1961: "The Man Who Saved Kal-El's Life!"); a "dimension-traveler," designed to "project a person out of this dimension into a new one"; a "missile-projector," designed to deliver any object to any destination at supersonic speed; and a "nuclear fission tester," which "registers if any chain reaction is starting and shows the source" (WF No. 69, Mar/Apr 1954: "Jor-El's Last Will!"); an "amazing growth ray for plants," capable of growing vegetables "100 times bigger" than their customary size (Act No. 325, Jun 1965: "The Skyscraper Superman!"); and an all-purpose, mass-produced vehicle&#8212;capable of traveling on land, sea, or air, and even underground&#8212;which quickly came into such common usage among Kryptonian's that it soon became known as the "Jor-El," much as Henry Ford's creation became known as the Ford (S No. 134, Jan 1960: chs. I-III&#8212;"The Super-Menace of Metropolis!"; "The Revenge Against Jor-El!"; "The Duel of the Supermen!"). Jor-El's [[Atom-Scan Ray]] was an important device in constructing [[Krypton-II]], an artifical duplicate of the planet Krypton and an idea devised by Jor-El so as to prevent (and decieve) an invading alien armada from arriving on the real Krypton. The Atom-Scan Ray projected an image of the planet Krypton into outer space, and then, by remote control, meteors were drawn in from all over the galaxy and moulded to successfully create a duplicate of Krypton. (S No. 189, Aug 1966: "Krypton Lives Again!" "Krypton's Second Doom!") <br />
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For these and other inventions and discoveries, Jor-El was awarded Krypton's coveted Science Prize, in the form of a statuette molded from rare [[illium]] metal (S No. 173/2, Nov 1964: "Tales of Green Kryptonite No.1"), and an honorary medal from the Kryptonian Science Society (Act No. 182, Jul 1953: "The Return of Planet Krypton!").<br />
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Indeed, although Jor-El was still a young man at the time of his marriage to Lara, the lovely dark-haired young woman who, according to at least one account, was Jor-El's "assistant" during the period preceding their engagement (S No. 170/2, Jul 1964: pts. I-II&#8212;"If Lex Luthor Were Superman's Father!"; "The Wedding of Lara and Luthor!"), he was already a "famed scientist" engaged in top-level research at a Kryptonian "missile base" (S No. 141, Nov 1960: "Superman's Return to Krypton!" pts. I-III&#8212;"Superman Meets Jor-El and Lara Again!"; "Superman's Kryptonian Romance!"; "The Surprise of Fate!").<br />
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But Jor-El was concerned with humanitarian matters as well as scientific ones. Because of his strong moral opposition to capital punishment, he devised a method whereby perpetrators of serious crimes could be exiled into space in a state of suspended animation inside specially constructed space capsules, a method first employed to safeguard Kryptonians against the power-hungry ambitions of the Kryptonian scientist [[U-Ban]] and his two brothers, [[Kizo]] and [[Mala]], also scientists. According to Superman No. 65/3, the space capsules were made of transparent plastic and shaped like rocket ships (Jul/ Aug 1950: "Three Supermen from Krypton!"), but according to Superman No. 123 these so-called "prison satellites" were of a spherical shape. The criminals imprisoned inside them were placed in suspended animation by means of a special sleep gas, and chunks of a glowing crystalline mineral&#8212;capable of cleansing their brains of criminal tendencies in a hundred years' time&#8212;were placed on their foreheads so that ultimately, once their sentence was served, they might take up constructive roles in Kryptonian society (Aug 1958: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Girl of Steel"; "The Lost Super-Powers"; "Superman's Return to Krypton").<br />
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The practice of exiling criminals into outer space was terminated after Jor-El had discovered the Phantom Zone, a twilight dimension to which criminals could be banished&#8212;by means of Jor-El's own [[Phantom Zone Projector]] to serve out their sentences as disembodied wraiths. Indeed, it was Jor-El's testimony that resulted in the sentencing of many Kryptonian criminals to the Phantom Zone (S No. 153/3, May 1962: "The Town of Supermen!"; and others). He was the "leader" of the Kryptonian "justice council"&#8212;analogous to being the foreman of an American jury&#8212;that found [[Quex-Ul]] guilty and sentenced him to a term in the Phantom Zone (S No. 157/1, Nov 1962: "The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!"), and his testimony was undoubtedly influential in determining the guilt of the would-be dictator [[Ral-En]] (''see'' [[Mag-En]]) (S No. 154/2, Jul 1962: "Krypton's First Superman!"). On at least one occasion he served as an undercover agent for the Krypton Bureau of Investigation to help thwart the sinister machinations of a would-be tyrant (S No. 123, Aug 1958: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Girl of Steel"; "The Lost Super-Powers"; "Superman's Return to Krypton").<br />
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It is small wonder, then, that this brilliant and versatile scientist soon won a place for himself on Krypton's prestigious [[Council of Science]] (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton"), also referred to as the Council of Scientists (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!"). The precise role of the Council is hard to define. Action Comics No. 223 makes a clear distinction between the Council and Krypton's "highest officials," suggesting that the Council presided over scientific matters as distinct from political ones (Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton"), but Superman No. 65/3 makes reference to "Krypton's ruling council, which consisted of the [planet's] ten leading scientists," and goes on to describe Jor-El as "the leader of the council," suggesting that the scientific establishment had jurisdiction over the political sphere as well as the scientific and that Jor-El occupied a position on the council which made him virtual head of state (Jul/Aug 1950: "Three Supermen from Krypton!"). According to Superman No. 53/1, on the other hand, scientists who heard Jor-El foretell the impending doom of Krypton were suspicious that he might be "trying to frighten Krypton's leaders away from our planet so that he may rule" (Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"), suggesting that although Jor-El was a "brilliant scientist" (Act No.158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!") and "prominent Kryptonian (S No. 154/2, Jul 1962: "Krypton's First Superman!"), he was only marginally involved in political activity. On the planet Krypton, however, the scientific establishment exerted considerable influence on political and social policy, and so, whatever its precise functions, Jor-El's position on the Council of Science meant that he occupied a prestigious position in Kryptonian life.<br />
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=The Cataclysm=<br />
[[Image:Krypton003.jpg|thumb|Launch Sequence]]<br />
At the time Lara gave birth to the infant Superman, she and Jor-El were residing in [[Kryptonopolis]] (SA No. 5, Sum 1962; and others), the city that had become the capital of Krypton following the theft of Kandor by the space villain Brainiac. According to Superman No. 75/1, the proud parents named their newborn son Jor-El, 2nd (Mar/Apr 1952: "The Prankster's Star Pupil!"), but an overwhelming preponderance of texts assert that they named him Kal-El (S No.113, May 1957: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Superman of the Past"; "The Secret of the Towers"; "The Superman of the Present"; and others). By all accounts, the dark-haired youngster bore an "unmistakable" resemblance to his father (S No.77/1, Jul/Aug 1952: "The Man Who Went to Krypton!"; and others).<br />
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It was around the time of Superman's birth, while all of Krypton was busily engaged in preparations for the planet-wide pageantry scheduled to mark the upcoming anniversary of "the 10,000th year" of Kryptonian civilization (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton"), that Jor-El made what was at once the most momentous and most calamitous discovery of his scientific career: the discovery that Krypton's uranium core, which for untold ages [had] been building a cycle of chain-reactions," was on the verge of unleashing a planetary cataclysm, that "soon every atom on [the] planet would explode like one colossal atomic bomb!" (S No. 61/3, Nov/Dec 1949: "Superman Returns to Krypton!").<br />
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It remains unclear why Jor-El, alone among his contemporaries, was able to forecast the impending doom of his planet. According to Superman No. 113, Jor-El was first alerted to the coming cataclysm by [[Queen Latora]] of the planet [[Vergo]] (May 1957: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Superman of the Past"; "The Secret of the Towers"; "The Superman of the Present"), but other texts assert that he had "long suspected" the problem (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"; and others), having first detected it by means of his scientific "instruments" (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!"; and others), specifically an ingenious "nuclear fission tester" of his own invention which "registers if any chain reaction is starting and shows the source" (WF No. 69, Mar/Apr 1954: "Jor-El's Last Will!").<br />
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By whatever means Jor-El became aware that Krypton was about to explode "from gathering atomic pressure at the core of the planet" (Act No. 182, Jul 1953: "The Return of Planet Krypton!"), he moved coolly and decisively to confirm his suspicions, burrowing deep into the bowels of Krypton in an "atomic-powered mole," performing numerous experiments, making countless intricate calculations (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton").<br />
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Finally, although he still lacked positive scientific proof to substantiate his hypothesis (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton"; and others), Jor-El was ready to report his findings to Krypton's prestigious scientific council. "Gentlemen," he intoned solemnly, as he addressed his scientific colleagues in Krypton's hallowed Hall of Wisdom, "...Krypton is doomed!...[T]he core of Krypton is composed of a substance called uranium...which, for untold ages, has been setting up a cycle of chain-impulses, building in power every moment! Soon...very soon...every atom of Krypton will explode in one final terrible blast! Gentlemen, Krypton is one gigantic atomic bomb!" (S No. 53/1, Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"; and others).<br />
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It is incredible that the assembled scientists did not believe him. Already there was "a rumble of mighty forces" from deep inside Krypton that could be heard and felt by every Kryptonian. Perhaps Jor-El's explanation is the only true one: that "men often reject a truth that is too terrible to face!" (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"; and others).<br />
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Whether the cause was jealousy, or pomposity, or the unwillingness of men to face a terrible truth, it is a simple fact of history that the venerable scientists of Krypton rejected Jor-El's warning. His prophecy of impending cataclysm was greeted with jeers and laughter (S No. 53/1, Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"; and others). He was accused of being an alarmist and a crackpot, an irresponsible fantasizer and a cunning schemer in pursuit of planetary power . And when he carried his plea to Krypton's "highest officials" (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton "), and then to the population at large (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"; and others), all he received for his efforts was more scorn and derision.<br />
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Besides Lara, Jor-El's loving wife, only two Kryptonians are on record as having believed in Jor-El and his prophecy of cataclysm: his brother Zor-El (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!") and the scientist Shir Kan (Act No. 218, Jul 1956: "The Super-Ape from Krypton"). Although "Kryptonians had not yet perfected rocket travel" at the time Krypton exploded (S No. 113, May 1957: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Superman of the Past"; "The Secret of the Towers"; "The Superman of the Present"; and others), various rocketry experiments were under way, and Shir Kan&#8212;whether he conceived the idea independently or whether he was inspired by Jor-El's call for the construction of a fleet of rocket ships to evacuate Krypton's population to some distant planet (Act No. 172, Sep 1952: "Lois Lane. ..Witch!"; and others)&#8212;responded to Jor-El's dire prediction by having his staff construct a fleet of "experimental rockets" which might have been used as part of a planet-wide migration. Concerned that Kryptonians might be incapable of withstanding the rigors of interplanetary travel, however, Shir Kan took the conservative step of first testing his rockets with a small population of experimental apes. Many, if not all, of Shir Kan's apes survive to this day on a far-distant planet (''see'' [[Super-Ape]]), but Shir Kan's act of overcaution meant that his rockets, which might have been used for at least a partial evacuation of Krypton, were off in outer space when the doomsday came (Act No. 218, Jul 1956: "The Super-Ape from Krypton").<br />
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Jor-El, meanwhile, set to work with renewed dedication, aware that time was running out (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!"), determined to rescue his people from the calamity he knew was coming. His dream was an immense interplanetary migration&#8212;the transfer of the entire population of Krypton from their doomed home to another planet&#8212;in a fleet of "rocket-driven space arks" (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!"), "giant rocket ships" of which Jor-El himself had already constructed a scaled-down prototype (S No. 53/1, Jul/ Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"; and others).<br />
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Resettlement on the planet Earth would be the natural goal of such a transfer. Earth was Jor-El's "favorite planet" (S No. 113, May 1957: chs.1-3&#8212;"The Superman of the Past"; "The Secret of the Towers"; "The Superman of the Present"). For years he had made an intensive study of that planet, as no Kryptonian ever had, peering at it through his "super-powerful telescope" (S No. 141, Nov 1960: "Superman's Return to Krypton!" pts. I-III&#8212;"Superman Meets Jor-El and Lara Again!"; "Superman's Kryptonian Romance!"; "The Surprise of Fate!"; and others), carefully scrutinizing "every detail of Earth life" playing across the giant "Earth monitor screen" in his laboratory's scrupulously equipped "Earth monitor room" (Act No. 281, Oct 1961: "The Man Who Saved Kal-El's Life!").<br />
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Jor-El had a natural affection for Earth. His ancestor Sul-El, the inventor of Krypton's first telescope, had been the first Kryptonian to chart the location of Earth's sun (SF No.172, Aug/Sep 1975; and others). His own father, in an early triumph of space travel, had once actually negotiated a round-trip journey between Krypton and Earth (S No. 103/1, Feb 1956: "The Superman of Yesterday").<br />
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Now, with the day of cataclysm drawing nearer by the moment, Jor-El renewed his study of Earth with a single-minded intensity, determined to establish, beyond any doubt, whether Earth would indeed be a habitable planet for his people. He studied "every aspect of Earth by tele-screen projection" and concluded that Earth's environment would be ideal for a Kryptonian settlement. In order to study the probable effects of Earth's "weaker gravity" on the migrating Kryptonians, he employed sophisticated "gravity-distorting machines" to transform an isolated Kryptonian valley into an atmospheric microcosm of Earth, complete with "a sample section of an Earth city" which he constructed with the aid of powerful Kryptonian "building machines." In the altered atmosphere of his artificial Earth, Jor-El confirmed through experimentation what he had already arrived at through astronomical calculation: "...My Kryptonian muscles enable me to run at super-speed and hurtle through the air!" he thought to himself as he cavorted in his man-made environment. "And in this weaker gravitation, my body would be invulnerable!" (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton").<br />
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But Jor-El did not place all his hopes in an interplanetary migration by rocket ship. For in addition to his rocket prototype, Jor-El had his "matter-radio," a "transmitter that can send all forms of living matter&#8212;even living people&#8212;across space by radio!" (S No. 77 /1, Jul/Aug 1952: "The Man Who Went to Krypton!").<br />
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In the chronicles, two separate texts deal with Jor-El's hopes of evacuating his people to Earth by means of the matter-radio. In terms of minor details, the texts differ, but both are in accord on the following points: (1) Jor-El envisioned a mass migration to Earth via matter-radio; (2) in preparation for the evacuation, he used his device to summon an Earth scientist to Krypton, both to discuss the feasibility of the planned migration and to explore the means of carrying it out; and (3) in the end, time ran out before the necessary number of apparatuses could be constructed, and a malfunctioning of Jor-El's own matter-radio at the time of the cataclysm prevented even him and his wife Lara from using it to effect their escape (S No. 77/1, Jul/Aug 1952: "The Man Who Went to Krypton!"; Act No. 281, Oct 1961: "The Man Who Saved Kal-El's Life!").<br />
