Furthermore, Clark's motivations for his professional writing were deepened as both a love for the art which contributes at least as much social good as his Superman activities and as a matter of personal fulfillment in an intellectual field where his abilities give no unfair competition to his colleagues beyond typing extraordinarily fast.

In the 2009 retcon of the mythos, Lois Lane is fully aware from the beginning, along with Perry White, that the meek, pudgy and bumbling Clark Kent deliberately holds himself back: however, still far from associating him to Superman, they simply believe he's hiding his qualities as a good reporter.

A fight ensues in which the " evil " Superman tries to dispose of the " good " Kent, but the latter fights back, " kills " the evil side to his nature and, reclaiming the Superman mantle, sets off to repair the damage and capture the villains.

In the 1940s Superman shorts, Clark is shown to have a wisecraking sense of humor and he and Lois are good friends.

In both " JLA " and " 52 ," Grant Morrison states that Luthor's ego leads him to believe that the only reason Superman commits good deeds is to somehow strike at Luthor and prove who is better, arguing that it is impossible for Superman to be as good as he appears to be.

In Action Comics # 271 ( 1960 ), Superman acknowledges that Luthor " could have been a mighty force for good in the world, yet he chose to direct his great scientific brain into criminal channels.

He subsequently assists Superman in leading the assault against Darkseid's forces, noting that Superman can consider this a legendary first team-up between ' good ' and ' bad '- with Luthor's side taking the credit for the win -, Superman accepting the deal due to the stakes.

He received good reviews as John Tanner in Man and Superman and Henry Higgins in Pygmalion, and won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell ( 1989 ).

After the Anti-Monitor was destroyed for good, Kal-L from Earth-Two realizes that he is now alone, without his Earth, without his Lois, and now the new single Earth is without a Superman.

The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

Marston intended his character, which he called Suprema, to be " tender, submissive, peaceloving as good women are ," combining " all the strength of a Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

Superman may be seen as a continuation of the foundling tradition, the lone survivor of an advanced civilization who is found and raised by Kansas farmers in a pastoral setting, and later discovers his alien origins and uses his powers for good.

The film was originally scheduled to debut in February 1978, but good preview screenings and delays in Superman caused it to move to June.

Among Schwartz's contributions to Superman was writing the first tale of Bizarro, denizen of an opposite, interdimensional world where " hello " means " goodbye ", and citizens do good by doing bad.

He is kindhearted and childlike, and although he has trouble distinguishing good, evil or harm, he wishes to protect innocents in the same way as Superman.

Grant Morrison has given interviews about giving good friend Mark Millar the idea of sending Superman back to the past, as was used in the end of Red Son.

* In All-Star Superman, Superman briefly mentions a good friend named Pete ( presumably Pete Ross ) while writing down his final journal entry.

All through The Republic, Plato attends to the way art relates to the general life and ultimately to a good life for his citizens.

Paneloux is at pains to emphasize that God did not will the calamity: " He looked on the evil-doing in the town with compassion ; only when there was no other remedy did He turn His face away, in order to force people to face the truth about their life " In Paneloux's view, even the terrible suffering caused by the plague works ultimately for good.

Thus, in Zoroaster's revelation, Ahura Mazda was perceived to be the creator of only the good ( Yasna 31. 4 ), the " supreme benevolent providence " ( Yasna 43. 11 ), that will ultimately triumph ( Yasna 48. 1 ).

He taught that pleasure and pain are the measures of what is good and evil ; death is the end of both body and soul and should therefore not be feared ; the gods do not reward or punish humans ; the universe is infinite and eternal ; and events in the world are ultimately based on the motions and interactions of atoms moving in empty space.

Pleasure and pain were ultimately, for Epicurus, the basis for the moral distinction between good and evil.

This has led a number of environmentalists to support the use of the precautionary principle in policy making, which ultimately asserts that we don ’ t know how certain actions may affect the environment, and because there is reason to believe they may cause more harm than good we should refrain from such actions.

As the forces detached to his lieutenants were generally unable to hold their own, and neither his home government nor his new ally Philip V of Macedon helped to make good his losses, his position in southern Italy became increasingly difficult and his chance of ultimately conquering Rome grew ever more remote.

At the same time, Mill says that a good moral system ( in his case, utilitarianism ) ultimately appeals to aspects of human nature — which, must themselves be nurtured during upbringing.

A good argument — a clear, organized, and sound statement of reasons — may ultimately cure the original doubts that motivated us to take up philosophy.

Mr Darcy, shocked, ultimately responds with a letter giving a good account of ( most of ) his actions: Wickham had exchanged his legacies for a cash payment, only to return after gambling away the money to reclaim the forfeited inheritance ; he then attempted to elope with Darcy's young sister, thereby to capture her fortune.

The belief that human souls choose good or evil totally independently of God's will, which is most often found among Arminian Christians, means that God does not ultimately determine the will of each soul.

Therefore, the society's thinking becomes more varied, sparking more individuality and creativity, and ultimately contributing to the greater good of Rome.

Another argument is that suffering ultimately achieves a greater good, possibly for persons other than the sufferer, that would not have been possible otherwise.

Ralph embodies good intentions in the implementation of reason, but ultimately fails to execute these plans soundly.

Dennet points out that not only is it impossible to assign a precise utility value to the incident, it is impossible to know whether, ultimately, the near-meltdown that occurred was a good or bad thing.

Without good flexing properties these movements rapidly form cracks and, ultimately, make the rubber article fail.

Charles was an able soldier and a good administrator ; but his failure to understand the qualities of his diverse subjects, and his grasping, if pious, ambition, ultimately led him to failure.

Harry forgives him — as we know, from the epilogue, Harry — Harry really sees the good in Snape ultimately ...

A good an example of this would Marissa Miller who has appeared in Vogue and walked runways in Europe but ultimately is a commercial model.

Leia boards Palpatine's Super Star Destroyer, Eclipse I, and appeals to the good in Luke, ultimately redeeming him.

Though he fails – it ultimately destroys his positronic brain as he is not certain whether his choice will turn out to be for the ultimate good of humanity or not – he gives his successor R. Daneel Olivaw his telepathic abilities.

In negative theology, it is accepted that the Divine is ineffable, an abstract experience that can only be recognized or remembered — that is, human beings cannot describe in words the essence of the perfect good that is unique to the individual, nor can they define the Divine, in its immense complexity, related to the entire field of reality, and therefore all descriptions if attempted will be ultimately false and conceptualization should be avoided ; in effect, it eludes definition by definition:

He plans on finally taking action against slavery by freeing his slaves, but his good intentions ultimately come to nothing.

Both Selanne and Niedermayer would ultimately return and the team finished with a 47 – 27 – 8 record good enough to earn home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs finishing as the 4th seed in the Western Conference.