Superman Comics

Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely regarded as icons of American culture. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster was born in 1932 when she still lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, first appeared in Action Comics # 1 (June 30, 1938 ) and later appeared in several radio series, television programs, films, newspaper strips and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and makes its primacy in American comics. Characteristic appearance and iconic character: blue, red and yellow costume, complete with robes, with the stylish "S" shield on his chest. This shield is now typically used in the media symbolize the character.

Original story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before rocketing to Earth as a child by his father, scientist Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, children raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which when reaching adulthood, he decided to use the benefit of mankind.

Although designed for less flatteringly as "Big Blue Boy Scout" by some fellow superheroes, Superman is hailed as "The Man of Steel", "The Man of Tomorrow", and "The Last Son of Krypton" by the general public in the comics . Like Clark Kent, Superman lives among humans as "mild-mannered reporter" for the Metropolis newspaper Daily Planet (Daily Star at the beginning of the story). He worked with reporter Lois Lane, with whom he had a relationship with each other. This relationship is enhanced by the marriage repeated in various media, and the union is now located in the main continuity of the strips.

DC Comics / Warner Bros. slowly expand the role of supporting character, strength, and symbols throughout the year. Superman's backstory has been modified to adventures as Superboy, and the survivors of Krypton were created, including Supergirl and Krypto the Superdog. Superman is also recognized and adapted in various media, from radio to television and movies, perhaps especially by Christopher Reeve illustrated in Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie in 1978, which gathered the film critics and was Warner Bros. 'The most successful of his time. Superman Returns motion pictures released in 2006, with performances at the international box office which exceeded expectations. In the seven years since the debut of Superman, the character has renewed and updated several times.

Significant improvements occurred in 1986 when John Byrne and renewed "retconned" signs, reducing the strength of Superman and delete some characters from the canon, in a move the media attention. The press was again collected by DC Comics in the 1990s with The Death of Superman, a storyline and then saw the dead character back to life.

Superman has fascinated scholars, with cultural theorists, commentators and critics explore the impact of character and role in the United States and the world. Umberto Eco discussed the mythic qualities of characters in the early 1960s, and Larry Niven, the impact of the sexual relationship the character might enjoy with Lois Lane considered. Nature of ownership is often the subject of dispute, with Siegel and Shuster twice suing for the return legal ownership. Copyright again today in the dispute, with changes in the law allows copyright Siegel's wife and children to claim a share of the copyright, a move DC parent company Warner Bros.

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