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361 relations: Action Comics, Action Comics 1, Action Comics 1000, Adventures of Superman (TV series), Al Capone, Alex Raymond, Alexander Salkind, Alter ego, Amanda Conner, American comic book, American football, Andy Warhol, Ariel (angel), Arrow (TV series), Arrowverse, Astro Boy, Atari 2600, Atom Man vs. Superman, Übermensch, B movie, Batman, Batman (1989 film), Batman Beyond, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Bell Syndicate, Bizarro, Black Adam (film), Booster Gold, Brainiac (character), Brandon Routh, Bronze Age of Comic Books, Bruce Timm, Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe), Buck Rogers, Bud Collyer, Burne Hogarth, Cameo appearance, Captain America, Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Charles Strouse, Christopher McDonald, Christopher Reeve, Civil rights movement, Clark Gable, Cleveland, Cold War, Comic book letter column, Comic Book Resources, ... Expand index (311 more) »
- 1938 comics debuts
- Characters created by Joe Shuster
- Comics adapted into plays
- Comics characters introduced in 1938
- DC Comics adapted into films
- DC Comics adapted into video games
- Fictional characters from Kansas
- Fictional characters who can levitate
- Fictional characters with solar abilities
- Fictional extraterrestrial humanoids
- Fictional refugees
- Fictional resurrected characters
- Film serial characters
- Literary archetypes
- Mascots introduced in 1938
- Superheroes with alter egos
Action Comics
Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. Superman and Action Comics are 1938 comics debuts.
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Action Comics 1
Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics.
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Action Comics 1000
Action Comics #1000 (cover dated Early June 2018) is the 1,007th issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics (after special #0 and #1,000,000 tie-ins to Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! and DC One Million respectively; a second #0 in 2012; and #23.1, #23.2, #23.3, #23.4 in 2013).
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Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created in 1938.
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Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.
Alex Raymond
Alexander Gillespie Raymond Jr. (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist and illustrator who was best known for creating the Flash Gordon comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1934.
Alexander Salkind
Alexander Salkind (2 June 1921 – 8 March 1997) was a French film producer, the second of three generations of successful international producers.
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Alter ego
An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality.
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator.
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American comic book
An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics.
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American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Superman and American football are culture of the United States.
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer.
Ariel (angel)
Ariel (ʾÁrīʾēl; Ariel) is an angel found primarily in Judaism and Christianity.
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Arrow (TV series)
Arrow is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is the first series of the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other related television series.
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Arrowverse
The Arrowverse is an American superhero media franchise and shared universe that is centered on various interconnected television series based on DC Comics superhero characters, primarily airing on The CW as well as web series on CW Seed.
Astro Boy
Astro Boy, known in Japan as, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka.
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a discontinued home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
Atom Man vs. Superman
Atom Man vs.
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Übermensch
The Übermensch ("Overman", "Super-man") is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
B movie
A B movie (American English), or B film (British English), is a type of low-budget commercial motion picture.
Batman
Batman is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Batman are dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics orphans, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters with eidetic memory and superheroes with alter egos.
Batman (1989 film)
Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
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Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond (titled Batman of the Future in European territories) is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman.
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American animated television series based in part on the DC Comics series The Brave and the Bold which features two or more superheroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain.
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Bell Syndicate
The Bell Syndicate, launched in 1916 by editor-publisher John Neville Wheeler, was an American syndicate that distributed columns, fiction, feature articles and comic strips to newspapers for decades.
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Bizarro
Bizarro is a supervillain or anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Bizarro are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
Black Adam (film)
Black Adam is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC character of the same name.
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Booster Gold
Booster Gold (Michael Jon "M.J." Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Booster Gold are dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes and dC Comics superheroes.
Brainiac (character)
Brainiac is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Brainiac (character) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, fictional characters with eidetic memory, fighting game characters, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
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Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor.
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Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period in the history of American superhero comic books, usually said to run from 1970 to 1985.
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Bruce Timm
Bruce Walter Timm (born February 5, 1961) is an American artist, animator, writer, producer, and director.
Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe)
Bruce Wayne, also known by his superhero vigilante alias Batman, is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Superman and Bruce Wayne (DC Extended Universe) are dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics male superheroes and superheroes with alter egos.
