Superman's First Appearance Will Change How You Think About His Parents
The kindly couple that found a baby Superman may not have the impact comic fans believe they do. Despite how often Johnathan and Martha Kent are depicted as finding the infant Kal-El after he was rocketed to Earth, the Man of Steel's earliest appearance didn't include them at all. The absence of Clark's adopted parents calls into question the many stories that show a world in which he was taken in by the Kents.
The origin of Superman is a tale imprinted on the mind of nearly every fan of comics. The planet of Krypton faced a cataclysm it couldn't survive and Jor-El and his wife, Lara, sent their only son to a planet where he could grow and gain amazing powers. Their son Kal-El crash landed in Kansas and he was taken in by a farming couple who raised the boy with good values, helping create the altruistic hero known as Superman.
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While that may be the story everyone knows, it isn't the most accurate retelling of the Man of Steel's humble beginnings. In fact, the earliest depiction of Superman's origins completely glossed over how he was found. In Action Comics #1, the story «Superman, Champion of the Oppressed» by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster runs through Clark's origin relatively quickly. The destruction of his home planet is told within one panel, and his discovery on Earth is revealed in an even smaller one. The only thing the narration mentions about who found him was that they were a "passing motorist" who turned Clark over to an orphanage. Of course, when Superman #1 was released, the Kents were added to Clark's origin and would be included from that point on.
It's interesting to see such a pivotal moment for the Man of Steel not have the people who
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