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As the day of doom drew ever closer, Jor-El made one last desperate attempt to arouse the Kryptonian population from its fatal complacency. As part of Krypton's glorious "10,000-year celebration," a "super-scope" film was being shown commemorating the planet's past and expressing optimism for its future. Into this film, Jor-El spliced scenes that he had himself created, horrifying trick-photography footage of Krypton exploding into fragments, along with the image of Jor-El in the foreground, shouting "This is Krypton's tomorrow! ...[O]ur planet is doomed!" (Act No. 223, Dec 1956: "The First Superman of Krypton").<br />
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Even this spectacularly dramatic ploy, however, failed to arouse the masses from their apathy, and before long a "great computer-forecaster" recently developed by a colleague had informed the defeated Jor-El of what he already knew: that the odds were now ninety-nine in a hundred that Krypton would be destroyed before an interplanetary evacuation could be carried out (Act No. 314, Jul 1964: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!").<br />
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Immediately, Jor-El turned his attentions to the completion of a more modest task, the construction of a small rocket sufficient to rescue himself and his family (S No. 100/3, Sep 1955: "The Clue from Krypton"), and when time ran out on even this modest project, he devoted his last remaining energies to the task of saving his son. Placing the last of his hopes in his recent "experiments with small rockets," Jor-El launched Kal-El's pet dog, [[Krypto]], into outer space in a tiny rocket as a final trial run for the evacuation of his son, but the test proved inconclusive when, instead of returning to Krypton as Jor-El had planned, Krypto's rocket was struck a glancing blow by a meteor and sent careening into outer space (S No. 146/1, Jul 1961: "The Story of Superman's Life!").<br />
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With the death of Krypton now perhaps only hours away, Jor-El placed some of his greatest inventions inside a massive vault with a combination lock in the hope that they might somehow "survive to benefit other men even though our own world must die!" Little did Jor-El suspect that these inventions would one day find their way to Earth, where they would be used for evil by the diabolical [[Lex Luthor]] (S No. 74/1, Jan/Feb 1952: "The Lost Secrets of Krypton!").<br />
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Action Comics No. 216 asserts that the rocket in which the infant Kal-El escaped from Krypton's final holocaust was actually a small scale model of a "gigantic space ship" which Jor-El had earlier loaded with "outlawed war weapons" and launched into outer space as part of his plan to avert the possible outbreak of war on Krypton (May 1956: "The Super-Menace of Metropolis"), but numerous other texts refer to it as a "model space-ship" (S No.61/3, Nov/Dec 1949: "Superman Returns to Krypton!") or "experimental model rocket" (S No. 141, Nov 1960: "Superman's Return to Krypton!" pts. I-III&#8212;"Superman Meets Jor-El and Lara Again!"; "Superman's Kryptonian Romance!"; "The Surprise of Fate!") of the type which Jor-El had hoped to use for an interplanetary evacuation (S No. 74/1, Jan/Feb 1952: "The Lost Secrets of Krypton!"; and others).<br />
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To prevent his son's rocket from being crushed by flying meteoric fragments as it hurtled through space, Jor-El outfitted it with a special jewel-like "projector" of his own invention, designed to obliterate oncoming meteors by emitting "iron-destroying rays." "This jewel," explained Jor-El to his wife, "is really a tiny projector which emits invisible rays that can destroy '''''iron!''''' Since meteors are almost all iron, such a projector as this in [the] rocket would protect it from damage!" (Act No. 172, Sep 1952: "Lois Lane...Witch!").<br />
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Inside the rocket, along with the projector, Jor-El placed what has been described as his "last will and testament." Inscribed on a thin sheet of super-hard metal, the will consisted of detailed descriptions of three of Jor-El's greatest inventions: his "dimension-traveler," his "missile-projector," and his "nuclear fission tester." The metallic last will somehow survived the explosion that destroyed the rocket moments after it landed on Earth and became buried deep in the ground, where it remained until it was finally rediscovered by Superman many years later (WF No. 69, Mar/Apr 1954: "Jor-El's Last Will!").<br />
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To the outside of the rocket, Jor-El affixed several metal cylinders containing Kryptonian "condensed food" intended for the nurturing of his infant son following his arrival on Earth. The containers became detached from the rocket during its journey through space, however, and were not discovered until many years later (''see'' [[Roger Bliss]] [Mr. and Mrs.]) (Act No. 217, Jun 1956: "The Amazing Super-Baby").<br />
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Another item which Jor-El affixed to the exterior of the rocket was a special Kryptonian "record playback machine" containing a "video-recording"&#8212;or "video-tape"&#8212;of Jor-El narrating some of the events leading up to the destruction of Krypton. The video-tape and playback machine, however, somehow became detached from the rocket after it had entered Earth's atmosphere, and were not discovered until [[Aquaman]] retrieved them from the sea bottom many years later (Act No. 314, Jul 1964: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!").<br />
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Knowing that Kryptonians would acquire "super-powers" in the lesser gravity of Earth, Jor-El had created a supply of special "radioactive capsules" designed to renew those powers temporarily in the event anything on Earth made them "fade away." In the horror of Krypton's final moments, however, Jor-El forgot to include the metal box containing the capsules among the items he placed in the rocket, and they were not discovered until many years later (''see'' [[Elton Craig]]), when they found their way to Earth embedded in a meteoric fragment (WF No. 87, Mar/Apr 1957: "The Reversed Heroes!"; see also WF No. 90, Sep/Oct 1957: "The Super-Batwoman!").<br />
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[[Image:Jor-El Launches Rocket.gif|thumb|right|Tiny Kal-El is sent off]]<br />
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Now the hour of Krypton's doom had come. "At that fateful moment, the rumblings inside Krypton became a roar and the planet shook wildly!" (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!").<br />
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The model rocket ship was small, but it was large enough to hold both Lara and her infant son. Jor-El urged them toward the tiny rocket. Already their home was crumbling about them (S No. 53/1, Jul/ Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"; and others), and through gaping holes in the collapsing walls they could see the lofty spires of Krypton's once-proud edifices toppling like childrens blocks amid dense clouds of choking black smoke. "I will not leave you, Jor-El!" cried Lara. "But we will save our son!" (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"; and others.<br />
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Hurriedly, "the helpless infant was placed into the space-ship" (S No. 53/1, Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman!"), wrapped in the blue, red, and yellow blankets that would, according to many accounts, one day be used to fashion his famous [[Superman#The_Costume|Superman costume]].<br />
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And then the tiny craft was "launched forth into the void" (Act No. 158, Jul 1951: "The Kid from Krypton!"), the flag of Krypton was emblazoned proudly on its fuselage (Act No. 246, Nov 1958: "Krypton on Earth!").<br />
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"Krypton is dying!" cried Jor-El, amid the dying convulsions of a shattering planet.<br />
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"But our son will live," answered Lara, "&#8212;the last survivor or a great civilization!"<br />
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Then, as husband and wife clung together in a desperate last embrace, "nature's fury gathered for one final cataclysmic eruption....And as the pitifully small space-ship hurtled through interstellar space, the once mighty planet Krypton exploded into stardust!" (S No. 53/1, Jul/Aug 1948: "The Origin of Superman").<br />
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=Post-Cataclysm=<br />
Because he remembers his parents as having been so "loving and kind" (S No. 123, Aug 1958: chs. 1-3&#8212;"The Girl of Steel"; "The Lost Super-Powers"; "Superman's Return to Krypton")&#8212;and because the anguish of losing them in childhood was so unbearably painful&#8212;Superman has memorialized his parents in numerous ways: he has dedicated a room to them in his [[Fortress of Solitude]] (Act No. 247, Dec 1958: "Superman's Lost Parents!"; and others), taken color photographs of them "by overtaking and photographing light rays that had left Krypton before it exploded" (S No. 132, Oct 1959: "Superman's Other Life!" pts. 1-3&#8212;"Krypton Lives On!"; "Futuro, Super-Hero of Krypton!"; "The Superman of Two Worlds!"), and carved their faces into the side of a planetoid in the style of the [[Mount Rushmore National Memorial]] (S No. 161/1, May 1963: "The Last Days of Ma and Pa Kent!"). When, in January 1962, Superman, [[Supergirl]], and Krypto the Superdog transform an uninhabited planet in a "distant solar system" into an exact duplicate of Krypton as their way of commemorating "the anniversary of the death of Krypton," two of the "human androids" with which they populate their "memorial planet" are "robot imitations" of Jor-El and Lara (S No. 150/1: "The One Minute of Doom!").<br />
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In addition to these memorials created by Superman, a statue of Jor-El, Lara, and baby Kal-El adorns the grounds of [[Metropolis]]'s [[Superman Museum]] (S No. 150/3, Jan 1962: "When the World Forgot Superman!"), and there are wax figures of Jor-El and Lara on display on [[Jonas Smith]]'s brainchild, Krypton Island (Act No. 246, Nov 1958: "Krypton on Earth!"). In October 1961 [[Lori Lemaris]] indicates that she and her fellow Atlanteans intend to use a hoard of gold from a sunken Spanish treasure ship to fashion solid gold statues of Jor-El and Lara as a surprise gift for Superman in gratitude for his past efforts on behalf of [[Atlantis]]'s mer-people (S No. 148/3: "Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!").<br />
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[[Zoll Orr]], a scientist of the planet [[Xenon]] who befriends Superman in February 1958, is a perfect look-alike for Superman's father (S No. 119: "The Second Superman!" chs. 1-3&#8212;"The World That Was Krypton's Twin"; "A Double for Superman"; "Superman's Mightiest Quest") and Superman encounters another Jor-El look-alike&#8212;also named Jor-El&#8212;during a visit to an extradimensional "parallel universe" in July 1961 (S No. 146/2: "Superman's Greatest Feats!"). Later still, Superman would encounter an android duplicate of Jor-El on [[Krypton-II]], an artifically created duplicate of his destroyed homeworld. (S No. 189, Aug 1966: "Krypton Lives Again!" "Krypton's Second Doom!") <br />
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In June 1938, in the text containing the first account of [[Superman#Origin|Superman's origin]], Superman's father is referred to only as an extraterrestrial "scientist" and his actual name is never stated (Act No. 1).<br />
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In July-August 1948, in a text containing a far more extensive account of Superman's origin, Superman's father is referred to by name&#8212;as Jor-EI&#8212;for the first time in the chronicles (S No. 53/1: "The Origin of Superman!").<br />
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In November-December 1949 Superman sees Jor-El and Lara for the first time since his infancy when he journeys through the time-space barrier to the planet Krypton and actually witnesses the cataclysm that destroyed his native planet (S No. 61/3 "Superman Returns to Krypton!").<br />
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In October 1950 three Kryptonian "thought-projection discs" containing a detailed account of the courtship of Jor-El and Lara&#8212;which have been whirling about in space since the explosion of Krypton&#8212;are returned to Earth by a U.S. experimental rocket and retrieved by the ever-curious [[Lois Lane]] (Act No. 149: "The Courtship on Krypton!"). (''See also'' [[Lara]].)<br />
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In January-February 1952 Jor-El's vault of great inventions, which had been hurled into outer space by the force of the cataclysm that destroyed Krypton, is drawn to Earth by a "magnet-ray machine" devised by the diabolical [[Lex Luthor]] (S No. 74/1: "The Lost Secrets of Krypton!").<br />
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In March-April 1954, on the site where the rocket carrying the infant Superman landed upon its arrival on Earth, Superman finds Jor-El's last will and testament&#8212;a thin sheet of super-hard metal inscribed with detailed descriptions of three of Jor-El's greatest inventions&#8212;buried deep in the ground. Following the instructions left behind by his father, Superman constructs working prototypes of all three inventions, and although he ultimately destroys two of them in the belief that mankind is not yet ready for them, the third and last invention, Jor-El's "nuclear fission tester" and the partially completed formula for halting a nuclear-fission reaction that accompanies it, does enable Superman to detect and halt a potentially cataclysmic chain reaction building up at the core of the Earth (WF No. 69: "Jor-El's Last Will!").<br />
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In May 1956 Metropolis is besieged by colossal metal machines&#8212;unleashed by a robot-piloted alien spacecraft&#8212;which tear through the city wreaking havoc and destruction. Superman's initial conclusion is that the "terrible machines" are the work of a sinister mastermind who "wants to take over the world," but a diary written by Jor-El, which the Man of Steel finds on the spacecraft's floor, reveals that the machines are actually "outlawed war weapons" from the planet Krypton which were launched into outer space by Jor-El prior to the death of his planet as part of his plan to avert what he feared was the possibility of an imminent outbreak of war on Krypton. The plan&#8212;which entailed launching the weapons-craft to an "artificial satellite," where its robot pilot would proceed to destroy a previously constructed "prop city" with the weapons as a graphic reminder to Kryptonians of the horrors of war&#8212;was aborted by the explosion of Krypton, which sent the weapons-carrying spacecraft careening into space, eventually to land on Earth, where the robot pilot began mindlessly to fulfill its automated mission of destruction. Superman ultimately destroys the weapons spacecraft, however, carrying it "deep into the center of Earth...where the molten core consumes the super-menace from Krypton!" (Act No. 216: "The Super-Menace of Metropolis").<br />
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In December 1956, "far out in space," Superman comes upon "a mass of cosmic wreckage" from the doomed planet Krypton, including Jor-El's journal and laboratory desk and some films which Jor-El made of himself using "automatic cameras." Together, Jor-El's journal and films record the events leading up to the death of Krypton, document Jor-El's telescopic study of Earth and his experiments with artificially weakened gravity in an isolated Kryptonian valley, and recount the story of his defeat and capture of two power-mad Kryptonian scientists, [[Val Am]] and [[Khai Zor]], who had hoped to profit from Jor-El's discoveries in order to escape to Earth and establish themselves as "masters of the Earth people!" (Act No. 223: "The First Superman of Krypton").<br />
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In May 1957 Superman recovers a Kryptonian "mind-tape"&mdash;and a helmetlike apparatus for playing it back&mdash;after the objects have fallen to Earth outside Metropolis embedded in a kryptonite meteor. Dictated by Jor-El shortly prior to the death of Krypton, the mind-tape tells the story of Jor-El's recent encounter with the lovely [[Queen Latora]], ruler of the planet [[Vergo]], and of her elaborate scheme to revitalize Vergo's dying sun by using a colossal electromagnet to pull the planet Krypton into the heart of Vergo's sun&mdash;thereby destroying Krypton and annihilating its population&mdash;in order to refuel the expiring star with Krypton's uranium core. Stunned to discover that the red-haired queen literally intended to obliterate his planet, Jor-El fought to thwart the scheme and ultimately prevailed upon Queen Latora to search elsewhere in space for a planet sufficiently rich in uranium to enable her to fulfill her mission. According to his account, Jor-El first learned of Krypton's imminent destruction when Queen Latora told him that she had chosen Krypton as the fuel for Vergo's sun only after determining that Krypton's doom was already imminent. Indeed, soon afterward, Krypton did perish, and several decades later, after having been alerted to the Vergoans' plight by his father's mind-tape, Superman flashes into outer space to help Queen Latora and her people revitalize their sun and thus avert their own imininent extinction (S No. 113: chs. 1-3&mdash;"The Superman of the Past"; "The Secret of the rowers"; "The Superman of the Present").<br />
