The Superman Family's New Members Highlight His True Legacy
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In DC Comics, Superman has added two new unexpected members to his family, and their inclusion highlights his real legacy. Even though Clark Kent has been separated from his son, Jon, while Superman fights for Warworld's freedom, he has still managed to connect with the oppressed children of Warworld. This connection speaks to what Superman was always meant to do: serve as a fantastical escape for children and the oppressed everywhere.
In 1938, Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two young Jewish men from Ohio whose parents immigrated to North America from Europe, fleeing anti-Semitism. Their «Superman» character first appeared in Action Comics #1, a midwestern man with great powers whose only goal is to protect those who need protecting. In more recent issues of Action Comics—the book in which Superman debuted way back in 1938—Superman has been working with a team of outcast heroes known as the Authority in order to free the oppressed race of Kryptonians, the Phaelosians, who have been enslaved on Warworld by the dictator Mongul. Clark Kent has been separated from his family and his home, choosing instead to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
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In Action Comics #1045 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Will Conrad, Brent Peeples, Lee Loughridge, and Dave Sharpe, nearing the height of the Warworld Revolution, Superman takes two Phaelosian children with him on a mission across Warworld in order to keep them under his protection. The young boy stops him and asks "When this is done, will you take us with you? To Earth?" Both children seem hesitant to return to New Phaelosia with their people.
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