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Superman, the alter-ego of Clark Kent, (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016).) who was sometimes referred to as Man of Steel, (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Cavan Scott, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2017).) and once referred to by Lenny Henry as "Clarkie", (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Dan Abnett, et al., Fleetway Publications (1991).) was a superhero who operated as a reporter for the Daily Planet.

He was featured in various comic books, including the comic book Superman, which chronicled his life. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016)., etc.) In addition, his likeness and emblem were featured on various pieces of merchandise, including shirts, (WC: New Adventures Await! [+]LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2016)., etc.) torches, (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Cavan Scott, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2017).) and posters. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016).)

Superman also existed as a real person in Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Tim Quinn, Doctor Who? (Marvel Comics, 1982)., The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) [+]Tim Quinn, The History Tour (Marvel Comics, 1987).)

Biography[]

Early life[]

The last of his kind, Superman crash-landed on Earth as a baby. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Eddie Robson, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2013).)

Working for the Daily Planet[]

In his later life, Kent worked as a reporter at the Daily Planet, alongside Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. His editor was Perry White. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016).) At one point, he had a snow fortress. (PROSE: Dear Great Uncle Peter [+]Neil Corry, Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas (Short Trips short stories, 2007).)

Donating to Comic Relief[]

Superman makes a donation

Superman donates to Comic Relief. (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Dan Abnett, et al., Fleetway Publications (1991).)

Superman was among the superheroes who donated to Comic Relief in 1991. (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Dan Abnett, et al., Fleetway Publications (1991).)

Visiting the Brick Boulevard[]

Superman was present in the Brick Boulevard when the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Venkman, and Doc Brown crashed their vehicles into each other. (WC: Doctor, Doctor, Doctor [+]James McLoughlin, LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2016).)

Powers and abilities[]

Superman had the ability to fly. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016)., COMIC: The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) [+]Tim Quinn, The History Tour (Marvel Comics, 1987).) Kryptonite was his weakness. (AUDIO: Starfall [+]Paul Magrs, Demon Quest (AudioGO, 2010).)

References[]

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Superman on the cover of Action Comics Issue 1. (COMIC: Doorway to Hell [+]Mark Wright, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2017).)

He appeared on the cover of Action Comics Issue 1. He was depicted lifting a car over his head. (COMIC: Doorway to Hell [+]Mark Wright, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2017).)

In one issue of a comic, he was faced up against Batman, and, as the cover promised, "only one [could] survive!" (PROSE: Curiosity [+]Mike Amberry, Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life (Short Trips short stories, 2008).)

In 1957, Korky Goldsmith claimed that Superman and Nyssa "would get along like a house on fire" as she was likewise the last survivor of her planet. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Eddie Robson, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2013).)

Both Terry and Eugene Jones admitted their long-absent father Shaun, an ordinary cashier in Cardiff, "wasn't Superman". (TV: Random Shoes [+]Jacquetta May, Torchwood series 1 (BBC Three, 2006).)

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Supergirl uses a portrait of Superman for a demonstration of the utility of glasses as a disguise. (WC: Supergirl Meets E.T. [+]James McLoughlin, Meet That Hero! (2016).)

The Twelfth Doctor read a Superman comic, and revealed to Grant that Superman and Clark Kent were the same person, making the point by drawing Clark Kent's glasses on Superman. When Grant told him that it was known by everyone (in the real world), the Doctor noted that Lois Lane did not know despite being a reporter. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC One, 2016).) Supergirl, the host of Meet That Hero!, would later attempt to prove to her viewers that glasses could work as an effective disguise by demonstrating that Wyldstyle was unable to recognise Clark Kent as Superman. (WC: Supergirl Meets E.T. [+]James McLoughlin, Meet That Hero! (2016).)

Noah Holland had a toy torch in the shape of Superman. (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Cavan Scott, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2017).)