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In August 1958 Superman journeys through the time-space barrier to Krypton at a time when his parents, who have not yet married, are working as undercover agents to thwart the sinister machinations of the diabolical [[Kil-Lor]]. When, as the result of a disastrous misunderstanding, Jor-El and Lara are convicted of treason along with Kil-Lor and launched into space in suspended animation to serve out a 100-year term in a prison satellite, Superman frees the trio from their orbiting prison and defeats Kil-Lor&mdash;who has acquired super-powers identical to Superman's as the result of having ventured beyond Krypton's gravitational pull&mdash;by tricking the villain into killing himself by overexposure to [[Kryptonite]]. (S No. 123: chs. 1-3&mdash;"The Girl of Steel"; "The Lost Super-Powers"; "Superman's Return to Krypton").<br />
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In December 1961 Superman enjoys a brief reunion with Jor-El and Lara&mdash;as well as with his foster parents, [[Jonathan and Martha Kent]]&mdash;after exposure to red kryptonite has temporarily endowed him with the power to make his wishes come true and he has wished aloud that his parents were on the scene to advise him how best to use his marvelous new power. Moments later, however, the effects of the red kryptonite wear off, Superman loses his wish-fulfilling power, and his magically materialized parents and foster parents fade and vanish like wraiths (Act No. 283: "The Red Kryptonite Menace!").<br />
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By July 1964, while patrolling the sea bottom, [[Aquaman]] has retrieved the Kryptonian "record playback machine" and "video-recording" which Jor-El had originally affixed to the exterior of the rocket that carried his infant son to Earth. Narrated by Jor-El, the recording recounts his efforts to decide which six distant planets would make the best home for his son Kal-El by feeding the available data into a "great computer-forecaster." According to the computer-forecaster, young Kal-El would ultimately become a famed lawman and hero on whichever of the six planets he grew to maturity, but the type of hero he became would depend on the type of planet chosen as his home, so that if he grew up on the water-world of [[Valair]], for example, he would develop into a seagoing hero like Aquaman. As the result of these and other inquiries, Jor-El decided his son would be happiest living on Earth (Act No. 314: "The Day Superman Became the Flash!").<br />
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During this same period, [[Lex Luthor]] journeys through the time-space barrier to Krypton at a time predating the marriage of Jor-El and Lara as part of his bizarre scheme to marry Lara himself and thus become the father of Superman (S No. 170/2, Jul 1964: pts. I-II&mdash;"If Lex Luthor Were Superman's Father!"; "The Wedding of Lara and Luthor!").<br />
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==External Link==<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jor-El Wikipedia Entry on Jor-El]<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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The Secret Citadel
2006-12-07T05:44:24Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: The Secret Citadel moved to The Secret Citadel of Earth-2</p>
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<div>Deep in the mountain range outside the city of [[Metropolis]] on [[Earth-2]] lies [[Superman of Earth-2|Superman]]'s secret mountain retreat known as the Secret Citadel, where the [[Man of Steel]] can relax, perform scientific experiments, and escape, if only temporarily, the demands and distractions of the everyday world. <br />
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Superman has noted that the mountain peak is located "where even a mountain goat would have a hard time reaching it!" (SF No. 217/1, Apr 1982: "Back to Square One!").<br />
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Here in this secret sanctum, far from civilization, are the fabulous trophy room, housing the hard-won memorabilia of more than a thousand adventures; the workshop and super-laboratory, where Superman labors in search of an antidote to [[Kryptonite]] and performs other experiments; the gymnasium and recreation facilities, where Superman exercises, relaxes, and indulges in a variety of super-hobbies; special rooms and memorials in honor of Superman's parents, foster parents, and closest friends; special monitors for communicating with distant planets and alien dimensions; and numerous other rooms, exhibits, weapons, machines, and scientific devices. Indeed, since the invasion of the Citadel by an outsider could result in the placing of these devices in the hands of evildoers - as well as endanger Superman's secret identity - the exact location of the Citadel remains one of the world's most closely guarded secrets (See also [[Fortress of Solitude]]).<br />
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==External Links to Online Comics==<br />
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*[http://superman.ws/tales3/secretcitadel/ "Muscles for Sale"] from Superman No. 17<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/wife/ "Superman Takes a Wife!"] from Action Comics No. 484<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
http://supermanica.superman.nu/index.php/Lois_4XR
Lois 4XR
2006-12-07T05:43:31Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Lois 4XR moved to Lois 4XR of Earth-2</p>
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<div>The great-great-great-great-granddaughter of [[Lois Lane]], who was a perfect lookalike for her well-known ancestress. [[Superman]] met Lois 4XR in the year 2949 C.E., a far future era wheere everyone on Earth had super powers like Superman's, after an accidental bombardment of [[Professor Wilson]]'s "Super-rays" had catapulted him a thousand years into the future. Try as he might, however, Superman was unable to learn whom Lois Lane would marry in the twentieth century in order to begin the line of progeny destined to culminate in the birth of Lois 4XR a full ten centuries later (S No. 57, Mar/Apr 1949: "Every Man a Superman!").<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Talk:Lex Luthor
2006-12-07T05:43:13Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Talk:Lex Luthor moved to Talk:Lex Luthor of Earth-1</p>
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<div>Supermanica is limited to Pre-1986 comics only. This article needs major correction. All events referred to should only be those that are in the [[Canonical_sources]]. Just as we don't include movies, TV shows, or cartoons; we don't include the post 1986 comics.<br />
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Thanks for the note, changes have been made. It was my impression that too much info would be better than too little. If further changes are required feel free to update.</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Lex Luthor
2006-12-07T05:43:13Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Lex Luthor moved to Lex Luthor of Earth-1</p>
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<div>[[Image:SVow.gif|left|Luthor's Vow art by Curt Swan]]<br />
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"There was a time, years ago, when all young Lex Luthor wanted was to be President of the United States." - ''Miracle Monday'' <br />
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== Introduction ==<br />
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The warped scientific genius who has been [[Superman]]'s most dangerous enemy for over six decades. An evil genius and avowed enemy of humanity, he is the greatest renegade scientist of all time and one of the most dangerous evil-doers in the universe.<br />
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In the first encounter with Superman, Luthor describes himself as "Just an ordinary man - but with the brain of a super-genius!" (Act No. 23, Apr 1940), yet the texts portray him as a crazed scientist and master-fiend, a wily scientific genius with a consuming urge to conquer the world.<br />
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"A power-mad, evil scientist, Superman's most inveterate hater, is Luthor. He could have been a mighty force for good in the world yet he chose to direct his great scientific brain into criminal channels" (Act No. 47, Apr 1942).<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
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The texts describe Lex Luthor as as man of "insane conceit" and "incredible evil features." Particularly in his early appearances, he is unbelievably ruthless.<br />
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In his earliest appearances in the chronicles, Luthor has a full head of bright red hair, although in one text his hair is colored a dark, purplish gray. From 1941 onward, however, Luthor is portrayed as completely bald-headed, an aspect of his physical appearance which he retains to this day. In the early 1960s, however, after the history of Luthor's relationship with Superman has been revised in the chronicles to allow for the creation of adventures pitting Luthor against the Man of Steel during the period when both men were teen-agers, it is stated that Luthor's baldness was originally caused by an accidental laboratory explosion that occured while the two were still youngsters in Smallville. "My arch-enemy, Luthor, might have been the world's greatest benefactor!" sighs Superman aloud in November 1962. "But he lost his hair in an accidental explosion and blamed me for his baldness! In his bitterness he became Earth's most evil criminal scientist!"<br />
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== Luthor's secret hideouts and headquarters ==<br />
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In the course of his villainous career, Luthor has employed numerous secret hideouts and headquarters - places where he could perfect his diabolical inventions and concoct his intricate schemes, safe, at least for a time, from the prying eyes of Superman. Over the years, Luthor's hideouts have included a complex of buildings held aloft by a giant dirigible high above the stratosphere, a glass-enclosed city of ancient, weird design, an abandoned factory, a gigantic man-made meteor floating in outer space, an abandoned barn, a secret underground lab, a giant spaceship, a secret mountaintop laboratory, an electronics firm, a hidden laboratory on the outskirts of Metropolis, a laboratory hideout that has been lined with lead to conceal it from Superman's X-ray vision, a massive fortresslike citadel on a lonely mountaintop north of Metropolis, a lonely farmhouse in the mountains north of Metropolis, a secret lead-lined subterranean hideout built into the side of a grassy hill, and the elaborately equipped [[Luthor's Lair]], [[Luthor's Lair II]], and [[Luthor's Lair No. 5]].<br />
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== Luthor's Aliases ==<br />
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Aliases and alternate identities employed by Luthor in the course of his villainous career have included [[Zytal]], [[Carlyle Allerton]], [[Mr. Smith]], [[Professor Clyde]], [[Professor Guthrie]], The [[Defender]], and [[Luthor the Noble]].<br />
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== Lex Luthor on Lexor ==<br />
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[[Image:Action_Comics_544.jpg|right|thumb|Action # 544, Lex Luthor (left) with battlesuit typical of Lexorian technology]] <br />
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On the far distant planet of [[Lexor]], the one world in the universe where Luthor is considered a hero, Luthor's exploits have been glorified by the dedication of a [[Luthor Museum]] and by the erection of a gigantic standing statue of Luthor in Lexor's capital city. For his part, Luthor returns the favor to some degree by assisting the Lexorians with their problems while using the planet both as his base of operations and arsenal. In June 1983, Lexor along with its entire population, is inadvertantly and totally destroyed by Lex Luthor in a battle against Superman when an energy blast from Lex's battlesuit accidentally overloads a device called the Neutrarod that he built to quiet the planet's dangerous sesimic activity. Although profoundly aggrieved at the tragedy, Luthor blindly refuses to accept responsibility for it and blames Superman with even greater ferocity. (Act No. 544/1: "Luthor Unleashed")<br />
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== Luthor's relatives ==<br />
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Luthor's relatives include his late Lexorian wife [[Ardora]], his late son [[Lex Luthor, Jr.]] and his sister [[Lena Thorul]], who is gifted with the power of extrasensory perception. His descendants include an heroic 30th Century namesake, who is a member of the [[Adult Legion of Super-Heroes]], and the ruthless [[Rohtul]], a villain also living in the thirtieth century A.D. <br />
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== Lex Luthor Vs Superman ==<br />
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[[Image:Luthor.jpg|right|thumb]Luthor has Superman at his mercy by Curt Swan]]<br />
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“. . . for years and years, Luthor has been Superman’s arch-enemy, stooping to any lengths to destroy the Man of Steel he so bitterly hates!†(S No. 149, Nov 1961: pts. I-III—â€Lex Luthor, Hero!â€; “Luthor’s Super-Bodyguard!â€; “The Death of Superman!â€).<br />
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Luthor’s lifelong goal has always been “mastery of the world†(Act No. 47, Apr 1942: “Powerstoneâ€; and many others) as the first stage of his even grander scheme “to dominate the universe†(S No. 43/3, Nov/Dec 1946: “The Molten World!â€; and others). Described as “the mad scientist who plots to dominate the Earth†(S No.4, Spr 1940), and as “the super- scientist who aspires to world domination†(Act No. 42, Nov 1941), Luthor has a driving “ambition to rule the Earth†(S No. 170/2, Jul 1964: pts. I-II—â€If Lex Luthor Were Superman’s Father!â€; “The Wedding of Lara and Luthor!â€) and to establish himself as undisputed “world dictator†(S No. 48/1, Sep/Oct 1947:<br />
“The Man Who Stole the Sun!â€). “. . [B]efore I’m done,†vows Luthor in November 1962, “the universe will tremble at the name of Lex Luthor!†(Act No. 294: “The Kryptonite Killer!â€).<br />
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On more than hundreds of separate occasions, Superman has intervened valiantly to thwart Luthor's seething ambition for power. <br />
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Although Superman clearly considers Luthor one of the world's greatest scientists, despite the fact that he is a criminal, the Man of Steel has also described Luthor as a "madman" and a "fiend" and numbered him among the world's worst villains. "With that fantastic brain of his," reflects [[Clark Kent]] in September 1962, "Luthor is a menace to the entire universe!"<br />
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"Of all Superman's foes," notes ''Action Comics'' No. 294, "none is more relentless than Luthor, Earth's most evil criminal scientist! Luthor's driving ambition has always been to enslave the Earth, but Superman has always stood in the way!"<br />
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"For years, Lex Luthor has been Superman's arch-foe! Time and again has this master-criminal used his scientific genius to aid the forces of evil! But in spite of the incredible dangers, Superman has always managed to bring Luthor to justice!" (Act No. 292, Sep 1962: "When Superman Defended his Arch-Enemy")<br />
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In his effort to destroy Superman and thereby pave the way for his conquest of the universe, Luthor has created "Luthorite," synthesized [[kryptonite]], and produced dozens of extraordinary inventions. He has, however, despite his genius, shown scant insight into the vast difference in values that sets him irrevocably apart from his super-powered opponent.<br />
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Luthor has fought more than one hundred separate battles with Superman. Superman's mementos of these mighty battles - including confiscated weapons, inventions, and other devices - are on display in the [[Fortress of Solitude]] and in the [[Superman Museum]]. At least one of Luthor's inventions - a device designed to summon beings from the fourth dimension - is on display in the Fortress of Solitude's forbidden weapons of crimedom exhibit, while four of his super-scientific weapons - a money magnet, a vault-blaster, an earthquake maker, and an atomic death ray - are on display, along with a bust of Luthor, in the Fortress's wax museum of crime.<br />
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In addition to the hatred he harbors for Superman, Luthor also seethes with hostility toward Superman’s friends. “I’m also going to . . . destroy Clark Kent!†he vows in March 1952, unaware that [[Clark Kent]] and Superman are one and the same man. “He’s the one who exposes all my rackets in his newspaper articles... !“ (Act No. 166: “The Three Scoops of Death!â€).<br />
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Although Superman first encounters Luthor in April 1940, when both men are full-grown adults, the later chronicles extend the relationship between the two adversaries all the way back to their boyhood in Smallville, where Superman and Luthor were close boyhood friends until the day when Luthor lost his hair in an accidental laboratory mishap that he misguidedly blamed on the teen-aged Superman. In his bitterness, Luthor became Earth's most evil criminal scientist and the greatest enemy Superman has ever known.<br />
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"Ever since they first clashed as boys in Smallville,"'' notes Superman No. 170, ''"Superman has time and again thwarted the evil schemes of his arch-foe, Lex Luthor."<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor Wikipedia Entry on Lex Luthor]<br />
