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Superman, the alter-ego of Clark Kent, (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"]) who was sometimes referred to as Man of Steel, (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Loading...["The Shining Man (novel)"]) and once referred to by Lenny Henry as "Clarkie", (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"], etc.) In addition, his likeness and emblem were featured on various pieces of merchandise, including shirts, (WC: New Adventures Await! [+]Loading...["New Adventures Await! (webcast)"], etc.) torches, (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Loading...["The Shining Man (novel)"]) and posters. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
Superman also existed as a real person in Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 64 comic story)","''Doctor Who?'' 64"], The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) [+]Loading...["The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) (comic story)","''The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.)''"])
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Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]
The last of his kind, Superman crash-landed on Earth as a baby. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])
Working for the Daily Planet[[edit] | [edit source]]
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 [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"]) At one point, he had a snow fortress. (PROSE: Dear Great Uncle Peter [+]Loading...["Dear Great Uncle Peter (short story)"])
Donating to Comic Relief[[edit] | [edit source]]
Superman was among the superheroes who donated to Comic Relief in 1991. (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"])
Visiting the Brick Boulevard[[edit] | [edit source]]
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 [+]Loading...["Doctor, Doctor, Doctor (webcast)"])
Powers and abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]
Superman had the ability to fly. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"], COMIC: The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) [+]Loading...["The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) (comic story)","''The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.)''"]) Kryptonite was his weakness. (AUDIO: Starfall [+]Loading...["Starfall (audio story)"])
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He appeared on the cover of Action Comics Issue 1. He was depicted lifting a car over his head. (COMIC: Doorway to Hell [+]Loading...["Doorway to Hell (comic story)"])
In one issue of a comic, he was faced up against Batman, and, as the cover promised, "only one [could] survive!" (PROSE: Curiosity [+]Loading...["Curiosity (short story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])
Both Terry and Eugene Jones admitted their long-absent father Shaun, an ordinary cashier in Cardiff, "wasn't Superman". (TV: Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"]) 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. [+]Loading...["Supergirl Meets E.T. (webcast)"])
Noah Holland had a toy torch in the shape of Superman. (PROSE: The Shining Man [+]Loading...["The Shining Man (novel)"])
One New York City resident, upon seeing the Doctor's TARDIS materialise, wondered if Superman would come out of it. (COMIC: Kane's Story [+]Loading...["Kane's Story (comic story)"])
Sloth once wore a shirt with Superman's emblem featured on it. (WC: New Adventures Await! [+]Loading...["New Adventures Await! (webcast)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
Earth-33⅓[[edit] | [edit source]]
A version of Superman existed in Earth-33⅓. (COMIC: Doctor Who? 64 [+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 64 comic story)","''Doctor Who?'' 64"], The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour [+]Loading...["The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) (comic story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Doctor Who? (DWM 64 comic story)","''Doctor Who?'' 64"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Incredible Doctor Who History Tour (No. 7.) (comic story)"])
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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 [+]Loading...["Endless Awesome (webcast)"])
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 [+]Loading...["LEGO Dimensions (video game)"])
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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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