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  Superman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Superman is a fictional character and regarded as the most influential and popular superhero of DC Comics.
Superman possesses extraordinary powers, traditionally described as, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound", a phrase first used in the Superman radio serials of the 1940s and the TV series of the 1950s.
Superman is most vulnerable to kryptonite, debris from Krypton transformed into radioactive material by the forces that destroyed the planet.
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 Superman - Multiversal Omnipedia
Superman fought many villains, including the Ultra-Humanite and the criminal genius Luthor (who made extensive use of kryptonite, a substance that could weaken or kill him; magic was the only other thing that could especially harm him).
Superman was not a member of the original Justice League of America, but he has since become the leader of the newest incarnation of the JLA.
Years ago, Superman died in battle against the destructive beast Doomsday, and was replaced by four ersatz Supermen (one of which, the Cyborg, was a villain in disguise) before being restored to life by his Fortress of Solitude.
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 Superman - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero.
Superman also continued in serving with the revived Justice Society as a member; he was revealed to have been a founding member of the group in the team's origin story in DC Special #29.
Superman possesses extraordinary powers, traditionally described with the phrase, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound", which was first used in the Superman radio serials of the 1940's.
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 Superman (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Superman Ride of Steel, a ride at three separate Six Flags parks.
Superman is the nickname of Juventus goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon.
Superman is the title of various popular other songs by artists such as The Kinks, Five for Fighting, Eminem and many more, referencing the famous superhero.
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 Superman (Kal-El/Clark Kent) - DCDatabase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
This Superman wasn't seen again until the miniseries The Kingdom in 1999, where it was revealed that he had found a means of exiting his dimension, but chose not to at that time.
Superman is able to fly and run at great superspeed (making trips to the moon in about one to two minutes), although he lacks the connection to the Speed Force that the Flashes do.
While Superman initially thought romance would never be a part of his life due to his crime fighting, he thought for a time that his subconscious was telling him that Wonder Woman was the closest match he would ever find in a potential romantic partner.
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 Kryptonite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Before the Superman mythos was redefined by writer John Byrne, the pre-Crisis DC Universe was home to a variety of elements called Kryptonite.
Superman in some ways is a living solar battery; his cells absorb electromagnetic radiation from yellow stars (like our Sun).
Several sources have calculated the total mass of the planet Krypton based on the estimated mass of Kryptonite that fell to Earth, the assumption that the initial explosive distribution of pieces of Krypton was isotropic, and determinations of the mean distance between Krypton and Earth derived from certain passages in the Essene New Testament.
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 Superman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Superman has been shown shaving and presumably cutting his hair using a piece of curved, reflective metal from the rocket in which he landed and his heat vision.
Superman's costume was made from blankets from his rocketship, and shared his resistance to damage in a yellow sun environment.
Superman may seem old-fashioned and even quaint compared to the "dark avengers" who command the lion's share of the market, but his appeal lives on, and he continues to be a driving force in the medium after more than sixty years.
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 Superman ,by www.cINEMA-resources.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Superman possesses extraordinary powers which render him, as stated in the lead-in to the 1950s television series, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound".
Superman's costume was created by Ma Kent; pre-Crisis, she created it out of the blankets from the rocket that brought him to Earth.
Superman's daily martyrdom is reflected tellingly in print during his reappearance in the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, where he is pictured as a bearded carpenter with a long beam of wood across his back, mirroring a Christ-like image of a man who gave himself for a world that, in that storyline, did not love him.
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 superman information site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Superman would eat and drink as a normal human, but upon reaching his cells, it would be converted directly into energy or into a higher energy form thanks to the yellow solar radiation interacting with certain organelles in his cells.
Superman soon found that his conventional superpowers were replaced with electrical-based ones that required a special new costume to contain them.
Superman, who appears in the film wearing only polka-dot boxer shorts, is shown begging the astronauts for the return of his costume.
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 For other uses see Batman disambiguation Batman disambiguation ...
Batman and Superman Superman are DC Comics' two most popular and recognizable characters.
In most versions of the Batman mythos mythos, Batman (also called "the Batman", and originally "The Bat-Man") is the alter-ego of "Bruce Wayne", a millionaire industrialist industrialist who was driven to fight crime crime after his parents were murdered by a mugger when he was a child.
He is driven by vengeance, and wears a frightening costume; the contrast to characters like Superman Superman is stark.
www.biodatabase.de /Batman   (2837 words)

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