*[http://members.shaw.ca/legion_roll_call/future/lex_luthor/ Entry for the heroic 30th Century Lex Luthor at the LSH Clubhouse]<br />
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== External Links to Online Comics ==<br />
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*[http://superman.ws/tales2/howluthormetsuperboy/ '''"How Luthor Met Superboy"'''] from Adventure Comics No. 271 <br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales3/showdown/ '''The Showdown between Luthor and Superman'''] from Superman No. 164<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/luthorandbrainiac/ '''The Team of Luthor and Brainiac'''] from Superman No. 167<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/luthorandbrainiac/'''Lex Luthor --Super Hero!''' ] from Superman No. 168<br />
*[http://superman.ws/tales2/einstein/ '''The Einstein Connection'''] from Superman No. 416</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Mr. Mxyzptlk
2006-12-07T05:42:49Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Mr. Mxyzptlk moved to Mr. Mxyzptlk of Earth-1</p>
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<div>'''Mxyzptlk'''<br />
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[[Image:Mxyztplk.jpg|thumb|left|The Fifth Dimensional imp circa 1954]]<br />
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An imp from the Fifth Dimension of [[Zrfff]] with magical abilities that easily affect [[Superman]]. He can be forced back to his home dimension (most chronicles say for a period of one month) if he says his name backwards ("[[Kltpzyxm]]"). His many pranks have impacted the Superman family for decades and yet all his topsy-turvy magical, nightmarish alterations of reality return completely to normal once he has been banished.<br />
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In October 1944 he appears on Earth doing countless pranks and meets Superman when he was bandaging the mayor at a council meeting after making him appear ill by making him speak "like a jackass". He later explains how he is from another dimension where his full-time activity is a court-jester. After "poking his nose into the secret volumes of a brilliant scholar" (he's depicted holding a book named "Mxyztplkology") he learns "two magic words, one of which would transport him to this dimension and the other word if spoken aloud would return him to his world for a time" (S No. 30/3, Sep-Oct 1944: "The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!").<br />
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The imp comes back to plague Superman repeatedly, a few examples include adventures where he: becomes mayor of [[Metropolis]] (S No. 96, Mar 1955: "Mr. Mxyztplk -- Mayor of Metropolis!"), concocts a spell to relegate Superman to his weird dimension (Act No. 208, Sep 1955: "The Magic of Mr. Mxyzptlk!"), has an alarm in his hat to warn him when he begins to say his name backwards (S No. 131, Aug 1959: "The Menace of Mxyzptlk!"), comes up with an idea to remain underwater to prevent himself from speaking (S No. 154, Jul 1962: "The Underwater Pranks of Mr. Mxyzptlk!"), and resolves to curse Superman with powers similar to his own (S No. 171, Aug 1964: "The Curse of Magic!"). Later, Mxyzptlk is also one of Superman's most powerful foes summoned by [[Mr. Xavier]] to distract the Man of Steel (S No. 299, May 1976: "The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!").<br />
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[[Superboy]] meets a younger Mxyzptlk (not yet mostly bald and with red hair) earlier in his career (for example, SB No. 83, Sep 1960: "The Dreams of Doom!", SB No. 120, Apr 1965: "The Invulnerable Imp!"; SB No. 131, Jul 1966: "Lex Luthor, Imp!").<br />
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In July 1980 Superman returns from an interstellar mission to discover that the world he knows has been replaced by one in which everyone has been reversed with a counterpart of the opposite gender. Instead of a female [[Lois Lane]] this world's [[Daily Planet]] has a male reporter named Louis Lane. Instead of [[Jimmy Olsen]] there is Jenny Olsen. [[Wonder Woman]] is replaced by Wonder Warrior, and so on. And the greatest hero on this world is Superwoman. There is also a Clara Kent who strangely is not the same person as Superwoman. In fact unlike her male counterpart in the real world, Clark Kent, Clara Kent is just an ordinary person. Based on this fact, as well as the fact that a file on Superwoman's enemies shows a male Mxyzptlk, Superman is able to deduce that Mxyzptlk is behind this madness. Mxyzptlk is too vain to alter himself in any way so even in this world of reversed genders he is still male. Superwoman and Clara Kent are different people because Mxyzptlk, despite his incredible powers, has never discovered that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same. Superman confronts Mxyzptlk, and uses the magic lasso taken from Wonder Warrior to force Mxyzptlk to say his name backwards causing him to return to the 5th dimension and undo his spell over the earth. When Superman returns to the [[Daily Planet]], he is shocked to meet a [[Louis Lane]], but its not the same person from the gender reversed Earth -- it's Lois's cousin from Pittsdale (S No. 349: "The Turnabout Trap!"). <br />
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Mxy's 30th Century descendant, [[Mxyzptlk 5]], is a member of the [[Adult Legion of Super-Heroes]].<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Mxyzptlk Mr. Mxyzptlk entry at Wikipedia]<br />
*[http://www.tgfa.org/comics/superman/superman.htm Read The Turnabout Trap!]</div>
Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Daily Star
2006-12-07T05:42:09Z
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<div>The "large metropolitan daily" newspaper (Act No. 7, Dec '38) which employs [[Clark Kent]] as a reporter from June 1938, the date of the premiere text of the [[Superman]] chronicles (Act No. 1), through March 1940 (Act No. 22). Thereafter, without any explanation having been given for the change-over, the paper is referred to as the [[Daily Planet]] (S No. 4/1-4, Spr '40; Act No. 23, Apr '40). Headquartered in the Daily Star building (Act No. 5, Oct '38) in Superman's resident city of [[Metropolis]], the Daily Star is edited by [[George Taylor]] (S No. 2/2, Fall '39: "Superman Champions Universal Peace!").<br />
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Although Clark Kent is depicted as working for the Daily Star as early as June 1938 (Act No. 1), he had apparently persuaded the paper's editor to hire him only a short while earlier, after being rejected the first time he applied, by thwarting an attempted lynching at the county jail as Superman and then phoning in an exclusive account of the events as would-be reporter Clark Kent (S No. 1/1, Sum '39). Before long, Kent has clearly begun to make a name for himself, for he is referred to as the paper's "ace scribe" in Action Comics No. 9 (Feb '39) and as its "ace reporter" in a number of texts (Act No. 6, Nov '38; and others).<br />
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[[Lois Lane]] is also employed by the Daily Star from June 1938 onward (Act No. 1), and her hiring seems clearly to have preceeded Kent's (S No. 1/1, Sum '39). Described as the paper's "sob sister" in several early texts (Act No. 7m Dec '38; and others), she has also functioned as the Daily Star's "lovelorn editor," as a full-fledged "news reporter" (S No. 3/4, Win '40; and others) and as a war correspondent in Europe (Act No. 22, Mar '40).<br />
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Beginning in Spring 1940, the name Daily Star disappears from the texts and the newspaper is referred to as the Daily Planet (S No.4/1; see also Act No. 23, Apr '40), although, for a time, George Taylor remains its editor (Act No. 25, Jun '40; and others). Clark Kent and Lois Lane continue their careers on the newspaper under its new name. (TGSB)<br />
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Daily Planet
2006-12-07T05:41:34Z
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<div>'''Daily Planet'''<br />
[[Image:Planet_Bldg.jpg|left|thumb|Max Fleischer Daily Planet Building]] [[Image:Clark_Kent.jpg|right|]] <br />
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A crusading metropolitan newspaper located in the city of [[Metropolis]]. Editor-in-Chief [[Perry White]] keeps newshounds [[Clark Kent]] ([[Superman]]), [[Lois Lane]] and [[Jimmy Olsen]] hard at work to find "scoops" (exclusive stories) for the paper. The architecture of the building itself is rather unique as it has a huge globe with the letters "Daily Planet" spanning its circumference. There are also two landing pads for [["The Flying Newsroom"]], a helicopter located on the Planet's roof. Another unique feature to the Planet building is its surplus of empty storerooms wherein Kent can change to Superman. <br />
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The ''Daily Planet'' is the metropolitan daily newspaper which employs [[Clark Kent]] as a reporter for more than three decades, until January 1971, at which time Kent departs the ''Daily Planet'' to become a fulltime newscaster for [[Metropolis]] television station WGBS-TV (S No.233: “Superman Breaks Looseâ€). Described as “the biggest paper in Metropolis†(S No. 73/3, Nov/Dec 1951: “Perry White vs. Clark Kent!â€) and as Metropolis’s “leading newspaper†(S No. 6/1, Sep/Oct 1940; and others), the ''Daily Planet'' has an unparalleled reputation for fairness and accuracy (S No. 41/3, Jul/Aug 1946: “A Modern Alice in Wonderland!â€; and others) and has “millions of… readers†(S No. 83/3, Jul/Aug 1953: “Clark Kent- - -Convict!â€). The newspaper’s precise circulation has never been stated, but in April 1961 the ''Daily Planet'' celebrates the sale of its five-billionth copy (S No. 144/1: “The Super-Weapon!â€).<br />
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The ''Daily Planet'' is headquartered in the Daily Planet Building (Act No. 36, May 1941; and others), a large skyscraper situated in downtown Metropolis at the center of Planet Square, the so-called “crossroads of the world†(Act No. 77, Oct 1944: “The Headline Hoax!â€; and others). Owned at least for a time by Metropolis millionaire [[Ebeneezer Walker]] (Act No. 214, Mar 1956: “Superman, Super-Destroyerâ€), the building features an electric news-sign that encircles the topmost story (Act No. 229, Jun 1957: “The Superman Satelliteâ€) and a “giant globe of the worldâ€â€”encircled by a Saturnlike ring and by giant block letters spelling out the name Daily Planet—mounted on the roof (Act No. 272, Jan 1961: “Superman’s Rival, Mental Man!; and others). Extending skyward from the Daily Planet Tower, at the summit of the building, is the broadcast antenna of WPLT, a radio station owned and operated by the ''Daily Planet'' (S No. 39/1, Mar/Apr 1946: “The Big Superman Broadcast!â€). Across the street from the Daily Planet Building is a small park, where a marble statue of Superman is unveiled in January-February 1946 (S No. 38/3: “The Man of Stone!â€; and others).<br />
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A plaque near the front entrance of the building indicates that the ''Daily Planet'' is published by The Daily Planet Publishing Co., Inc. (WF No. 29, Jul/Aug 1947: “The Books That Couldn’t Be Bound!â€; and others), but at least one text asserts that the ''Daily Planet'' is owned by an unnamed company that operates a chain of newspapers, including the ''Gotham Gazette'' (WF No. 75, Mar/Apr 1955: “The New Team of Superman and Robin!â€). By the early 1970s, the ''Daily Planet'' has been acquired by the Galaxy Broadcasting System (S No. 233, Jan 1971: “Superman Breaks Looseâ€; and others).<br />
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The date of the ''Daily Planet''’s founding is treated inconsistently in the chronicles. The Daily Planet Publishing Co., Inc., is described as having been established in 1870 in one text (Act No. 194, Jul 1954: “The Outlaws from Krypton!â€) and as having been established in 1887 in another (WF No. 68, Jan/Feb 1954: “The Menace from the Stars!â€). In January-February 1943 editor [[Perrwy White]] refers to the ''Daily Planet'' as being 150 years old (S No. 20/1: “Superman’s Secret Revealed!â€), but ''Daily Planet'' staffers celebrate the centennial of the newspaper twice in the chronicles, once in Spring 1944 (WF No. 13: “The Freedom of the Press!â€) and again in April 1961 (S No. 144/2: “Superboy’s First Public Appearance!â€).<br />
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Whatever the newspaper’s true age, it apparently originated in the city of San Francisco, as the San Francisco ''Daily Planet'', sometime prior to 1906 (S No. 168, Apr 1964: pts. I-II—“Luthor--Super-Hero!â€; “Lex Luthor, Daily Planet Editor!â€). In January 1954 an English edition of the ''Daily Planet'' is established in London (S No. 86/1: “The Dragon from King Arthur’s Court!â€), and in April 1955 other international editions are launched in Paris and Bombay (Act No. 203: “The International Daily Planet!â€). by December 1955, editions of the ''Daily Planet'' are also well under way in Greece, Italy, Holland, and Japan (Act No. 211: “The Superman Spectacularsâ€). Other editions of the ''Daily Planet'' include ''Ye Daily Planet'', the “world’s first daily newspaper,†established by [[Clark Kent]] and [[Lois Lane]] during a time-journey to the city of London in the year 1606 (S No. 44/3, Jan/Feb 1947: “Shakespeare’s Ghost Writer!â€), and the ''Daily Solar System'', a futuristic descendant of the ''Daily Planet'' in the thirtieth century A.D. (Act No. 215, Apr 1956: “The Superman of Tomorrowâ€).<br />
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In addition to its chain of newspapers, the ''Daily Planet'' has its own radio stations (S No. 39/1, Mar/Apr 1946: “The Big Superman Broadcast!â€), its own television studios (WF No. 52, Jun/Jul 1951: “The Man Who Swindled Superman!â€; (Act No. 295, Dec 1962: “Superman Goes wild!â€) and its own mobile television unit for covering fast-breaking news events (S No. 57/1, Mar/Apr 1949: “The Menace of the Machine Men!â€). The radio station’s offerings have included an “Adventures of Superman†program (S No. 39/1 Mar/Apr 1946: “The Big Superman Broadcast!â€), while the television facilities have been used to air a TV quiz show (WF No. 52, Jun/Jul 1951: “The Man Who Swindled Superman!â€) and a news program called the “Daily Planet News Flash TV Show†(S No. 145/1, May 1961: “The Secret Identity of Superman!â€).<br />
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Another item of news-gathering equipment indispensable to the ''Daily Planet''’s operations is the newspaper’s privately owned helicopter (S No. 111/1, Feb 1957: “The Non-Super Supermanâ€), the Flying Newsroom (S No. 115/2, Aug 1957: “Jimmy Olsen’s Lost Palâ€; and others), which makes its initial appearance in the chronicles in the late 1950s (Act No. 236, Jan 1958: “Superman’s New Uniform!â€; and others). Rendered in various colors, including green (Act No. 236, Jan 1958: “Superman’s New Uniform!â€), purple (Act No. 244, Sep 1958: “The Super-Merman of the Seaâ€), and red (Act No. 249, Feb 1959: “The Kryptonite Man!â€; and others), the Flying Newsroom is sometimes portrayed as having one rotor (S No. 111/1, Feb 1957: “The Non-Super Supermanâ€; and others) and sometimes as having two (Act No. 249, Feb 1959: “The Kryptonite Man!â€; and others), is occasionally outfitted with pontoons to enable it to land on water (Act No. 244, Sep 1958: “The Super-Merman of the Seaâ€) and, in one text, is described as returning from “foreign shores,†implying that it is capable of making a transatlantic flight (S No. 124/2, Sep 1958: “Mrs. Supermanâ€).<br />
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Almost from the onset of his super-hero career [[Superman]] has been identified with the ''Daily Planet'', not only as Clark Kent, but as Superman as well: helping its reporters achieve sensational scoops, participating in its charity drives, zealously endeavoring to protect its reputation for accuracy (S No. 102/3, Jan 1956: “The Million-Dollar Mistakeâ€; and others). The ''Daily Planet'' has long been the place where strangers attempt to contact Superman (S No. 25/4, Nov/Dec 1943: “Hi-Jack--Jackal of Crime!â€; and others), the place where the [[Man of Steel]] picks up his mail and receives his messages (Act No. 161, Oct 1951: “Exit—Superman!â€; and others). Indeed, according to Superman No. 117/1, the majority of the ''Daily Planet''’s mail is addressed to Superman (Nov 1957: “Clark Kent, Man of Mysteryâ€). “People are always sending his mail here,†explains Clark Kent in February 1964, “because they know Clark Kent is his friend!†(Act No. 309: “The Superman Super-Spectacular!â€). The Man of Steel’s long-term involvement with the ''Daily Planet'' is probably the main reason why the newspapers’ photographic files contain “the most complete collection of '''Superman'''’s feat ever recorded on film…†(S No. 91/1, Aug 1954: “The Superman Stamp!â€).<br />
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One reason for Superman’s special affection for the ''Daily Planet'', apart from the fact that he is employed there as a reporter Clark Kent, is the newspaper’s extensive commitment to philanthropic activities, which includes donating “a good percentage†of its profits to charity (WF No. 52, Jun/Jul 1951: “The Man Who Swindled Superman!â€). In May-June 1942 the ''Daily Planet'' launches a campaign to build a free vacation resort for underprivileged children (S No. 16/1: “The World’s Meanest Manâ€), and in July-August 1945 it holds a drive to raise money for the Metropolis Aid Fund (S No. 35/3: “The Genie of the Lamp!â€). By July-August 1946 the Planet Aid Fund has been established to serve as an umbrella for the ''Daily Planet''’s charitable enterprises (S No. 41/2: “Clark Kent’s Bodyguard!â€; and others), such as the drive to collect money for an orphan asylum conducted in March-April 1948 (S No. 51/3: “The Man Who Bossed Superman!â€). Superman gives a demonstration of his awesome super-strength at a benefit performance for the Planet Aid Fund in November 1952 (Act No. 174: “The Man Who Shackled Superman!â€).<br />