One New York City resident, upon seeing the Doctor's TARDIS materialise, wondered if Superman would come out of it. (COMIC: Kane's Story [+]Alan McKenzie, DWM Comics (Marvel Comics UK, 1985).)

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Sloth wearing a Superman shirt. (WC: New Adventures Await! [+]LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2016).)

Sloth once wore a shirt with Superman's emblem featured on it. (WC: New Adventures Await! [+]LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2016).)

Other realities[]

Earth-33⅓[]

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Superman, among others, in the TARDIS of Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Tim Quinn, Doctor Who? (Marvel Comics, 1982).)

A version of Superman existed in Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Tim Quinn, Doctor Who? (Marvel Comics, 1982)., The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour [+]Tim Quinn, The History Tour (Marvel Comics, 1987).)

He once entered the Doctor's TARDIS, along with Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America, and Jet Lagg when the Fifth Doctor landed it in New York during a crimewave. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Tim Quinn, Doctor Who? (Marvel Comics, 1982).)

He later flew over the TARDIS while thinking to himself that he could "leap tall TARDISes with a single bound", as the Sixth Doctor introduced Peri to several individuals notable to American history. (COMIC: The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour [+]Tim Quinn, The History Tour (Marvel Comics, 1987).)

Behind the scenes[]

Information from invalid sources[]

Superman in front of the Lion Temple

Superman standing in front of the Lion Temple. (WC: Endless Awesome [+]LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2015).)

Superman once flew through the air before being hit on the head by Batman's Batarang. He later stood in front of the Lion Temple. (WC: Endless Awesome [+]LEGO Dimensions promotional material (2015).)

He once told the Doctor “Me? Time travel? Oh, no. I couldn't do a thing like that.” When Wonder Woman entered the Doctor's TARDIS, she remarked that it looked like something Superman would change outfits in. (GAME: LEGO Dimensions [+]Jon Burton, Graham Goring and James McLoughlin, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2015).)

Other matters[]

As he revealed at the 2016 New York Comic Con, Superman, or more specifically Clark Kent, is Steven Moffat's favourite superhero. In writing the Ghost (Grant) in The Return of Doctor Mysterio, Moffat was particularly influenced by Clark Kent, and took inspiration from the Christopher Reeve Superman films of the 1970s and 1980s.

A version of Superman appears as a playable character in LEGO Dimensions alongside the first 13 incarnations of the Doctor (including the War Doctor), existing in a parallel universe relative to the Doctor's own. As a result, the reference to Superman in WC: Supergirl Meets E.T. implicitly referred to the "real" Superman from his cousin Supergirl's home universe, rather than to the fictional version from the DWU. However, LEGO Dimensions is not considered a valid source by this Wiki, and this information is not present in Supergirl Meets E.T. itself, which doesn't actually preclude the possibility that Superman is a fictional character with no particular ties to the real individual Supergirl.

When Paul Kupperberg served as editor at DC Comics, he edited and sometimes wrote for Superman, among other titles, and also wrote for the newspaper strip of the same title.

Jim Broadbent, who played Jean Pierre Dubois in Superman IV: Quest for Peace, played an Eleventh Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death. He had previous been one of the many performers considered for the role of the Eighth Doctor.

William Russell, Susannah York, Shane Rimmer, Sarah Douglas, David Neal, John Hollis, Tony Selby, James Garbutt, Harry Fielder, Alf Joint, Roger Brierley, Terry Walsh, Tony Sibbald, Robert Beatty, Henry Woolf, R. J. Bell, Esmond Knight, Eiji Kusuhara, Peter Roy, David Garth, Rex Robinson, Kiran Shah, David de Keyser, Burnell Tucker, Kerry Shale, David Forman and Alan Tilvern all appeared in the 1978-1987 Superman film series.

David Warner and Eliza Roberts played Superman's biological parents Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van in the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman episode "Foundling".

George Murdock appeared in two Superman television series: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Smallville.

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