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Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily U.S. newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books and multiple media with adaptations including radio in 1932, a serial film, a television series, and other formats. Superman and Buck Rogers are comics adapted into radio series, comics adapted into television series and film serial characters.
Bud Collyer
Bud Collyer (born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr., June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969) was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars.
Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth (born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg, December 25, 1911 – January 28, 1996) was an American artist and educator, best known for his work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books for artists.
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Cameo appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo, is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts.
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Captain America
Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superman and Captain America are film serial characters and United States-themed superheroes.
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Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam is a superhero in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics. Superman and Captain Marvel (DC Comics) are dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics adapted into films, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics film characters, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics orphans, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters with eidetic memory, fighting game characters, film serial characters, superheroes who are adopted and superheroes with alter egos.
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Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Captain Marvel is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie.
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Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor.
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Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, author, and activist, best known for playing the title character in the film Superman (1978) and its three sequels.
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor.
Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Comic book letter column
A comic book letter column is a section of an American comic book where readers' letters to the publisher appear.
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Comic Book Resources
CBR, formerly Comic Book Resources, is a news website covering movies, television, anime, video games and comic book–related news and discussion.
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Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.
Comics Code Authority
The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation.
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Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art, printed media, simulators, videos and video games.
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Consolation
Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one.
Copyright Act of 1909
The Copyright Act of 1909 was a landmark statute in United States statutory copyright law.
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Copyright Act of 1976
The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions.
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Cover date
The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing.
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm.
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Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics.
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Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is the sixth Arrowverse crossover event, featuring episodes of the television series Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow on The CW.
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Critic
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food.
Culture of the United States
The culture of the United States of America, also referred to as American culture, encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms in the United States, including forms of speech, literature, music, visual arts, performing arts, food, sports, religion, law, technology as well as other customs, beliefs, and forms of knowledge.
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Curt Swan
Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist.
Daily Planet
The Daily Planet is a fictional newspaper appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.
Dan Dunn
Dan Dunn is a fictional detective created by Norman W. Marsh. Superman and Dan Dunn are comics adapted into radio series.
David Corenswet
David Packard Corenswet (born July 8, 1993) is an American actor.
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David López (artist)
David López (born 1975 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish comic book artist.
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David Newman (screenwriter)
David Newman (February 4, 1937 – June 27, 2003) was an American screenwriter.
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DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Superman and DC Comics are culture of the United States.
DC League of Super-Pets
DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 American animated superhero comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, and Seven Bucks Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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DC Studios
DC Studios (originally known as DC Films from 2016 to 2022) is an American entertainment production company that is a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
DC Universe
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place.
DC Universe (franchise)
The DC Universe (DCU) is an upcoming American media franchise and shared universe based on characters from DC Comics publications.
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DC Universe Animated Original Movies
The DC Universe Animated Original Movies (DCUAOM; also known as DC Universe Original Movies or DC Universe Movies or DC Animated Movies) are a series of American direct-to-video superhero animated films based on DC Comics characters and stories.
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De-aging in motion pictures and television
In motion pictures, whether for film (cinema), television, or streaming, de-aging is a visual effects technique used to make an actor or actress look younger, especially for flashback scenes.
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Dean Cain
Dean George Cain (Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American police officer and actor.
Deleted scene
A deleted scene is footage that has been removed from the final version of a film or television show.
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Detective Comics
Detective Comics (later retitled as Batman Detective Comics) is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics.
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Diana Prince (DC Extended Universe)
Diana of Themyscira, also known by her civilian name Diana Prince or her superhero title Wonder Woman, is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by William Moulton Marston and H. G. Peter. Superman and Diana Prince (DC Extended Universe) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength and superheroes with alter egos.
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Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. Superman and Dick Tracy are comics adapted into animated series, comics adapted into radio series, comics adapted into television series and film serial characters.
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere.
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Discovery (law)
Discovery, in the law of common law jurisdictions, is a phase of pretrial procedure in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain evidence from other parties by means of methods of discovery such as interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions and depositions.
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DK (publisher)
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.
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Doctor Occult
Doctor Occult (sometimes nicknamed the Ghost Detective, and one time referred to as Doctor Mystic) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Doctor Occult are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster and dC Comics male superheroes.