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Later texts make reference to a Daily Planet Charity Fund, which may or may not be the same as the Planet Aid Fund. Once a year, with Superman’s help, the employees of the ''Daily Planet'' put on a gala circus extravaganza—the so-called Daily Planet Charity Show—to raise money for the Fund (Act No. 212, Jan 1956: “The Superman Calendarâ€; and others). Superman performs at a benefit for the Daily Planet Charity Fund, held at Metropolis’s Ajax Theater, in April 1963 (S No. 160/1: pts I-II—“The Mortal Superman!â€; “The Cage of Doom!â€). In February 1957 the Man of Steel excavates a new man-made lake for the Lake Cosmo Children’s Camp, a project sponsored by the Daily Planet Aid Branch for the Underprivileged (Act No. 225: “The Death of Supermanâ€). Action Comics No. 226 contains a reference to a Daily Planet Fresh Air Fund (Mar 1957: “The Invulnerable Enemyâ€).<br />
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Both to help it raise money for charity and to boost its circulation, the ''Daily Planet'' frequently conducts imaginative contests. Examples of the contents abound in the chronicles, including the contest for the city’s newsboys, held in Summer 1945, with a job as a cub reporter being offered as a prize to the newsboy who brings in the day’s best news story (WF No. 18: “The Junior Reporters!â€); the contest to locate “the ideal average Americanâ€, held in January 1946 (Act No. 92: “The Average American!â€); the contest between Superman and [[Nelson Swayne]], held in March-April 1947 (WF No. 27: “The Man Who Out-Supered Superman!â€); the contest to locate the owner of the best autograph collection, held in September-October 1947 (S No. 48/2: “Autograph, Please!â€); the contest to determine the writer of the most interesting letter accompanying a contribution to the ''Daily Planet''’s orphan-asylum fund, held in March-April 1948, with the winner to receive Superman’s services, gratis, for a day (S No. 51/3: “The Man Who Bossed Superman!â€); the contest among the ''Daily Planet''’s own reporters, held in November-December 1948, to determine which of them can write the best story about Superman (WF No. 37: “The Superman Story!â€); the contest to select Miss Metropolis of 1950, held in March-April 1950, which offers a prize of $10,000 to the winner and is open only to beautiful girls engaged in perilous occupations (S No. 63/3: “Miss Metropolis of 1950â€); the contest, held in July-August 1953, to select the bravest woman in America (S No. 83/2: “The Search for the Bravest Woman!â€); the annual contest to select the most “Lovely Child,†the annual contest to select the most “Lovely Child,†with the winner to receive a prize of $1,000 and a free sightseeing trip around the world with Superman (S No. 96/1, Mar 1955: “The Girl Who Didn’t Believe in Superman!â€); the contest to select the five best letters submitted by ''Daily Planet'' readers in response to the question, “What five feats by Superman would most benefit Metropolis?†with superman agreeing to perform the five best suggested feast (S No. 104/3, Mar 1956: “The Super-Family from Outer Spaceâ€); the contest, held in July 1956, to see which ''Daily Planet'' reader recalls Superman’s earliest super-feat (S No. 106/1: “Superman’s First Exploitâ€); the contest, held in March 1958, to select the best photograph taken by an amateur photographer of Superman in action (S No. 120/2: “The Super-Feats Superman Forgotâ€); and the “three coins in the fountain†charity contest, held in August 1965, in which Superman picks three coins from a fountain tossed there by charity contributors and grants one wish each to the three persons whose coins he has selected (S No. 179/1: “The Outlaw Fort Knox!â€).<br />
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The questions of who published the ''Daily Planet'' is treated inconsistently in the chronicles. Two text call Perry White the publisher (S No. 18/3, Sep/Oct 1942: “The Man with the Caneâ€; S No. 117/1, Nov 1957: “Clark Kent, Man of Mysteryâ€), but these references are almost certainly erroneous. Other individuals referred to as the ''Daily Planet''’s publisher include Burt Mason (S No. 5/2, Sum 1940; ''see also'' S No. 6/2, Sep/Oct 1940); [[J. Wimmer]] (Act No. 139, Dec 1949: “Clark Kent… Daredevil!â€); Maxwell Leeds (S No. 73/3, Nov/Dec 1951: “Perry White vs. Clark Kent!â€); [[John Wilton]], although his custodianship of the ''Daily Planet'' is only temporary (S No. 79/2, Nov/Dec 1952: “The End of the Planet!â€); Harvey Gray, the brother of [[Griseld Gray]] (S no. 85/2, Nov/Dec 1953: “Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist!â€); and Frank Wells, the uncle of [[Pointdexter Wells]] (S No. 95/2, Feb 1955: “The Practical Joker!â€). A Mr. Amesby is referred to as Perry White’s “boss†in Superman No. 105/2, but this need not necessarily be taken as an indication that Amesby is the ''Daily Planet''’s publisher (May 1956: “Mr. Mxyztplk’s Secret Identityâ€). [[Dexter Willis]]’s uncle, Mr. Willis, is described as “a big shot published†and one of the ''Daily Planet''’s biggest stockholders†(Act no. 289, Jun 1962: “The Super-Practical Joker!â€), and [[Morna Vine]]’s uncle, wealthy Mark Vine, is the newspaper’s “chief stockholder†(S No. 18/1, Nov 1965: pts. I-II—“The Super-Scoops of Morna Vine!â€; “The Secrets of the New Supergirl!â€).<br />
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From the time the name ''Daily Planet'' first appears in the chronicles (S No. 4/1-4, Spr 1940; Act No. 23, Apr 1940) through November 1940 (Act No. 30), [[George Taylor]] is explicitly referred to as the ''Daily Planet''’s editor (Act No. 25, Jun 1940; and others). Then, in November-December 1940, an editor named White appears (S No. 7/1, and in May-June White’s full name—Perry White—is given for the first time in the chronicles (S No. 10/2). Despite the fact that Perry White has now functioned as the ''Daily Planet'' editor for nearly four full decades, however, the chroniclers have not been consistent regarding his precise professional title: he has been referred to as the “editor†in numerous texts (S No. 27/1, Mar/Apr 1944: “The Palace of Perilous Play!â€; and others), but he has also been described as the newspaper’s “managing editor†(WF No. 13, Spr 1944: “The Freedom of the Press!â€; and others), its “city editor†(Act No. 133, Jun 1949: “The world’s Most Perfect Girlâ€; Act No. 136, Sep 1949: “Superman, Show-Off!â€), its “chief editor†(S No. 121/3, May 1958: “The Unknown Super-Deeds!â€), and its “editor-in-chief†(Act No. 243, Aug 1958: “The Lady and the Lionâ€). Perry White has also been referred to as the ''Daily Planet''’s “editor-publisher†(S No. 18/3, Sep/Oct 1942: “The Man with the Caneâ€) and “publisher†(S No. 117/1, Nov 1957: “Clark Kent, Man of Mysteryâ€), but these designations are contradicted by numerous texts (S No. 54/1, Sep/Oct 1948: “The Wreckerâ€; and others ) and are certainly not accurate.<br />
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The ''Daily Planet''’s “star reporter†(Act No. 25, Jun 1940; and others) is indisputably Clark Kent. Renowned for his ability to root out local news (S No. 44/3, Jan/Feb 1947: “Shakespeare’s Ghost Writer!â€; and others), particularly stories dealing with crime and corruption (S No. 83/3, Jul/Aug 1953: “Clark Kent- - -Convict!â€; and others), Kent has performed in numerous other capacities for the ''Daily Planet'' including that of war correspondent (Act No. 23, Apr 1940), lovelorn editor (S No. 18/3, Sep/Oct 1942: “The Man with the Caneâ€; and others), and editor of the entire newspaper in the absence of Perry White (Act No. 297, Feb 1963: “The Man Who Betrayed Superman’s Identity!â€). He is described as the ''Daily Planet''’s “foremost reporter†in Superman No. 12/2 (Sep/Oct 1941), and as its “ace reporter†in Action Comics No. 105 (Feb 1947: “The Man who Hated Christmas!â€) and in numerous other texts. “To '''Daily Planet''' readers,†explains Superman No. 98/2: “the name of Clark Kent signed over a story has always meant integrity and honesty! His newspaper reporting on crime has won him countless awards!†(Jul 1955: “Clark Kent Outlaw!â€).<br />
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Two separate texts have appeared purporting to tell the true story of how Clark Kent came to acquire his reporter’s job on the ''Daily Planet'', and they contain widely disparate accounts. According to Action Comics No. 144, Clark Kent first decided to become a reporter while still a youngster, after hearing ''Daily Planet'' editor Perry White give a lecture at Smallville High School. Arriving in Metropolis “years later†in hopes of pursuing a journalist’s career, Kent was rejected by White when he applied for a post at the ''Daily Planet'' and was force to take a series of odd jobs—from taxi driver to vacuum-cleaner salesman—until finally, after he had rescued Perry White from death at the hands of syndicate gangsters on several occasions, both as Clark Kent and as Superman, and after he had turned in an exclusive account of Superman’s crusade against the syndicate, White finally granted him a job as a reporter (May 1950: “Clark Kent’s Career!â€). According to a conflicting account presented in Superman No. 133/2, however, Kent applied for a reporter’s job at the ''Daily Planet'', was given a series of trivial “test†assignments—such as visiting the Metropolis Zoo for a story of an aging gorilla—by editor Perry White in lieu of an outright brush-off, and finally won his post on the ''Daily Planet'' by using his Superman powers to transform each dull, routing assignment into an electrifying news event and then handing in exclusive accounts of these events as would-be reporter Kent (Nov 1959: “How Perry White Hired Clark Kent!â€). Both these accounts may be safely be regarded as spurious, for Clark Kent really begin his journalist Career on the [[Daily Star]], the forerunner in the chronicles of the ''Daily Planet'', by thwarting a lynching at the county jail in his Superman identity and then phoning in an exclusive account of the events as would-be reporter Clark Kent (S No. 1/1, Sum 1939).<br />
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Working as a reporter for a major newspaper enables Clark Kent to “investigate criminals without their suspecting [he’s] really '''Superman'''†(S No. 133/2, Nov 1959: “How Perry White Hired Clark Kent!â€) and proves him with “the best opportunity for being free to help people as '''Superman''' without having to explain his frequent absences from his place of employment (Act No. 144, May 1950: “Clark Kent’s Career!â€; and others). Kent frequently changes to Superman inside an empty “storage closet†(Act No. 181, Jun 1953: “The New Supermanâ€) or “store-room†(S No. 145/1, May 1961: “The Secret Identity of Superman!â€) at the ''Daily Planet'', and by May 1958 eh has begin hiding a sophisticated Clark Kent robot behind a secret panel in the ''Daily Planet''’s supply room, capable of carrying on his journalistic duties whenever he is needed elsewhere as Superman (Act No. 240: “Secret of the Superman Sphinxâ€).<br />
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Ranking alongside Kent in the ''Daily Planet''’s reportorial hierarchy is Lois Lane, “the ''Daily Planet''’s star woman reporter†(WF No. 47, Aug/Sep 1950: “The Girl Who Hated Reporters!â€) and “Clark Kent rival reporter at the '''Daily Planet'''…†(Act No. 176, Jan 1953: “Muscles for Moneyâ€). Described as the newspaper’s “sob sister†(S No. 7/1, Nov/Dec 1940; and others) and as its lovelorn columnist (Act No. 44, Jan 1942; and others) in many early texts, Lois Lane has risen through the journalistic ranks to become one of the ''Daily Planet''’s “star reporters†(S No. 27/1, Mar/Apr 1944: “The Palace of Perilous Play!â€; and others) and, with Clark Kent, one of the newspaper’s “two brightest satellites†(S No. 26/2 Jan/Feb 1944: “Comedians’ Holiday!â€). Particularly adept at covering local news (S No. 44/3, Jan/Feb 1947: “Shakespeare’s Ghost Writer!â€), she has performed the full range of journalistic duties, including stints as war correspondent (Act No. 23, Apr 1940); weather editor, described as “one of the lowliest jobs on any newspaper†(WF No. 26, Nov/Dec 1946: “Mad Weather in Metropolis!â€; ''see also'' WF No. 51, Apr/May 1951: “The Amazing Talents of Lois Lane!); and “acting editor†in the absence of Perry White (S No. 124/1, Sep 1958: “The Super-Swordâ€).<br />
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According to World’s Finest Comics No. 47, Lois Lane began her journalistic career on the ''Daily Planet'' sometime after Clark Kent had already obtained employment there (Aug/Sep 1950: “The Girl Who Hated Reporters!â€). This account is undoubtedly erroneous, however, for Lois Lane is portrayed as employed by the ''Daily Star'' in the premiere text of the Superman chronicles (Act No. 1, Jun 1938), and her hiring seems clearly to have preceded Kent’s (S No. 1/1, Sum 1939). In addition, numerous other texts support the contention that Lois Lane was already plying here trade as a reporter at the time Clark Kent first began his journalistic career (S No. 133/2, Nov 1959: “How Perry White Hired Clark Kent!â€; and others).<br />
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After Perry White, Clark Kent, and Lois Lane, the most enduring member of the [[Daily Planet]] staff [[Jimmy Olsen]], the newspaper’s “star cub reporter†(Act No. 238, Mar 1958: “The Super-Gorilla from Kryptonâ€). First introduced in November-December 1941 only as Jimmy, an office boy at the ''Daily Planet'' with a heartfelt longing to become “a real reporter†like his idol, Clark Kent (S No. 13/2), Jimmy is finally referred to by his full name, Jimmy Olsen, in March-April 1942 (S No. 15/1) and continues to be referred to as the ''Daily Planet''’s “office boy†for a number of years (Act No. 71, Apr 1944: “Valentine Villainy!â€; and others) until he is finally accorded the status of cub reporter in January 1954 (S No. 86/2: “Jimmy Olsen… Editor!â€).<br />
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Other ''Daily Planet'' staffers over the years have included reported [[Charles Clayton]] (S No. 21/2, Mar/Apr 1943: “The Four Gangleadersâ€); janitor [[Charlie Frost]] (WF No. 11, Fal 1943: “The City of Hate!â€); composing-room foreman Sam Greene, boss pressman Matt Worth, delivery-fleet head Peat Gluyas, ace cameraman Happy, copy-desk chief Sanford, and reporter Honey Dale, the publisher’s niece (WF No. 13, Spr 1944: “The Freedom of the Press!â€); cub reporter [[Tommy Blake]] (WF No. 18, Sum 1945: “The Junior Reporters!â€); columnist Olga Olmstead (WF No. 24, Sep/Oct 1946: “Impossible but True!â€); sports editor Jack Donovan, shipping-news reporter Mart Lane, photographer Joey Crane, and political reporter Horace Mills (WF No. 37, Nov/Dec 1948: “The Superman Story!â€); a linotyper named Barstow (S No. 57/3, Mar/Apr 1949: “The Son of Superman!â€); sports photographer Tom Dodds (S No. 58/2, May/Jun1949: “Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent!â€); business manager Mr. Weems (S No. 63/2, Mar/Apr 1950: “The Wind-Up Toys of Peril!â€); Chuck, “the Planet’s star photographer†(S No. 66/2, Sep/Oct 1950: “The Last Days of Superman!â€); cub reporter [[Will White]], a son of Perry White (S No. 72/2, Sep/Oct 1951: “The Private Life of Perry White!â€); switchboard operator [[Susan Semple]] (Act No. 163, Dec 1951: “The Girl of Tomorrowâ€); reporter [[Jack Wilde]] (Act No. 171, Aug 1952: “The Secrets of Superman!â€); drama reporter Waldo Pippin (S No. 91/3, Aug 1954: “Great Caesar’s Ghost!â€); staff artist Al Fallon, who draws the comic-strip feature [[Mental-Man]] (Act No. 196, Sep 1954: “The Adventures of Mental-Man!â€); editor [[George Earns (S No. 92/1, Sep 1954: “The Impossible Headlines!â€); lovelorn editor Dora Dell (S No. 92/2, Sep 1954: “Superman’s Sweetheart!â€); copy boy Tommy Brown (S No. 95/3, Feb 1955: “Jimmy Olsen, Super-Reporter!â€); reporter [[Perry White, Jr.]], a son of Perry White (S No. 108/2, Sep 1956: “Perry White, Jr., Demon Reporter!â€); and reporter [[Morna Vine]] (S No. 181/1, Nov 1965: pts I-II—“The Super-Scoops of Morna Vine!; “The Secret of the New Supergirl!â€).<br />
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Other individuals who, at one time or another, have worked on the ''Daily Planet'' include boy genius Euclid Smith, who becomes a reporter on the newspaper in May-June 1952 as part of Superman’s plan for getting the goods on the unscrupulous [[Mr. Fenton]] (WF No. 58: “Scoop’ Smith, Boy Reporter!â€); [[Lana Lang]], who is employed by the ''Daily Planet'' during September-October 1952 (S No. 78/3: ‘The Girls in Superman’s Life!â€); swindler [[Sopy Martin]], who, under the alias [[Don Kelton]], is employed as the ''Daily Planet''’s sports editor during January 1956 (S No. 102/3: “The Million-Dollar Mistakeâ€); [[Mr. Mxyzptlk]], who obtains a reporter’s job on the paper under a secret identity in May 1956 (S No. 105/2: “Mr. Mxyztplk’s Secret Identityâ€); John Corben, alias [[Metallo]], who becomes a reporter on the [[Daily Planet]] in May 1959 (Act No. 252: “The Menace of Metallo!â€); and [[Hercules]], who, under the pseudonym [[Roger Tate]], obtains employment as a ''Daily Planet'' reporter during a visit to the twentieth century in August 1960 (Act No. 267: “Hercules in the 20th Century!â€). Nostradamus, an old hermit who becomes, for a time, the dupe of the archvillainous [[Lex Luthor]], is given a job with the ''Daily Planet'' as a weather forecaster in October 1948 (Act No. 125: “The Modern Nostradamus!â€), and [[Quex-Ul]], formerly an inmate of the [[Phantom Zone]], is given a job in the ''Daily Planet''’s production department in November 1962 (S No. 157/1: “The Super-Revenge of the Phantom Zone Prisoner!â€).<br />
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According to World’s Finest Comics No. 47, “the favorite eating place for Metropolis reporters,†including those of the ''Daily Planet'', is Harry’s Dog House, a diner specializing in hot dogs located across the street from the Daily Planet Building (Aug/Sep 1950: “The Girl Who Hated Reporters!â€). For haircuts, most of the ''Planet'' staffers rely on Tony’s barbershop (Act No. 237, Feb 1958: “Superman’s Exposed Identityâ€).<br />
