In the wake of John Byrne's reboot of Superman continuity in The Man of Steel, many traditional aspects of Clark Kent were dropped in favor of giving him a more aggressive and extroverted personality ( although not as strong as Lois ), including such aspects as making Clark a top football player in high school, along with being a successful author and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

This fact was one of the main inspirations for the 1980s reboot of the Clark Kent half of the Superman character, according to writer and artist John Byrne in the article " Super-Discussions " published by Attic Books in Comics Values Monthly Special # 2 ( 1992 ).

In 1985, writer Alan Moore gave a somewhat darker glimpse into the world of Krypton in his story " For the Man Who Has Everything " ( in Superman Annual # 11 ), the premise being an elaborate dream of Superman's in which Krypton had not exploded and he'd grown to adulthood there.

Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, which rebooted the history of the DC Universe and retro-actively eliminated the existence of the Golden and Silver Age versions of Krypton, writer / artist John Byrne was given the task of recreating the entire Superman mythos.

During one of the meetings, the vice-president's stepson ( and future comic book writer ) Jeph Loeb suggested a story that would eventually be called " Must There Be a Superman ?".

Grant Morrison, writer of Superman and Batman comic books, has moved from hometown Glasgow to a renovated mansion just outside of Dunoon, and spends part of the year in the town, and part in Los Angeles.

Alvin Schwartz ( November 17, 1916 – October 28, 2011 ) was an American comic-book writer best known for his Batman and Superman stories.

The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a " mirror image " of Superman and first appeared in Superboy # 68 ( 1958 ).

In writing about the version of Superman in his series, writer Grant Morrison said, " Ma & Pa Kent — one dead.

This included inconsistent reasons given for rewrites of his material, the inability of editors to explain to him basic aspects of the New 52 Superman's status quo ( such as whether his adoptive parents were still alive ), and restrictions imposed by having to be consistent with Action Comics, which is set five years earlier than Superman, a situation complicated by the fact that Action writer Grant Morrison was not forthcoming about his plans.

* Adventures of Superman Annual # 1 ( writer, 1987 )

On the 1967 Filmation CBS Superman animated series, it was pronounced as mix-yez-PITTLE-ik ; sources indicate that was the official DC Comics version of the time, furnished to the show's writers through DC Comics editor / writer E. Nelson Bridwell.

Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, he first appeared in a newspaper comic strip in 1939 with Superman.

Developed for Television by Deborah Joy LeVine ( based upon characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster ), the series loosely follows the comic philosophy of writer John Byrne with Clark Kent as the true personality, and Superman as a secondary disguise.

Jurgens helped writer Louise Simonson and artist Jon Bogdanove launch a new Superman title, Superman: The Man of Steel in July 1991 and assumed the writing / pencilling of the main Superman comic book with issue # 57 ( July 1991 ).

After 10 years working on the Superman character, Jurgens ended his run as writer with Superman ( vol.

Also in 1999, Jurgens was writer and layout artist for the tabloid-sized graphic novel Superman / Fantastic Four, with finished art by his former The Adventures of Superman inker Art Thibert.

* The Adventures of Superman # 452-470, 472-478, 480, 492, 500 ( writer & penciller, 1989 – 1993 ); Annual # 1 ( pencils, 1987 )

* Superman 80-Page Giant # 1 ( 1999 ) ( cover artist pencils & writer for 10-page short story )

Authors of this genre include Stan Lee ( co-creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk ); Marv Wolfman, the creator of Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics ; Dean Wesley Smith ( Smallville, Spider-Man, and X-Men novels ) and Superman writers Roger Stern and Elliot S!

Bryan Elliot lives in Madison and was most recently playing in the Latin band Prole, and has also played in The Bradachs and Smokin ' With Superman ( again on sax ).

Superman: Last Son of Krypton is a novel written by Elliot S. Maggin and based on the DC Comics character Superman.

Last Son of Krypton is Elliot S. Maggin's first Superman novel.

In DC's Pre-Crisis continuity, Luthor had a sister named Lena, and in the Superman novels written by Elliot S!

Clark wears his Superman costume underneath his street clothes, allowing easy changes between the two personae — and the dramatic gesture of ripping open his shirt to reveal the familiar " S " emblem when called into action.

The CBS Saturday morning series The New Adventures of Superman produced by Filmation Studios — as well as The Adventures of Superboy from the same animation house — featured the iconic " shirt rip " to reveal the " S " or Clark Kent removing his unbuttoned white dress shirt in a secluded spot, usually thanks to stock animation which was re-used over dozens of episodes, to reveal his costume underneath while uttering his famed line " This is a job for Superman!

The initial story arc of the Superman / Batman ongoing series depicts the fall of Luthor's reign as U. S. President.

In 2009, the story of Luthor's rise and fall as U. S. President was adapted as a direct-to-video animated film entitled Superman / Batman: Public Enemies.

* In January – February 1950, Superman journeys to Mars to help actor-director Orson Welles smash a plot by the Martian dictator Martler to " blitzkrieg the solar system " and conquer the Earth ( S No. 62 / 1: " Black Magic on Mars!

Examples include the uppercase " S " of Superman, the bat emblem of Batman, and the spider emblem of Spider-Man.

In the midst of nuclear winter conditions, Gotham becomes the safest city in America ; the U. S. government, seeing this as an embarrassment, orders Superman to take Batman down.

While in previous comic versions of the mythos, it was assumed the " S " simply stood for " Superman "; in Birthright, Waid presented the symbol as a Kryptonian symbol of hope ( borrowing and modifying a concept from Superman: The Movie, where the " S " represented the House of El, Superman's ancestral family ).

Male Kryptonians are shown wearing unique symbols on the chests of their robes, similar to a family crest ; Jor-El and Kal-El after him wear the familiar S-shield, which Lois Lane later assumes to be the letter S from the familiar Latin alphabet, and thus dubs him Superman.

In the golden age of U. S. radio drama, MBS was best known as the original network home of The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman and as the long-time radio residence of The Shadow.

Jerome " Jerry " Siegel ( October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996 ), who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman ( along with Joe Shuster ), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable of the 20th century.

When fighting crime, Krypto usually wore a gold collar, a miniature facsimile of the famed Superman -" S " symbol for a dog tag, and a dog-sized version of Superman's cape.

Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel was the art director of the comics line ; other notable creators who worked for Ziff-Davis Comics included John Buscema, Sid Greene, Sam Kweskin, Rudy Lapick, Richard Lazarus, Mort Leav, Paul S. Newman, Mike Sekowsky, Ernie Schroeder, and Ogden Whitney.

Batman and Superman head for S. T. A. R.

In a rare move for a competing studio, Leon Schlesinger Productions, producers of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies ( which were distributed by WB ), featured Timberg's Superman theme in Snafuperman, a 1944 Private Snafu cartoon Schlesinger produced for the U. S. Army.

DVD features included: all 17 animated shorts digitally restored in Dolby Digital 2. 0 audio ; a bonus cartoon: Snafuperman ( a 1944 Warner Bros. wartime parody of the Fleischer cartoons, featuring Private Snafu and produced for the U. S. Army ); " Behind the Cape " synopses and fun facts with each cartoon ; a DVD fold-out booklet with notes on the series ; bios of the voice actors, producer Max Fleischer, and Superman ; a bonus trailer for the 1948 Superman serial with Kirk Alyn ; and a recorded audio phone interview with Joan Alexander ( the voice of Lois Lane ).

The title page of a slightly altered reprint version states that the story is “ Our first imaginary story ," and continues to say, " In 1942, a series of Superman shorts started showing throughout the U. S .!