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Doomsday (DC Comics)
Doomsday is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Doomsday (DC Comics) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics film characters, fictional characters from Kansas, fighting game characters, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films.
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Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery.
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Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.
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Dulce Pinzon
Dulce Pinzón (born 1974 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican artist currently living in Brooklyn, New York, Mexico City, Mexico, and Montreal, Canada.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres.
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El (deity)
(also Il, 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; אֵל ʾēl; ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; إل or إله; cognate to ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.
English Americans
English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.
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Eradicator (character)
Eradicator is the given name of four different fictional comic book characters, appearing in books published by DC Comics. Superman and Eradicator (character) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics superheroes, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
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Eric Wight
Eric Wight (born November 15, 1974) is an American professional artist, illustrator and animator.
F. Lennox Campello
F.
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Fabian Nicieza
Fabian Nicieza (December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Nomad, Cable, Deadpool and Thunderbolts, for all of which he helped create numerous characters, among them Deadpool, Domino, Shatterstar, and Silhouette.
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Famous Studios
Famous Studios (renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956) was the first animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967.
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Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
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Fawcett Comics
Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s.
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Fedora
A fedora is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.
Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films.
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Flight
Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight).
For the Man Who Has Everything
"For the Man Who Has Everything" is a comic book story by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, first published in Superman Annual #11 (1985).
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Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude is a fictional fortress appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
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Fu Manchu
Dr. Superman and Fu Manchu are film serial characters.
Gabriel
In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind.
Gemstone Publishing
Gemstone Publishing is an American company that publishes comic book price guides.
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General Zod
General Zod is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Superman. Superman and General Zod are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics film characters, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fighting game characters, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
Geoff Johns
Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer.
George Newbern
George Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Charlie in the ABC show Scandal (2012–2018) and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequels Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020).
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George Reeves
George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer; January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor.
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a person hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are putatively credited to another person as the author.
Gil Kane
Gil Kane (born Eli Katz,; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.
Giuseppe Veneziano
Giuseppe Veneziano (born February 22, 1971, in Mazzarino, Caltanissetta, Sicily) is an Italian painter and one of the leading figures of Italian art groups "New Pop" and "Italian Newbrow".
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Gladiator (novel)
Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930.
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Glenville High School
Glenville High School is a public high school in the Glenville area on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Golden Age of Comic Books
The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. Superman and Golden Age of Comic Books are 1938 comics debuts.
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Grand Comics Database
The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Greg Rucka
Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus, as well as lengthy runs on such titles as Detective Comics, Wonder Woman and Gotham Central for DC Comics, and Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher for Marvel.
Hal Foster
Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant.
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.
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Harley Quinn (TV series)
Harley Quinn is an American animated black comedy superhero television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
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Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.
Harry Donenfeld
Harry Donenfeld (October 17, 1893 – February 26, 1965) was an American publisher.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Henry Cavill
Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983) is a British actor.
Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works.
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Hugo Danner
Hugo Danner is a fictional character and the protagonist of Philip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator. Superman and Hugo Danner are dC Comics characters with superhuman strength.
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons.
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Ian Gordon (historian)
Ian Gordon is a cultural historian.
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Ilya Salkind
Ilya Juan Salkind Domínguez (born July 27, 1947), usually known as Ilya Salkind, is a Mexican film and television producer, known for his contributions to three of the four live-action Superman films of the 1970s and 1980s alongside his father, Alexander Salkind.
IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
Injustice (franchise)
Injustice is a series of crossover superhero fighting video games developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, featuring characters from the DC Comics universe.
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Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superman and Iron Man are superheroes who are adopted.
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman
It's a Bird...
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Jack Liebowitz
Jacob S. Liebowitz (born Yacov Lebovitz, October 10, 1900 – December 11, 2000, Social Security Number 091-03-2495, last residence New York City, New York 10019.) was an American accountant and publisher.
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Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor.
James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Jason Fabok
Jason Fabok (born April 14, 1985) is a Canadian comic-book artist.
Jerry Siegel
Jerome Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996)Roger Stern.
Jim Lee
Jim Lee (이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher.
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Jimmy Olsen are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, comics characters introduced in 1938, fictional reporters and correspondents and Superman characters.
Jimmy Palmiotti
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film.