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Despite the preeminence of the ''Daily Planet'' among Metropolis’s newspapers, The ''Planet'' has not been without its competition. Over the years, rival newspapers have included the ''Morning Pictorial'' and the ''Evening Standard'' (Act No. 37, Jun 1941; and others); the ''Metropolis Star'' (S No. 39/1, Mar/Apr 1946: “The Big Superman Broadcast!â€; S No. 63/2, Mar/Apr 1950: “The Wind-Up Toys of Peril!â€); The ''Evening Gazette'' (S No. 42/3, Sep/Oct 1946: “The Death of Clark Kent!â€; S No. 108/2, Sep 1956: “Perry White, Jr., Demon Reporter!â€); the ''Eagle'' (S No. 49/2, Nov/Dec 1947: “Clark Kent’s Most Dangerous Assignment!â€); the ''Examiner'' (S No. 49/3, Nov/Dec 1947: “Lois Lane, Globe-Trotter!â€); the ''World'' and the ''Globe'' (WF No. 33, Mar/Apr 1948: “Superman Press, Inc.!â€); the ''Metropolis Herald'' (S No. 52/1, May/Jun 1948: “Preview of Plunderâ€); the ''Daily Dispatch'' (S No. 73/3, Nov/Dec 1951: “Perry White vs. Clark Kent!â€); the ''Daily Tatler'' (WF No. 58, May/Jun 1952: “Scop’ Smith, Boy Reporter!â€); the ''Evening Compass'' (S No. 89/1, May 1954: “Captain Kent the Terrible!â€); and the ''Morning Globe'' (Act No. 237, Feb 1958: “Superman’s Exposed Identityâ€).<br />
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In June 1938, the date of the premiere text of the Superman chronicles, Clark Kent is portrayed as a reporter for the ''Daily Star'' (Act No. 1), although an expanded version of the same events, published a year later, shows that Kent had obtained employment on the ''Star'' only a short while earlier (S No. 1/1, Sum 1939). For almost two full years, through March 1940, Kent’s Newspaper is referred to as the ''Daily Star'' (Act No. 22). Thereafter, whoever, without any explanation having been given for the changeover, the paper is referred to as the ''Daily Planet'' (S No. 4/1-4, Spr 1940; Act No. 23, Apr 1940), the name it has now retained for nearly four full decades.<br />
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Following its last appearance in November 1940 (Act No. 30), the name of George Taylor—who had served as editor of the ''Daily Star'' and then of the ''Daily Planet''—disappears from the chronicles entirely, to be replaced soon afterward by that of editor Perry White (Act No. 35, apr 1941; and others).<br />
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In Summer 1940 [[Alex Evell]]’s attempt to seize control of the ''Daily Planet'' is thwarted by Superman (S No. 5/2).<br />
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In October 1941 saboteur [[Ralph Cowan]] plants a time bomb at the ''Daily Planet'' while posing as a telephone repairman, but Superman finds and defuses the bomb before it has had time to go off (Act No. 41).<br />
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In May-June 1942 the Daily Planet Building and all its occupants are transported to the fourth dimension by the evil [[Mister Sinister]], but Superman ultimately defeats the villain and restores the “kidnapped’ building to the earthly dimension (S No. 16/3: “Case of the Runaway Skyscrapersâ€).<br />
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In September-October 1942, after being duped by Nazi Agent [[Carl Bland]] into participating in his so-called “mock invasion†of Metropolis, Lois Lane almost succeeds in blowing up the ''Daily Planet'' when she carries a bomb-laden suitcase into the Daily Planet Building unaware that it contains a live bomb. Alerted in the nick of time by Superman, however, Lois drops the suitcase into a nearby river, where it explodes harmlessly (S No. 18/1: “The Conquest of a Cityâ€).<br />
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In November-December 1942 villains from the ''Daily Planet''’s comic strips are brought to life by [[Funnyface]], who puts them to work committing spectacular crimes. Superman ultimately apprehends Funnyface, however, with some timely assistance from Lois Lane (S No. 19/1: “Case of the Funny Paper Crimesâ€).<br />
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In December 1942 the ''Daily Planet'' announces its plans to publish a comic-strip series by cartoonist [[Al Hatt]] based on the adventures of Superman (Act No. 1955: “A Goof Named Tiny Rufeâ€).<br />
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In May-June 1943, after the [[Prankster]] has copyrighted the English alphabet, Perry White finds himself compelled to pay the villain $2,000 per week for permission to publish the ''Daily Planet'' (S No. 22/3: “The Great ABC Panic!â€).<br />
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In Fall 1943 the [[Skeptic]] attempts to discredit the ''Daily Planet'', only to be thwarted and apprehended by Superman (WF No. 11: “The City of Hate!â€).<br />
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In Spring 1944 three Metropolis rackets czars (''see'' [[Delmar Dice Dilman|Delmar “Dice†Dimant]]) embark on a campaign of sabotage and terror against the ''Daily Planet'' as part of his elaborate scheme to bilk wealthy “stock manipulator†Amos Amster (Act No. 77: “The Headline Hoax!â€).<br />
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In January-February 1946 [[Lex Luthor]] wreaks havoc at the Daily Planet Building when he makes it the target of his diabolical “molecular impulsion beam†(S No. 38/1: “The Battle of the Atoms!â€).<br />
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In November-December 1948 five ''Daily Planet'' reporters spend a hectic day with Superman as part of a contest, proposed by Perry White, to see which of them can produce the best story of the day’s events. All five reporters turn in excellent stories, but the winner of the contest—although the named of the winner is never explicitly states—is apparently young news photographer Joey Crane, whose “story†consists of pictures of all the happy people Superman helped in the course of his super-heroic day (WF No. 37: “The Superman Story!â€).<br />
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In September-October 1949 rackets czar [[Hollis Shore]] has his henchmen bomb the ''Daily Planet''’s printing presses in retaliation for a series of exposés written by editor Perry White, but Superman keeps the ''Daily Planet'' in business in spite of the damage by printing the newspaper on a hand press at eye-blurring super-speed (S No. 60/1: “The Two Identities of Superman!â€).<br />
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In March-April 1950 the [[Toyman]] steals a payroll from the ''Daily Planet'' with the aid of an ingenious flying Superman doll, but Superman ultimately outwits the Toyman and takes him into custody (S No. 63/2: “The Wind-Up Toys of Peril!â€).<br />
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In July-August 1950, when the space capsule carrying [[Mala]], Kizo, and U-Ban crash-lands in Metropolis, the impact of the landing threatens to totple the Daily Planet building and numerous other downtown skyscrapers, but, “with a speed that seems to burn up space,†Superman repairs the damage before any of the buildings collapse (S No. 65/3: “Three Supermen from Krypton!â€).<br />
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In June 1951 [[Joe The Elephant Striker]] and his henchmen are apprehended by Superman while attempting to stage a payroll robbery at the ''Daily Planet'' (Act No. 157: “The Superman Who Couldn’t Fly!â€).<br />
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In November-December 1951 the ''Daily Planet'' merges with its former rival, the ''Daily Dispatch'', after the ''Dispatch''’s stockholders have hastily decided to dispose of their interest in the paper in the wake of the embarrassing revelation that ''Dispatch'' publisher Ray Curtis is actually [[The Insider|â€The Insider.â€]] The text asserts that the newspaper resulting from the merger is to be called the ''Planet-Dispatch'' (S No. 73/3: “Perry White vs. Clark Kent!â€), but the name ''Planet-Dispatch'' never reappers in any subsequent text.<br />
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In November-December 1952 the ''Daily Planet'' is deliberately closed down by publisher [[John Wilton]] as part of his scheme to stifle competition among Metropolis’s newspapers. Before long, however, the ''Daily Planet'' is back in business, thanks to the perseverance of ''Planet'' staffers and the heroic intervention of Superman (S No. 79/2: “The End of the Planet!â€).<br />
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In February 1953 the Daily Planet Building is smashed in two by a diabolical “flying wrecking crane†employed by the [[General|“General,â€]] but Superman evacuates the building before anyone is injured, transporting its equipment and personnel to a safe location until he has had time to repair the damage (Act No. 177: “The Anti-Superman Weaponâ€).<br />
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In January 1954 an English edition of the ''Daily Planet'' is established in London (S No. 86/1: “The Dragon from King Arthur’s Court!â€).<br />
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In December 1955 ''Daily Planet'' offices around the world celebrate what is described as “the anniversary of the first '''international editions''' of the '''Daily Planet'''--in France, Greece, Italy, Holland, and Japan!†To help Mark the occasion, Superman visits the five countries in turn to pose for a series of front-page anniversary-edition photographs of himself performing to “glorify something [the host] country is famous forâ€, as when the Man of Steel poses on a Paris street while balancing the [[Eiffel Tower]] upside down in one hand. Several days later, when Superman returns to [[Smallville]] for a testimonial dinner in his honor commemorating the anniversary of his arrival on Earth as an infant from the planet [[Krypton]], Perry White is on hand to present the Man of Steel with a special anniversary gift: copies of the editions, each with photographs of Superman’s super-feats splashed across its front page, and each with a headline wishing Superman a happy anniversary in its own native language (Act No. 211: “The Superman Spectacularsâ€).<br />
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In March 1956 the Daily Planet Building is one of the buildings destroyed by Superman in order to thwart the interplanetary invasion plot unearthed by [[Ebeneezer Walker]]. Later, with the alien invasion threat safely disposed of, Superman single-handedly constructs a new Daily Planet Building on the Site of the old one (Act No. 214: “Superman, Super-Destroyerâ€).<br />
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In July 1960 the giant “Earth-globe†atop the Daily Planet Building is destroyed by [[Titano]], who rips it from its moorings and hurls it into the sea. A new globe fashioned by Superman is later installed in its place (S No. 138/1: “Titano the Super-Ape!â€).<br />
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In April 1961 Superman poses for a commemorative photograph outside the Daily Planet Building as he purchases, from a newsboy, the five billionth copy of the ''Daily Planet'' (S No. 144/1: “The Super-Weapon!â€).<br />
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In July 1962, in the pressroom of the ''Daily Planet'', Perry White presents Superman with an honorary plaque in gratitude for his ongoing role in “helping the Planet get many great scoops!†Suddenly, however, Superman goes berserk, “leering malevolently†and smashing apart the ''Daily Planet''’s giant presses “with powerful blows of his mighty fists…†Then, just as abruptly, the bizarre “wrecking spree†ends, and Superman, who is as yet completely unaware of the reason for his insane outburst (''see'' [[Mag-En]]), contritely repairs the damage (S No. 154/2: “Krypton’s First Superman!â€).<br />
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In December 1962 Superman destroys every single typewriter at the ''Daily Planet'', demolishes the globe atop the Daily Planet Building, and commits other intemperate, often violent, acts after being driven temporarily berserk by a diabolical “telepathic-hypnotic weapon†fired at him by Members of the [[Superman Revenge Squad]]. After the villains have been defeated, however, Superman pledges to repair the damage (Act No. 295: “Superman Goes Wild!â€).<br />
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In July 1963 the roof of the Daily Planet Building collapses into its topmost floor of offices after it has been deliberately sabotaged by a ring of swindlers who have been the target of a series of exposés authored by editor Perry Whie. Lois Lane is on the verge of beign crushed to death by the heavy ''Daily Planet'' globe falling through the caved-in roof when Superman intervenes to catch the globe and rescue Lois from seemingly certain doom (Act No. 302: “The Amazing Confession of Super-Perry White!â€).<br />
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In May 1964 the mischievous [[Mr. Mxyzptlk]] uses his extradimensional magical powers to temporarily transform the large block letters encircling the globe atop the Daily Planet Building so that instead of spelling out the words Daily Planet they spell out the words Daily Liar (S No. 169/1: “The Infernal Imp!â€). Soon afterwards, the globe is demolished by [[Bizarro]] and his followers from the planet [[Htrae]]. The destruction of the globe has its beneficial side, however, because, as luck would have it, two of the globe’s giant block letters, hurtling toward the sidewalk, knock out two gunmen attempting to seal a ''Daily Planet'' payroll en route from the bank (S No. 169/3, May 1964: “The Bizarro Invasion of Earth!â€).<br />
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By January 1971 the ''Daily Planet'' has been acquired by the Galaxy Broadcasting System. It is during this period that Morgan Edge, Galaxy’s president, removes Clark Kent from the staff of the ''Planet'' and installs him as a full-time newscaster on another Galaxy property, Metropolis television station WGBS-TV, a post Kent holds until the late 1980s (S No. 233: “Superman Breaks Looseâ€; and others).<br />
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==External Link==<br />
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Planet Wikipedia Entry on the Daily Planet]<br />
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Kal-El
2006-12-07T05:41:12Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Kal-El moved to Kal-El of Earth-1</p>
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<div>The [[Kryptonian]] given name for [[Superman]], the son of [[Jor-El]] and [[Lara]]. <br />
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The [[House of El]] was reknowned throughout Kryptonian history for their great achievements in sciences and the arts.<br />
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[[Image:Krypton002.jpg|right|thumb|Kal-El sent to Earth as portrayed in the Columbia Pictures serial adventures of Superman]] <br />
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Although born on [[Krypton]], young Kal-El was rocketed to safety on Earth by his parents before Krypton exploded. Upon his arrival on Earth, Kal-El was adopted by [[Jonathan and Martha Kent]] and raised as [[Clark Kent]] in [[Smallville]]. <br />
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Once he was of age, he began his career as [[Superboy]] and then later as [[Superman]]. <br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Ultra-Humanite of Earth-2
2006-12-07T05:40:35Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Ultra-Humanite.jpg|thumb|The Ultra-Humanite trying to mind control Superman]]<br />
'''The Ultra-Humanite'''<br />
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A fiendish "mad scientist" (Act No. 17, Oct 1939), hopelessly paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, whose "great goal" is the "domination of the Earth" (Act No. 14, Jul 1939; and others). Portrayed as nearly bald in two texts (Act No. 13, Jun 1939; Act No. 19, Dec 1939), and as completely bald in two others (Act No. 14, Jul 1939; Act No. 17, Oct 1939), he is a "mental giant" -- the "head of a vast ring of evil enterprises" -- whose "fiery eyes burn with terrible hatred and sinister intelligence."<br />
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His real name is never stated in the chronicles, but he has been known as the Ultra-Humanite -- Ultra, for short -- ever since "a scientific experiment resulted in [his] possessing the most agile and learned brain on Earth!"<br />
"--Unfortunately for mankind," proclaims the villain in June 1939, "I prefer to use this great intellect for crime. My goal? '''DOMINATION OF THE WORLD!!'''" (Act No. 13)<br />
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In June 1939 [[Superman]] sets out to smash the so-called Cab Protective League, an underworld organization, headed by a racketeer named Reynolds, which is attempting to seize control of the city's lucrative taxi trade by launching a reign of terror against the independent cab companies, murdering their drivers and demolishing their taxicabs in an effort to coerce the independents into joining the League.<br />
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Finally defeated and apprehended by Superman, Reynolds is convicted of his crimes and sentenced to a term in the Sing Sing penitentiary. However, while en route to the prison by automobile, under police guard, Reynolds asks for, and receives, permission to smoke a cigarette, and within moments, he has knocked his police escort unconscious by exhaling smoke from a specially prepared cigarette containing "a mysterious gas," hurled from the unconscious policemen from the speeding car, and made good his escape.<br />
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Superman finally corners Reynolds at his secluded cabin hideout and is about to take him into custody when his attention is called to a second figure in the cabin, a "paralysed cripple" whose "fiery eyes...burn with a terrible hatred and sinister intelligence." <br />
"So we meet at last, eh?" smiles the sinister paralytic. "It was inevitable that we should clash!"<br />
