Although he tricks Lois ' clone into divulging Superman's secret identity, he still fails in destroying Superman, and is killed in the destruction of his lab in his underground subway hideout.

On Earth, Kara acquires powers identical to Superman's and adopts the secret identity of Linda Lee, a resident of Midvale Orphanage.

She conceals her blonde hair beneath a brunette wig and functions as Supergirl only in secret, at Superman's request, until she can gain, in his opinion, sufficient control of her powers.

" Luthor is forgotten as Bizarro attempts to emulate Superman, creating havoc in the city of Metropolis and almost exposing Superman's secret identity as Clark Kent.

After leaving Project Cadmus and living on his own for a brief time in Metropolis, in Superboy No. 100 ( Jul 2002 ), the final issue of the series, at Superman's suggestion Kon-El goes to live with Martha and Jonathan Kent in Smallville, where he adopts a secret identity as their nephew ( and Clark's cousin ) Conner Kent.

Jimmy gives Krypto the secret identity of " Pal " ( a play on the old Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen title ).

" It therefore becomes clear that Lois has discovered Superman's secret identity, although apparently only in the course of the last episode of season two.

# Clark Kent is Superman's secret identity ; that is, they're the same person ( identical ) but people don't know this fact.

During the Legion's battle with Mordru in Adventure Comics # 370 (" The Devil's Jury "), it was stated that Pete Ross's knowledge of Superboy's secret identity would one day end up saving Superman's life ( explaining why the Legion allowed Pete to retain that knowledge ); however, no Superman story ever followed up on this detail until the very end of this continuity.

As an adult, Pete was established as a widower who had a son named Jonathan, who also learned the secret of Superman's dual identity ( as shown in Action Comics # 457 ).

During the Hush story arc, while working with Superman, Batman discusses whether or not Perry White has figured out Superman's secret identity.

The new Intergang spent much of their time tracking down Jimmy Olsen, whom Moxie believed knew Superman's secret identity.

Black's final appearance ( in the Ending Battle storyline running through the Superman titles in November and December 2002 ) found him mentally controlling dozens of supervillains by revealing Superman's secret identity and sending them en masse after the Man of Steel.

Distraught at the revelation that he had become a villain himself, Black made the supervillains forget Superman's secret identity.

Saturn even reveals Superman's secret identity to the world, to further drive him into desperation.

Just as Superman's true identity remained a secret, the identity of radio actor Collyer also remained a secret from 1940 until 1946, when the character of Superman was used in a promotional campaign for racial and religious tolerance and Collyer did a Time magazine interview about that campaign.

Rudy was surprised to learn from Lois Superman's secret identity.

With Superman's powers, Parasite goes on a rampage and even finds Superman in his apartment, draining him once again, learning his secret identity of ( Clark Kent ), and trapping him inside a boiler room in S. T. A. R.

With both Superman's and Livewire's powers, the Parasite confronts Superman alone, but is quickly defeated when Superman tricks him into burning a mop and setting off an emergency shower which, reacting with Livewire's vulnerability to water, drains the Parasite of all his new powers and memories ( including Superman's secret identity ) to the point that he no longer remembers who he himself is.

As Laurel, Cobweb lives in the stately Lakeland Pagoda, the former site of the Ornamental Gardens, underneath which is located the Vaults of Voluptuousnes, a secret headquarters which parodies both Superman's Fortress of Solitude and the Batcave.

When confronted by Lois Lane, the Cyborg claims his memory is " blurry " but he can see a " spaceship on a farm and the name Kent ", suggesting that Henshaw may be aware of Superman's secret identity.

Alfred reveals that Batman knows Superman's secret identity, thus blackmailing Superman into bringing the doctor from Paris to Gotham.

In " The Secret Revealed ," a super-computer constructed by Lex Luthor calculated Superman's true identity from various information that had been assembled by his staff, but Lex dismissed the idea because he could not believe that someone so powerful would want another, weaker identity.

* In the Elseworlds series Superman & Batman: Generations, " Knightwing " is the identity adopted by Clark Wayne ( Superman's biological grandson, adopted by Bruce Wayne, Jr .) after he grows out of the Robin identity.

At the end of this storyline, Mxyzptlk indicates he has erased the knowledge of Superman's identity from Lex Luthor's mind.

One main point in this series was, with the exception of Lois and four villains ( Mister Mxyzptlk, Diana Stride, Jason Mazik and Tempus ), everyone who has found out Superman's true identity has either been killed or had his / her memory erased.