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Joe Greenstein
Joseph L. Greenstein (January 2, 1893 – October 8, 1977), better known as The Mighty Atom, was a 20th-century strongman known for highly unusual feats of strength and endurance.
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Joe Shuster
Joseph Shuster (July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938).
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics.
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John Carter of Mars
John Carter of Mars is a fictional Virginian soldier who acts as the initial protagonist of the Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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John Krasinski
John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022).
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Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Austro-Hungarian-born - American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor.
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Jon Kent (DC Comics)
Jon Kent is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Jon Kent (DC Comics) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
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Jonathan and Martha Kent
Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent (often referred to as "Pa" and "Ma" Kent, respectively) are fictional characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Jonathan and Martha Kent are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, dC Comics film characters, fictional characters from Kansas and Superman characters.
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Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
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Jules Feiffer
Jules Ralph Feiffer (born January 26, 1929)Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107 is an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country.
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Julius Schwartz
Julius "Julie" Schwartz (June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was an American comic book editor, and a science fiction agent.
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Justice League
The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Justice League are dC Comics adapted into films and Superman characters.
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Justice League (film)
Justice League is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name.
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Justice League (TV series)
Justice League is an American animated television series which ran from November 17, 2001, to May 29, 2004, on Cartoon Network.
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Justice League Action
Justice League Action is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero team Justice League.
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Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited (JLU) is an American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation with DC Comics in season 3 and aired on Cartoon Network.
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Kamen Rider
The, also known as Masked Rider Series (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori.
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television.
Kingdom Come (comics)
Kingdom Come is a four-issue comic book miniseries published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint.
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Kirk Alyn
Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the ''Blackhawk'' movie serial in 1952, and Lois Lane's father Sam Lane in 1978's Superman: The Movie.
Kiss curl
A kiss curl describes a lock of hair curling onto the face and usually plastered down.
Krypto
Krypto, also known as Krypto the Superdog, is a superhero dog appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the character Superman. Superman and Krypto are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters from Kansas, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
Krypton (comics)
Krypton is a fictional planet appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly appearing or mentioned in stories starring the superhero Superman as the world from whence he came. Superman and Krypton (comics) are Kryptonians.
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Kryptonian
Kryptonians are a fictional extraterrestrial race within the DC Comics universe that originated on the planet Krypton. Superman and Kryptonian are comics characters introduced in 1938, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, fictional characters who can levitate, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fictional characters with solar abilities, fictional extraterrestrial humanoids and Kryptonians.
Kryptonite
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics.
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer.
Lar Gand
Lar Gand, known mainly as Mon-El (and alternatively as Valor and M'Onel), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the Legion of Super-Heroes, Superboy, and Superman. Superman and Lar Gand are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with eidetic memory, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities and fictional characters with ice or cold abilities.
Larry Tye
Larry Tye is an American non-fiction author and journalist known for his biographies of notable Americans including Edward Bernays (1999) Satchel Paige (2009), Robert F. Kennedy (2016) and Joseph McCarthy (2020).
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.
Lee Adams
Lee Richard Adams (born August 14, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse.
Legends of Tomorrow
DC's Legends of Tomorrow, or simply Legends of Tomorrow, is an American time travel superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klemmer, who are also executive producers along with Sarah Schechter and Chris Fedak; Klemmer and Fedak originally served as showrunners, while Keto Shimizu became co-showrunner with Klemmer starting with the fourth season.
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Legion of Super-Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Legion of Super-Heroes are Superman characters.
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Lex Luthor
Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Lex Luthor are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, dC Comics film characters, dC Comics male superheroes, fictional characters with eidetic memory, fighting game characters and Superman characters.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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List of DC Animated Universe characters
The DC Animated Universe was a series of shows and feature-length films that aired or were released during the period from 1992 through 2006 and featured many characters from the DC Comics roster.
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List of Superman enemies
Here is a list of supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman.
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List of Superman supporting characters
This list is the cast of characters secondary to the main character of Superman in the Superman comics, television programs, cartoons, and movies.
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Lists of DC Comics characters
This is a list of DC Multiverse fictional characters which were created for and are owned by DC Comics.
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Little Nemo
Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. Superman and Little Nemo are comics adapted into plays.
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston.
