When most people think of a superhero or a comic book celebrity, Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman will usually be the first that comes to mind.

When crises arise, Clark quickly changes into Superman.

When he was 12 years old he also discovered and enjoyed the Superman titles by DC Comics of the editor Mort Weisinger period, drawn mostly by his favorite Superman artists Curt Swan and Kurt Schaffenberger.

When Superman followed the time trail of a piece of red rock that weakened him, he was able to trace his origin back to Krypton for the first time.

When Lois Lane and Clark Kent are invited to a society gala aboard Luthor's yacht, terrorists seize the ship without warning, forcing Superman to intervene.

When Luthor admits that he had not only anticipated the attack, but had arranged for it to occur in order to lure Superman out, the Mayor deputizes Superman to arrest Luthor for reckless endangerment.

When the Justice Society's forced attempt to stop them by sending Hawkman and Captain Marvel against them met with failure and resulted in Superman and Batman briefly infiltrating the White House, Luthor, in an enraged and desperate gambit after Superman's rapid defeats of his plans, used a variant combination of the " super-steroid " Venom ( a chemical associated with the Batman villain Bane ), liquid synthetic Kryptonite, and an Apokoliptian battlesuit to fight Superman directly.

When deputy Violet Lantern Wonder Woman uses her magical lasso to restrain Luthor, under its spell of truth, Luthor is forced to confess that he secretly wants to be Superman.

When Lois Lane unknowingly receives a Red Kryptonite necklace, it causes Superman to turn evil causing Batman and Krypto to hold off Superman until the effects wore off.

When Lex Luthor tries to use his Kryptonite ring on Superman, it doesn't work due to the fact that Superman was actually Batman in disguise.

The Silver Age Superman was not alone in the survival of Krypton's destruction, being joined by his cousin Supergirl, the Phantom Zone criminals, Beppo the super-monkey, Krypto the Superdog, a juvenile delinquent named Dev-Em, and the entire population of the city of Kandor, Supergirl's real parents and even Superman's real parents ( in hibernation on a space ship-Superboy # 158 July-1969 ), When the planet exploded, one entire city of Krypton, Argo City, survived the cataclysm.

When he later returns to the Fortress of Solitude to find that the crystals that powered it have been stolen, Superman is visibly enraged.

When the inhabitants of the colony are slain by Green Kryptonite, which was released by meteorites striking the lead barrier, Kara is sent to Earth by her father Zor-El to be raised by her cousin Kal-El ( Superman ).

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When she fails, she dresses up as Superman herself, only to have Reeves turn up in costume at the last minute and rescue her after she traps herself on the ledge of her apartment.

When they manage to escape, they usually engage in random destruction, particularly easy to them since, on Earth, each has the same powers of Superman.

When she learns that Kal-El ( Superman's Kryptonian name ) prefers the company of a certain Terrestrial named Lois Lane, Mala turns against Superman and later releases General Jax-Ur ( a version of General Zod, although named after another villain from the Superman comics ) to take over Earth.

When these fields are surveyed together, important patterns of relationship emerge indicating a vast community of reciprocal influence, a continuity of thought and expression including many traditions, primarily literary, religious, and philosophical, but frequently including contact with the fine arts and even, to some extent, with science.

When the character was spun off into Frasier, his father became a central character with, in a case of retroactive continuity, the explanation that Frasier was embarrassed about his father's lowbrow attitudes and thus claimed his death.

When continuity mistakes have been made, explanations are often proposed by either writers or fans to smooth over discrepancies.

When the holder of the intellectual property discards all existing continuity and starts from scratch it is known as rebooting.

When the comic switched to the Tamers series the storylines adhered to continuity more strictly ; sometimes it would expand on subject matter not covered by the original Japanese anime ( such as Mitsuo Yamaki's past ) or the English adaptations of the television shows and movies ( such as Ryo's story or the movies that remained undubbed until 2005 ).

When Perry retired in 1975, Moores took over the Sunday strips as well, combining the daily and Sunday stories into one continuity starting September 28, 1975.

When this practice happened en masse, it had the advantage of ensuring the strength and continuity of cultural and religious practices in medieval society.

When brake pipe continuity exists throughout the train, failure of the brakes to apply or release on one or more cars is an indication that the cars ' triple valves are malfunctioning.

When GMTV handed over to the weekday franchise at 9: 25am the following morning, the national ITV1 brand was launched, with a new team of network continuity announcers ; former Meridian announcer Paul Seed was the first network voice.

When Border, Grampian and Granada TV screened the final episode in the UK, continuity announcer John McKenzie conducted an on-air interview via telephone with Maggie Kirkpatrick who played Joan " The Freak " Ferguson.

When a locomotive is first coupled to a train, or if a vehicle is detached or added, a brake continuity test is carried out, to ensure that the brake pipes are connected throughout the entire length of the train.

When the bridge of the nose is collapsed, rib-cartilage, ear-cartilage, or cranial-bone grafts can be used to restore its anatomic integrity, and thus the aesthetic continuity of the nose.

When operators are developing flight plans for their aircraft, the PBN approach encourages them to assess the overall accuracy, integrity, availability, continuity and functionality of the aggregate navigation aids present within the applicable airspace.

When a crisis will undoubtedly cause a significant disruption to an organization, a business continuity plan can help minimize the disruption.

When the Meiji Constitution was replaced, in order to ensure legal continuity, its successor was adopted in the form of a constitutional amendment.

When this continuity is broken, even for a split second, its hold on the body is broken and the body falls into its natural rhythm.

When interpreting convergence in this way holds under the less restrictive conditions that g ( x ) is integrable and 0 is a point of continuity of g < sub > P </ sub >( x ).

When necessary to establish continuity, a person buried elsewhere is assigned a number preceded by an and then listed in the Selected Other Habsburgs section.

When necessary to establish continuity, a person buried elsewhere is assigned a number preceded by an and then listed in the Selected Other Habsburgs section.

When a city or town has been abolished as a borough, and it is considered desirable to maintain continuity of the charter, the charter may be transferred to a parish council for its area.

When rapid changes in socio-economic conditions threatened the continuity of Inuit oral history, Commissioner Hodgson urged the taping of elders ' stories.

When Kramnik defended his title at the Classical World Chess Championship 2004, he gave the title the name " Classical ", to emphasise the continuity that his title had with the tradition of defeating the previous titleholder.

When Meridian originally won the franchise in 1991, their plans were to purchase buildings, not unlike their current arrangement today: with a small studio for continuity and local news.

When her attempts at acting and dancing proved to be unsuccessful, she accepted work as a continuity girl for British International Pictures.