"Who are you?" asks Superman.<br />
"The head of a vast ring of evil enterprises," replies the paralytic, "--men like Reynolds are but my henchmen. You have interfered frequently with my plans, and it is time for you to be removed!"<br />
"If what you say is true," retorts Superman, "the thanks for giving me the opportunity to capture you!"<br />
"You may not find that task as simple as it appears on the surface," remarks the paralytic confidently. "You may possess unbelievable strength--but you are pitting yourself against a mental giant! I am known as 'the Ultra-Humanite.'"<br />
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As Superman lunges forward to grab him, the villian unleashes a barrage of electricity sufficient "to kill five-hundred men," and Superman, trapped "amidst a sheet of flame" produced by the high-voltage current running through the electrified floor, lapses into unconsciousness. With Superman now helpless, Reynolds and the Ultra-Humanite attempt to annihilate him with a buzz saw, but as "the mighty saw" makes contact with Superman's invulnerable skin, there is "a great rasping--the sound of cracking metal--and the saw explodes into a thousand fragments-!"<br />
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"Reynolds dies a horrible death," notes the text, "as one of the steely fragments pierces his throat---!" Leaving Superman behind to perish in the blazing cabin, the villian's henchmen carry their crippled leader outside to a waiting aircraft, but Superman regains consciousness in the nick of time and leaps upward into the sky "out of reach of the hungry blaze."<br />
"I'll bet that strange ship belongs to 'the Ultra-Humanite'!" cries Superman as he spies the weird aircraft carrying the villian and his henchmen. "--His fiendish deviltry is going to end '''RIGHT NOW!"'''<br />
"Deliberately," observes the textual narrative, "'''Superman''' crashes into the planes propellor---down toward the distant Earth hurtle both doomed plane and Man of Steel---'the Ultra-Humanite's' vessel crumples sickeningly as it strikes the ground with a thunderous crash---" but Superman remains unharmed.<br />
"Strange," muses Superman grimly, as he searches painstakingly through the wreckage of the aircraft, "I can't find any trace of 'the Ultra-Humanite'! Well that finishes his plan to control the Earth---or does it?" (Act No. 13, Jun 1939).<br />
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In July 1939, after scores of subway riders have been injured in the collapse of a subway tunnel, Superman discovers that Star, Inc., the firm that built the tunnel, defrauded the city by charging the city for expensive materials and then using substandard materials on the actual project. Before long, Superman has cornered Mr. Lyons, the head of Star, Inc., and forced him to sign a full confession of his crimes, but but as he races after the speeding automobile in which Lyons's two henchmen are attempting to escape, one of the henchmen presses a button inside the car and the vehicle instantly becomes invisible.<br />
"Those men wouldn't have the ingenuity to make that car invisible," muses Superman, "-there's something sinister behind this!"<br />
Although the automobile has become invisible, however, it still leaves tire tracks, and Superman's pursuit of the vehicle soon leads him to a boarded-up shed in the countryside where the Ultra-Humanite is lying in wait for him.<br />
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As Superman barges headlong into the shed, the villian freezes him inside a block of crystal. "'''BEHOLD!'''" gloats the Ultra-Humanite. "My mortal foe imprisoned in crystal....so that I can look upon him and laugh until eternity!<br />
"When he destroyed my plane, he thought that I, too, had been eliminated! But unknown to '''SUPERMAN''', I escaped with a parachute!<br />
"He alone stood between me and my great goal!...'''DOMINATION OF THE EARTH!''' Now I can hasten my plans, unhampered!"<br />
However, the villian has not reckoned on the Man of Steel's amazing recuperative powers. "As '''SUPERMAN''' revives, he flexes his great muscles and the crystal block explodes!"<br />
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Now realizing that capture is imminent unless he somehow escapes, the Ultra-Humanite presses a hidden button and vanishes mysteriously through the center of the floor. A search beneath the floorboards reveals nothing, and when Superman finally races outside, he finds that "the invisible car's gone! He's made good his escape!" Lyons's two henchmen, however, are still inside the shed, and Superman swiftly apprehends them and turns them over to the authorities.<br />
"The 'Ultra-Humanite' has got to be stopped before he succeeds in his mad plan to dominate the Earth," muses [[Clark Kent]] afterward. "if not, the world will succumb to evil forces!"<br />
"Only one obstacle confronts me-'''Superman!'''" thinks the villian aloud to himself in the safety and seclusion of some hidden laboratory. "He must be wiped out! It's a terrific task... but my tremendous brain can devise some way to trick him!" (Act No. 14, Jul 1939).<br />
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In October 1939, after quelling a raging fire aboard the steamship ''Clarion'', Superman learns that the ''Clarion'' is the fourth Deering Lines ship to have recently been "deliberately destroyed" and that a mysterious extortionist has been demanding a payment of $5,000,000 in return for bringing the sabotage to a halt.<br />
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To compound the mystery, the Deering Lines' general manager has been receiving telephone calls from the extortionist that do not travel over the telephone company's wires, even though he does receive them on his regular office telephone. "only one person could have accomplished the miraculous scientific feat of telephoning without using the telephone company's lines," thinks Clark Kent to himself, "Ultra,' the mad scientist who seeks domination of the Earth."<br />
After trailing the Ultra-Humanite's henchmen to his secret laboratory hideout, Superman finally confronts the villian, who has been attempting to extort money from Derring Lines in order to aquire the funds he needs "to continue my costly subversive activities."<br />
Superman hurls himself at the Ultra-Humanite, but his hands only "pass thru [sic] 'Ultra's' figure" as "the scientist's body wavers" and then abruptly vanishes into thin air.<br />
"Wh-What?" exclaims Superman, completely bewildered. "--Then it wasn't 'Ultra' who was here, after all--just a projected image of him!" Indeed, the Ultra-Humanite is still at large, but his plot to extort $5,000,000 from the Deering Lines has been thwarted, and his henchmen, apprehended by Superman, will be turned over to the authorities (Act No. 17).<br />
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In December 1939 a strange epidemic plagues the population, with strange purple blotches killing the affected. Soon, "the streets are clogged with death [...] Horror grips the city!!" A young scientist, Henry Travers, after reading on old history books of a similar "purple plague" that blighted the middle ages, recognizes that the symptoms are identical, and concocts an antidote. Ultra sees Travers interest in the old book, and after intercepting Traver's call to Clark, kidnap him. Superman rescues the scientist. After receiving news of Superman's interference, swears that "No freak of nature will stop me from achieving my goal!" and then assures that "The human race shall be blotted out so that I can launch a race of my own".<br />
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Later, Ultra's henchmen fire an unknown ray and knock out Superman. Ultra tries hypnotizing him, but Superman fakes being controlled, and destroys the "fantastic airship of Ultra's creation" that was spreading its "cargo of Purple Death".<br />
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Superman then returns to Ultra's stongholds where the villain tries to blast him, but Superman places the Ultra-Humanite in front of the gun, killing him (Act 19, Dec 1939). <br />
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In January 1940 Superman learns that Ultra's assistant revived him "via adrenalin", but as this recovery was only temporary, he orders his henchmen to kidnap [[Dolores Winters]], a movie actress, and then "places his mighty brain in her young vital body." As Dolores, the Ultra-Humanite announces her retirement from acting, and plans a retirement party on her yacht, the ''Sea-Serpent'', where she invites "a gay crowd of leading movie actores, writers, directors, and producers". When the party is in full-swing, she slips away unnoticed and moves the yacht to sea. She then corrals her guests with guns, and shoots one in cold blood. Ultra then announces via the ship's radio that she's holding the celebrities captive and that a sum of five million dollars must be paid to see them again. <br />
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[[Image:Ultra-Humanite as Dolores.jpg|thumb|left|The Ultra-Humanite in [[Dolores Winters]] body]]<br />
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The ransom note is delivered to a radio studio manager, and while Superman secretly stands by, the note materializes in front of the studio-head. Seeing that the ransom should be delivered within a buoy near the Centel Lighthouse, Superman follows it into a submerged submarine, and then, to an air-filled cavern. Here Dolores has helmets on the heads of the captives, wired to a control board where she can electrocute them. The Man of Steel throws a huge stalagmite into the switchboard, breaking the electrical connection, and then tries to capture Dolores. She waves a lighted torch in front of the captives, but after seeing Superman blowing it out, she dives into the water and escapes (Act No. 20, Jan 1940).<br />
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In a text for May/June 1980, the Ultra-Humanite, in the body of actress [[Dolores Winters]], kidnaps the [[Bruce Wayne]] of [[Earth-2]] from the apartment building of Clark and [[Lois Kent]]. Planning to take over Wayne's body with the ultimate goal of using his "vast financial and industrial empire" to acheive "world domination," the Ultra-Humanite is interrupted by Superman. Arresting the molecular motion of Superman with an absolute zero freeze machine, the Ultra-Humanite is finally defeated by Lois who figures out the plot just in time to save her husband Superman and knock-out the villain (SF No. 201/2: "The Enigma of the Empty Elevator!").<br />
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Ultra-Humanite
2006-12-07T05:39:19Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Ultra-Humanite moved to Ultra-Humanite of Earth-Two</p>
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<div>[[Image:Ultra-Humanite.jpg|thumb|The Ultra-Humanite trying to mind control Superman]]<br />
'''The Ultra-Humanite'''<br />
<br />
A fiendish "mad scientist" (Act No. 17, Oct 1939), hopelessly paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, whose "great goal" is the "domination of the Earth" (Act No. 14, Jul 1939; and others). Portrayed as nearly bald in two texts (Act No. 13, Jun 1939; Act No. 19, Dec 1939), and as completely bald in two others (Act No. 14, Jul 1939; Act No. 17, Oct 1939), he is a "mental giant" -- the "head of a vast ring of evil enterprises" -- whose "fiery eyes burn with terrible hatred and sinister intelligence."<br />
<br />
His real name is never stated in the chronicles, but he has been known as the Ultra-Humanite -- Ultra, for short -- ever since "a scientific experiment resulted in [his] possessing the most agile and learned brain on Earth!"<br />
"--Unfortunately for mankind," proclaims the villain in June 1939, "I prefer to use this great intellect for crime. My goal? '''DOMINATION OF THE WORLD!!'''" (Act No. 13)<br />
<br />
In June 1939 [[Superman]] sets out to smash the so-called Cab Protective League, an underworld organization, headed by a racketeer named Reynolds, which is attempting to seize control of the city's lucrative taxi trade by launching a reign of terror against the independent cab companies, murdering their drivers and demolishing their taxicabs in an effort to coerce the independents into joining the League.<br />
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Finally defeated and apprehended by Superman, Reynolds is convicted of his crimes and sentenced to a term in the Sing Sing penitentiary. However, while en route to the prison by automobile, under police guard, Reynolds asks for, and receives, permission to smoke a cigarette, and within moments, he has knocked his police escort unconscious by exhaling smoke from a specially prepared cigarette containing "a mysterious gas," hurled from the unconscious policemen from the speeding car, and made good his escape.<br />
<br />
Superman finally corners Reynolds at his secluded cabin hideout and is about to take him into custody when his attention is called to a second figure in the cabin, a "paralysed cripple" whose "fiery eyes...burn with a terrible hatred and sinister intelligence." <br />
"So we meet at last, eh?" smiles the sinister paralytic. "It was inevitable that we should clash!"<br />
"Who are you?" asks Superman.<br />
"The head of a vast ring of evil enterprises," replies the paralytic, "--men like Reynolds are but my henchmen. You have interfered frequently with my plans, and it is time for you to be removed!"<br />
"If what you say is true," retorts Superman, "the thanks for giving me the opportunity to capture you!"<br />
"You may not find that task as simple as it appears on the surface," remarks the paralytic confidently. "You may possess unbelievable strength--but you are pitting yourself against a mental giant! I am known as 'the Ultra-Humanite.'"<br />
<br />
As Superman lunges forward to grab him, the villian unleashes a barrage of electricity sufficient "to kill five-hundred men," and Superman, trapped "amidst a sheet of flame" produced by the high-voltage current running through the electrified floor, lapses into unconsciousness. With Superman now helpless, Reynolds and the Ultra-Humanite attempt to annihilate him with a buzz saw, but as "the mighty saw" makes contact with Superman's invulnerable skin, there is "a great rasping--the sound of cracking metal--and the saw explodes into a thousand fragments-!"<br />
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"Reynolds dies a horrible death," notes the text, "as one of the steely fragments pierces his throat---!" Leaving Superman behind to perish in the blazing cabin, the villian's henchmen carry their crippled leader outside to a waiting aircraft, but Superman regains consciousness in the nick of time and leaps upward into the sky "out of reach of the hungry blaze."<br />
"I'll bet that strange ship belongs to 'the Ultra-Humanite'!" cries Superman as he spies the weird aircraft carrying the villian and his henchmen. "--His fiendish deviltry is going to end '''RIGHT NOW!"'''<br />
"Deliberately," observes the textual narrative, "'''Superman''' crashes into the planes propellor---down toward the distant Earth hurtle both doomed plane and Man of Steel---'the Ultra-Humanite's' vessel crumples sickeningly as it strikes the ground with a thunderous crash---" but Superman remains unharmed.<br />
"Strange," muses Superman grimly, as he searches painstakingly through the wreckage of the aircraft, "I can't find any trace of 'the Ultra-Humanite'! Well that finishes his plan to control the Earth---or does it?" (Act No. 13, Jun 1939).<br />
<br />
In July 1939, after scores of subway riders have been injured in the collapse of a subway tunnel, Superman discovers that Star, Inc., the firm that built the tunnel, defrauded the city by charging the city for expensive materials and then using substandard materials on the actual project. Before long, Superman has cornered Mr. Lyons, the head of Star, Inc., and forced him to sign a full confession of his crimes, but but as he races after the speeding automobile in which Lyons's two henchmen are attempting to escape, one of the henchmen presses a button inside the car and the vehicle instantly becomes invisible.<br />
"Those men wouldn't have the ingenuity to make that car invisible," muses Superman, "-there's something sinister behind this!"<br />
Although the automobile has become invisible, however, it still leaves tire tracks, and Superman's pursuit of the vehicle soon leads him to a boarded-up shed in the countryside where the Ultra-Humanite is lying in wait for him.<br />
<br />
As Superman barges headlong into the shed, the villian freezes him inside a block of crystal. "'''BEHOLD!'''" gloats the Ultra-Humanite. "My mortal foe imprisoned in crystal....so that I can look upon him and laugh until eternity!<br />
"When he destroyed my plane, he thought that I, too, had been eliminated! But unknown to '''SUPERMAN''', I escaped with a parachute!<br />
"He alone stood between me and my great goal!...'''DOMINATION OF THE EARTH!''' Now I can hasten my plans, unhampered!"<br />
However, the villian has not reckoned on the Man of Steel's amazing recuperative powers. "As '''SUPERMAN''' revives, he flexes his great muscles and the crystal block explodes!"<br />
<br />
Now realizing that capture is imminent unless he somehow escapes, the Ultra-Humanite presses a hidden button and vanishes mysteriously through the center of the floor. A search beneath the floorboards reveals nothing, and when Superman finally races outside, he finds that "the invisible car's gone! He's made good his escape!" Lyons's two henchmen, however, are still inside the shed, and Superman swiftly apprehends them and turns them over to the authorities.<br />
"The 'Ultra-Humanite' has got to be stopped before he succeeds in his mad plan to dominate the Earth," muses [[Clark Kent]] afterward. "if not, the world will succumb to evil forces!"<br />
"Only one obstacle confronts me-'''Superman!'''" thinks the villian aloud to himself in the safety and seclusion of some hidden laboratory. "He must be wiped out! It's a terrific task... but my tremendous brain can devise some way to trick him!" (Act No. 14, Jul 1939).<br />