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is an American superhero drama television series based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
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Lois Lane
Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Lois Lane are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, comics characters introduced in 1938, dC Comics film characters, fictional reporters and correspondents and Superman characters.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Loneliness
Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (born as Malcolm Strain, January 7, 1890 – September 21, 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips.
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Man of Steel (film)
Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician is a syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created The Phantom. Superman and Mandrake the Magician are comics adapted into plays, comics adapted into radio series, comics adapted into television series and film serial characters.
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Marc Toberoff
Marc Toberoff is an intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright and entertainment litigation.
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Marv Wolfman
Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Superman and Marvel Comics are culture of the United States.
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Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was a Polish-American animator and studio owner.
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Max Gaines
Maxwell Charles Gaines (born Max Ginzberg, September 21, 1894 – August 20, 1947) was an American publisher and a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book.
Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord IV is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Maxwell Lord are Superman characters.
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
McClure Newspaper Syndicate, the first American newspaper syndicate, introduced many American and British writers to the masses.
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Mel Ramos
Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.
Metro Silicon Valley
Metro is a free weekly newspaper published by the San Jose, California, based Metro Newspapers.
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Metropolis (1927 film)
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was intentionally written as a treatment).
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Metropolis (comics)
Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman and his closest allies and some of his foes.
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Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an American animated character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.
Mike Carlin
Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958) is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive.
Milton Caniff
Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.
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Mister Mxyzptlk
Mister Mxyzptlk, sometimes called Mxy, is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Mister Mxyzptlk are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster and Superman characters.
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Mongul
Mongul is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Mongul are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities and Superman characters.
Moonlight Mask
, a.k.a. Moonbeam Man, is a superhero appearing in Japanese tokusatsu and anime television shows and movies since his TV debut in 1958.
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Mort Weisinger
Mortimer Weisinger (April 25, 1915 – May 7, 1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books.
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Moses
Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.
Mr. Brainwash
Thierry Guetta (born January 31, 1966), best known by his moniker Mr.
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Music of Superman
The various film and theatre appearances of the Superman character have been accompanied by musical scores.
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My Adventures with Superman
My Adventures with Superman is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Nemo (magazine)
Nemo, the Classic Comics Library was a magazine devoted to the history and creators of vintage comic strips.
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the Great Depression.
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known by his stage name Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (translit; 10 March 19572 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011.
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Patricia Marand
Patricia Marand (January 25, 1934 – November 27, 2008) was an American actress and singer, best known for roles in musical theatre.
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Peacemaker (TV series)
Peacemaker is an American superhero television series created by James Gunn for the streaming service HBO Max (later renamed Max), based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
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Perry White
Perry White is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Perry White are fictional reporters and correspondents and Superman characters.
Persona
A persona (plural personae or personas) is a strategic mask of identity in public, the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional character.
Peter Saul
Peter Saul (born August 16, 1934) is an American painter.
Phantom Zone
The Phantom Zone is a prison-like parallel dimension appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Philip Wylie
Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American writer of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust.
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s.
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. Superman and Popeye are comics adapted into animated series and comics adapted into radio series.
Post-credits scene
A post-credits scene (also known as a stinger, end tag, or credit cookie) is a short teaser clip that appears after the closing credits have rolled and sometimes after a production logo of a film, TV series, or video game has run.
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Power Girl
Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L, and Karen Starr is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in All Star Comics #58 (January/February 1976). Superman and Power Girl are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics orphans, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fighting game characters, Kryptonians and Superman characters.
Publishers Syndicate
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate (later Publishers Syndicate) was a syndication service based in Chicago that operated from 1925 to 1967, when it merged with the Hall Syndicate.
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Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955.
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Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn, June 16, 1957) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City.
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Reboot (fiction)
In serial fiction, the term "reboot" signifies a new start to an established fictional universe, work, or series.
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Richard Donner
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American film director and producer.
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Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.
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Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director.
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Robert Maxwell (producer)
Robert Maxwell Joffe (January 31, 1908 – February 3, 1971) was an American radio and television producer, screenwriter, and entertainment executive.
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Roger Sabin
Roger Sabin (born 1961) is an English writer about comics and lecturer at Central St. Martins.
Romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles.
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Roy Crane
Royston Campbell Crane (November 22, 1901 – July 7, 1977), who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer.