When Pete's son was kidnapped by an alien race ( DC Comics Presents # 13 ), Pete revealed to Clark his knowledge of his friend's dual identity, imploring Superman's help.

In Alan Moore's story Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Pete was captured by the Toyman and the Prankster and tortured into revealing Superman's true identity before being killed and stuffed in a toychest for Superman to find.

Writer Geoff Johns has indicated that this group is, for all intents and purposes, the original Legion, who have merely been " missing " from continuity since Crisis on Infinite Earths, possibly due to machinations by the Time Trapper .. One difference in Sensor Girl's history is Superman's full knowledge of her true identity as Projectra before Crisis on Infinite Earths ; in original continuity, this revelation was made in the post-Crisis timeline.

Unlike the Superman alter-ego of Clark Kent, who was originally little more than a front for Superman's activities, and who adopted a passive " mild-mannered " persona to conceal his underlying strength, Prince's identity functioned both to position Wonder Woman so that she could learn of situations requiring her intervention and to allow the character to embody feminist and other ideals espoused by Charles Moulton.

Pre-Crisis, Superman's Batman-like identity of Nightwing included a Kandorian counterpart to the Bat-Hound, a telepathic dog named " Nighthound ".

Clark thus acted as little more than a front for Superman's activities.

Only a few, trusted people are aware of it, such as Batman and other members of the Justice League, Superman's cousin Supergirl, and Clark's childhood friend Lana Lang ( In pre-Crisis stories, Lana did not know but their friend Pete Ross did, unbeknownst to anyone — including Clark ).

Traditionally, Lois Lane ( and sometimes others ) would often suspect Superman of truly being Clark Kent ; this was particularly prominent in Silver Age stories, including those in the series Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane.

* Superman is real, Clark Kent the mask: Pre-Crisis interpretations of Superman assumed that Clark Kent was the " mask " and Kal-El the person ( in the classic story Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow ?, when Superman's dual life is revealed, he completely abandons his Clark Kent persona ).

* Clark Kent is real, Superman the mask: With John Byrne's more assertive revamp of Clark Kent as well as Superman's greater grounding in Earth culture and humanity ( as opposed to the everpresent Kryptonian heritage of the Pre-Crisis version ), Superman is considered the " mask " and Clark the person.

Clark Kent's hair is always absolutely flat, while Superman's hair has a slight wave and is parted on the opposite side as Kent's.

The first film is in three sections: Kal-El's infancy on Krypton ( shot in London on the 007 stage ), Clark Kent's teen years in Smallville, and Kent / Superman's adult life in Metropolis ( shot in New York City ).

Throughout the series, Clark never officially adopted a costume until around the eighth season, but prior to this was seen wearing Superman's traditional colors of red and blue, more often as the series progresses ( more commonly a blue shirt underneath a red jacket, reflecting Superman's uniform and cape colors ).

A three-issue miniseries entitled The Krypton Chronicles, published in 1981, tells of Superman researching his roots when, as Clark Kent, he was assigned to write an article about Superman's family by an assignment editor impressed with the television miniseries Roots.

Frakes and Francis appeared together in Lois & Clark in the episode " Don't Tug on Superman's Cape " as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple.

* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – Tim Lake in episode " Don't Tug on Superman's Cape "

Although Superman's Metropolis is usually used as an allegory for New York City, and in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is located in the fictional state of New Troy, one Adventures of Superman episode actually alludes to Superman living in Illinois.

For instance, the depiction of Krypton reflects the older idealized version in the Silver Age of Comic Books while the scope of Superman's powers reflect the more restrained contemporary concept as developed by John Byrne in that the superhero has to struggle to perform spectacular feats, while Clark Kent is shown to be openly, if quietly, self-confident.

In an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, he played Superman's deceased Kryptonian father Jor-El, who appeared to his son through holographic recordings.

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, Superman's history was revised, such that Clark Kent did not begin his public superhero career until adulthood, and thus never operated as Superboy.

The Superboy-Prime character was the inspiration for Kurt Busiek's miniseries Superman: Secret Identity, which begins as a story about a teenage boy, named Clark Kent after the comic book character, who exists in the " real world " where there are no superheroes and discovers that he possesses powers similar to Superman's.

" Pitted against Superman's wits was Lois Lane, and under Weisinger's editorship stories in which she sought to prove that Superman was Clark Kent abounded.