What is Supermans origin?
The planet Krypton, inhabited by an emotionless race of advanced humanoids, was doomed to explode. A humane scientist named Jor-El sent his son Kal-El in a rocket ship to Earth with the knowledge that Kal-El would gain fabulous powers there. Martha and Jonathan Kent found the rocket on Earth and recovered the child. They took the baby as their own and named him Clark (after Martha’s maiden name). Over the years, Clark’s powers developed slowly (see Q11). Clark was 18 years old before his adoptive parents told him of his extraterrestrial origin. For the next seven years, Clark worked in secret to prevent disasters and fight crime. He eventually debuted in a costumed identity and took the name “Superman” given to him by reporter Lois Lane.