<br />
In October 1939, after quelling a raging fire aboard the steamship ''Clarion'', Superman learns that the ''Clarion'' is the fourth Deering Lines ship to have recently been "deliberately destroyed" and that a mysterious extortionist has been demanding a payment of $5,000,000 in return for bringing the sabotage to a halt.<br />
<br />
To compound the mystery, the Deering Lines' general manager has been receiving telephone calls from the extortionist that do not travel over the telephone company's wires, even though he does receive them on his regular office telephone. "only one person could have accomplished the miraculous scientific feat of telephoning without using the telephone company's lines," thinks Clark Kent to himself, "Ultra,' the mad scientist who seeks domination of the Earth."<br />
After trailing the Ultra-Humanite's henchmen to his secret laboratory hideout, Superman finally confronts the villian, who has been attempting to extort money from Derring Lines in order to aquire the funds he needs "to continue my costly subversive activities."<br />
Superman hurls himself at the Ultra-Humanite, but his hands only "pass thru [sic] 'Ultra's' figure" as "the scientist's body wavers" and then abruptly vanishes into thin air.<br />
"Wh-What?" exclaims Superman, completely bewildered. "--Then it wasn't 'Ultra' who was here, after all--just a projected image of him!" Indeed, the Ultra-Humanite is still at large, but his plot to extort $5,000,000 from the Deering Lines has been thwarted, and his henchmen, apprehended by Superman, will be turned over to the authorities (Act No. 17).<br />
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In December 1939 a strange epidemic plagues the population, with strange purple blotches killing the affected. Soon, "the streets are clogged with death [...] Horror grips the city!!" A young scientist, Henry Travers, after reading on old history books of a similar "purple plague" that blighted the middle ages, recognizes that the symptoms are identical, and concocts an antidote. Ultra sees Travers interest in the old book, and after intercepting Traver's call to Clark, kidnap him. Superman rescues the scientist. After receiving news of Superman's interference, swears that "No freak of nature will stop me from achieving my goal!" and then assures that "The human race shall be blotted out so that I can launch a race of my own".<br />
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Later, Ultra's henchmen fire an unknown ray and knock out Superman. Ultra tries hypnotizing him, but Superman fakes being controlled, and destroys the "fantastic airship of Ultra's creation" that was spreading its "cargo of Purple Death".<br />
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Superman then returns to Ultra's stongholds where the villain tries to blast him, but Superman places the Ultra-Humanite in front of the gun, killing him (Act 19, Dec 1939). <br />
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In January 1940 Superman learns that Ultra's assistant revived him "via adrenalin", but as this recovery was only temporary, he orders his henchmen to kidnap [[Dolores Winters]], a movie actress, and then "places his mighty brain in her young vital body." As Dolores, the Ultra-Humanite announces her retirement from acting, and plans a retirement party on her yacht, the ''Sea-Serpent'', where she invites "a gay crowd of leading movie actores, writers, directors, and producers". When the party is in full-swing, she slips away unnoticed and moves the yacht to sea. She then corrals her guests with guns, and shoots one in cold blood. Ultra then announces via the ship's radio that she's holding the celebrities captive and that a sum of five million dollars must be paid to see them again. <br />
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The ransom note is delivered to a radio studio manager, and while Superman secretly stands by, the note materializes in front of the studio-head. Seeing that the ransom should be delivered within a buoy near the Centel Lighthouse, Superman follows it into a submerged submarine, and then, to an air-filled cavern. Here Dolores has helmets on the heads of the captives, wired to a control board where she can electrocute them. The Man of Steel throws a huge stalagmite into the switchboard, breaking the electrical connection, and then tries to capture Dolores. She waves a lighted torch in front of the captives, but after seeing Superman blowing it out, she dives into the water and escapes (Act No. 20, Jan 1940).<br />
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(see [[Ultra-Humanite of Earth-2]])<br />
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Susie Tompkins
2006-12-07T05:38:38Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: </p>
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<div>#REDIRECT[[Susie Tompkins of Earth-2]]</div>
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Susie Tompkins of Earth-2
2006-12-07T05:37:25Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: </p>
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<div>'''Susie Tompkins of Earth-2'''<br />
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[[Lois Lane]]'s eight-year-old niece (Act No. 59, Apr 1943: "Cinderella -- a la Superman"; Act No. 68, Jan 1944: "Superman Meets Susie!"), a freckle-faced youngster with an overactive imagination who is forever making mischief by concocting tall tales (other appearances include S No. 40, May/Jun 1946: "The Mxyztplk - Susie Alliance"; S No. 95, Feb. 1955: "Susie's Enchanted Isle"). Her hair, which is sometimes red (Act No. 59, Apr 1943: “Cinderella--a la Superman!â€; and others) and sometimes brown (Act No. 68, Jan 1944: “Superman Meets Susie!â€; S No. 40/1, May/Jun 1946: “The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance!â€), is usually worn in pig- tails (Act No. 68, Jan 1944: “Superman Meets Susie!â€; and others), although not always (Act No. 59, Apr 1943: “Cinderella -- a la Superman!â€).<br />
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Susie, whom Lois Lane once describes as “my sister’s little girl,†lives somewhere out in “the country†and occasionally comes to [[Metropolis]] to visit her Aunt Lois (Act No. 68, Jan 1944: “Superman Meets Susie!â€; and others). The name of Susie’s mother is never stated in the chronicles, but she is evidently married (Act No. 59, Apr 1943: “Cinderella- -a la Superman!â€) to a man named Tompkins (Act No. 98, Jul 1946: “Starring Susie!â€) and is therefore not to be identified with Lois Lane’s unmarried sister, [[Lucy Lane]] (S No. 147/1, Aug 1961: “The Great Mento!â€; and others).<br />
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The texts describe Susie as “Lois Lane’s problem- niece†(Act No. 98, Jul 1946: “Starring Susie!â€), “Lois Lane’s ultra-imaginative niece†(S No. 47/2, Jul/Aug 1947: “Susie Reforms!â€), “Lois Lane’s ever-fibbing niece†(S No.95/1, Feb 1955: “Susie’s Enchanted Isleâ€), and as “the girl who loves to tell whoppers†(S No. 40/1, May/Jun 1946: “The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance!â€). Susie has an incurable penchant for “causing trouble by telling wild stories†(S No. 47/2, Jul/Aug 1947: “Susie Reforms!â€), concocted with the aid of what [[Mr. Mxyztplk]] has admiringly referred to as her “marvelous imagination.â€<br />
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“Some people can take a dash of imagination or leave it alone,†notes Superman No.40/1, “, but with Susie, one little touch goes right to her head, and grows and grows and grows!†(May /Jun 1946: “The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance!â€). <br />
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In April 1943, after reluctantly agreeing to baby-sit with Susie as a favor to Lois Lane, [[Clark Kent]] dozes off on a couch while reading the youngster the story of Cinderella. “As Clark Kent drifts into dreamland,†notes the text, “his mind is assaulted by a weird phantasmagoria. . . . '''''And so begins one of the strangest dreams in all history'''''!â€<br />
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The dream is a retelling of “Cinderella,†with [[Superman]] playing the role of the fairy godmother, using his super-powers instead of magic to perform the traditional magic feats. <br />
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“I had the funniest dream,†remarks Kent to Lois Lane after he has finally beenjolted awake. “I dreamt I was back in the days of '''Cinderella'''... that I was '''Superman'''... and that I aided her instead of the fairy godmother coming to her help.<br />
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“The only thing funny about your dream,†replies Lois sarcastically, “was the possibility of your being '''Superman'''!†(Act No. 59: “Cinderella--a la Superman!â€).<br />
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In January 1944, Susie reappears in the chronicles, causing mayhem and making mischief with her penchant for tall tales. Dialogue in this text creates the impression that Clark Kent and Susie have never met prior to this date, but there is no doubt whatever that the Susie of this text (Act No. 68: “Superman Meets Susie!â€) is identical to the Susie who appeared nine months earlier in Action Comics No.59 (Apr 1943:“Cinderella--a la Superman!â€).(TGSB)<br />
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In May-June 1946, Susie forms an outrageous alliance with the mischievous [[Mr. Mxyztplk]] (S No. 40: “The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance!â€).<br />
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In July 1946, after having been ordered to bed without dinner as punishment for telling tall tales, Susie climbs out her bedroom window and runs away from home, determined to get back at her parents by running away to Hollywood to become a movie star. After a tired night of walking alone down a dark, lonely road, however, Susie falls asleep in the back seat of a parked car belonging to two criminals, who, upon hearing her story, decide to make her their dupe in a scheme to steal a priceless ruby from a millionaire living nearby.<br />
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By claiming to be Hollywood talent scouts and promising to make Susie a star, the thieves trick the youngster into agreeing to an “acting test†in which she is to gain entree to the millionaire’s home by posing as an orphan and then rejoin them at the back door once the household is fast asleep. Susie plays her role to perfection, but no sooner has she opened the back door of the mansion to rejoin her “friends†than the two crooks take her captive, sneak into the mansion through the now-open back door, and pilfer the ruby from the millionaire’s wall safe.<br />
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Now realizing, albeit belatedly, that her new-found companions are criminals, Susie snatches away the stolen ruby, kicks the crooks in the shins, and races away into the darkness. When, at dawn the next morning, Susie is befriended by the engineer of a passing train and given refuge aboard his locomotive, the criminals attempt to wreck the train in hopes of recovering the ruby, but Superman arrives on the scene in time to avert the train wreck and apprehend the evildoers. Susie, for her part, is soon safely back home again, where she is feted as a heroine for her courageous role in recovering the stolen ruby and helping to bring the two thieves to justice (Act No.98:<br />
“Starring Susie!â€).<br />
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In July 1947, Lois Lane and Clark Kent take Susie to the Children’s Theater at Thimble’s Department Store for a scheduled theatrical rendition of the Mother Goose rhymes, only to have the colorfully<br />
costumed actors in the production turn out to be criminals bent on robbing the audience of their money and valuables. With some helpful assistance from Susie, however, Superman apprehends the troupe of stickup men and ties them up in a neat package for delivery to the police (Act No. 110:<br />
“Mother Goose Crimes!â€).<br />
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In July-August 1947, Susie finds herself in Dutch with Lois Lane when, after having promised faithfully not to tell any more fibs, she claims to have seen a pair of elephants flying through the air. Susie is vindicated soon afterward, however, when it is discovered that [[Crawley]] and his cohorts recently stole the elephants by using winches and steel cable to haul them upward into a giant dirigible hidden out of sight among the clouds. Sometime later, while attending a lavish fashion show with Lois Lane, Susie is on the verge of being crushed to death by the charging elephants when Superman appears on the scene and rescues her from harm (S No. 47/2: “Susie Reforms!â€).<br />
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In February 1955, after idly pressing a button on a newly invented time machine, Susie suddenly finds herself whisked across the time barrier into the ancient past, to a sultan’s palace in the fabled era of the '''Arabian Nights''', where, in inimitable Susie fashion, she regales the sultan with extravagant fibs about a golden dragon that breathes golden flames, an enchanted river that comes whenever you call it, an exotic plant whose fibers can be woven into a magic carpet, and a fabulous genie that is hers to command.<br />
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So impressed is the sultan by these fantastic tales that he confiscates Susie’s time machine in order to force her to use her “magic powers†to make them come true, thus forcing Superman, who has hurtled across the time barrier to rescue Susie at the request of a frantic Lois Lane, to assume the role of Susie’s magic genie, and to exercise every last ounce of his super-ingenuity, in order to transform Susie’s extravagant fantasies into realities so that the sultan will agree to relinquish the time machine and allow Susie to peacefully depart his kingdom (S No. 95/1: “Susie’s Enchanted Isleâ€).(TGSB)<br />
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In June 1977 (Act No. 484: "Superman Takes a Wife!"), Susie Tompkins appears at the wedding of the Earth 2 Superman and Lois Lane of Earth-2 as a flower girl. In this tale, it is revealed that Susie's mother is Lucille Tompkins, the married [[Lucy Lane]] of [[Earth-2]].<br />
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In January/February 1980, Susie begins to win prize money as a member of the Junior Liars Club, impressing her aunt and uncle, Lois and Clark. However, when invisible alien become stranded in Metropolis Park Lake and only Susie can communicate with them, she must convince Lois and the [[Superman of Earth-2]] to help before the aliens' vessel explodes, "destroying a large portion" of [[Metropolis]]. Using all her skills, Susie helps Superman save the day, much to the chagrin of her aunt (SF No. 199/2: "Susie's Flying Saucer!"). <br />
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Note: There are no appearences of an "Earth-One" Susie Tompkins.<br />
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== Susie Tompkins has appeared in the following Chronicles ==<br />
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*Act No.59, Apr 1943: "Cinderella -- a la Superman"<br />
*Act No.68, Jan 1944: "Superman Meets Susie"<br />
*S No.40, May-Jun 1946: "The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance" <br />
*Act No.98, Jul 1946: "Starring Susie" <br />
*S No.47, Jul-Aug 1947: "Susie Reforms"<br />
*S No.95, Feb 1955: "Susie's Enchanted Isle" <br />
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Earth-1
2006-12-07T05:30:36Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Earth-1 wasn't created until 1961</p>
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<div>The main Earth which [[Superman]]'s adventures transpired on from 1938 to 1986.<br />
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The various alpha-numerical designations of Earth (ie, Earth 1, [[Earth-2]], [[Earth-S]], etc) are used in the chronicles to indicate planets resembling [[Superman]]'s world, but existing in [[Parallel-Worlds|Parallel Universes]].<br />
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Clark Kent of Earth-2
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Amazo
2006-12-07T05:29:10Z
<p>Clark Kent of Earth-2: Amazo moved to Amazo of Earth-One</p>
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Android created by [[Professor Ivo]] to assist him in collecting the oldest living animals on Earth in an attempt to distill from their essences an elixir that would grant Ivo immortality.<br />
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Amazo has the ability to mimic the superpowers and other abilities of anyone within a certain range.<br />
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In his quest to collect the oldest living animals, Amazo acquires the powers and abilities of [[Aquaman]], [[The Flash]], [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)|Green Lantern]], the [[Martian Manhunter]] and [[Wonder Woman]] of the [[Justice League of America]]. He also somehow produces exact duplicates of Green Lantern's power ring and Wonder Woman's magic lasso. The League subsequently regain their powers and defeat Ivo and Amazo (The Brave and the Bold No. 30, Jun/Jul 1960: "The Case of the Stolen Super Powers"). <br />
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Amazo returns to battle the JLA many times over the years, as well as facing [[Superman]] in solo combat.<br />
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==Amazo appearances in the Superman Chronicles==<br />
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*S No. 314, Aug 1977: "Before This Night Is Over, Superman Will Kill"<br />
*Act No. 480, Feb 1978: "Amazo's Big Breakthrough"<br />
*Act No. 481, Mar 1978: "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Supermobile"<br />
*Act No. 482, Apr 1978: "This Is a Job for Supermobile"<br />
*Act No. 483, May 1978: "Sleep No More"<br />
*SS No. 3, 1985: "Amazo Means Mayhem"<br />
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