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist.
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Ruby-Spears
Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) was an American entertainment production company that specialized in animation based in Burbank, California, with another branch in Rome, Italy.
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi.
Salvage for Victory
The Salvage for Victory campaign was a program launched by the US Federal Government in 1942 to salvage materials for the American war effort in World War II.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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Scott Bukatman
Scott Bukatman is a cultural theorist and Professor of Film and Media Studies at Stanford University.
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Scott McDaniel
Scott McDaniel (born 1965) is an American comics artist whose comic book work includes Marvel Comics' "Fall from Grace" storyline for the Daredevil series.
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Secret identity
A secret identity is a person's cryptonym, incognito, cover and/or alter ego which is not known to the general populace, most often used in fiction.
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Self-made man
A self-made man, is a person whose success is of their own making. Superman and self-made man are culture of the United States.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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Serial film
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, generally advancing weekly, until the series is completed.
Shared universe
A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where one or more writers (or other artists) independently contribute works that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, characters, or world of the overall project.
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Shazam! (film)
Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero comedy film based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
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Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and widespread commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those featuring the superhero archetype.
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Simcha Weinstein
Simon Weinstein, known by his Hebrew name Simcha Weinstein (שמחה וינשטיין), is an English author and a rabbi.
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Skyroads (comics)
Skyroads, a serialized aviation-based comic strip, was published from May 20, 1929, to 1942. Superman and Skyroads (comics) are comics adapted into radio series.
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Slam Bradley
Samuel Emerson "Slam" Bradley is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. Superman and Slam Bradley are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster and dC Comics male superheroes.
Smallville
Smallville is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Smallville (comics)
Smallville is a fictional town in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superman and Spider-Man are comics adapted into animated series, comics adapted into plays, comics adapted into radio series, comics adapted into television series, fictional reporters and correspondents, superheroes who are adopted and superheroes with alter egos.
Spider-Man (2002 film)
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
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Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew chapter 2 where "wise men from the East" (Magi) are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem.
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Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Steven T. Seagle
Steven T. Seagle (born March 31, 1965) is an American writer who works in the comic book, television, film, live theater, video game and animation industries.
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Strongman
A strongman is someone who exhibits strength through strength athletics.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Super Friends
Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup.
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Super Giant
is a Japanese superhero featured in a successful series of serial-like tokusatsu short feature films produced between 1957 and 1959 by Shintoho (the non-union branch of Toho).
Superboy
Superboy is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Superboy are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, fictional characters who can levitate, fictional characters with solar abilities, Kryptonians, superheroes who are adopted and Superman characters.
Superboy (Kal-El)
Superboy is a superhero that appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Superboy (Kal-El) are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics orphans, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, superheroes who are adopted and Superman characters.
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Superboy (TV series)
Superboy is an American television series based on the fictional DC Comics character Superman's early years as Superboy.
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Supergirl
Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Supergirl are comics adapted into television series, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters who can levitate, fictional characters with solar abilities, Kryptonians, superheroes who are adopted and Superman characters.
Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) also known by her adoptive names of Linda Lee Danvers, Kara Kent, Linda Lang, and Kara Danvers, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) are dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics film characters, dC Comics orphans, dC Comics television characters, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fictional refugees, fictional reporters and correspondents, fighting game characters, Kryptonians, superheroes who are adopted and Superman characters.
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Supergirl (TV series)
Supergirl is an American superhero drama television series developed by Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg that aired on CBS and later The CW from October 26, 2015, to November 9, 2021.
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Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a stock character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero; typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime.
Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength is a superpower commonly invoked in fiction and other literary works, such as mythology.
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Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Superman are 1938 comics debuts, characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, comics adapted into animated series, comics adapted into plays, comics adapted into radio series, comics adapted into television series, comics characters introduced in 1938, culture of the United States, dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics adapted into films, dC Comics adapted into video games, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, dC Comics film characters, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics orphans, dC Comics superheroes, dC Comics television characters, fictional characters from Kansas, fictional characters who can levitate, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with eidetic memory, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fictional characters with solar abilities, fictional extraterrestrial humanoids, fictional immigrants to the United States, fictional refugees, fictional reporters and correspondents, fictional resurrected characters, fictional sole survivors, fighting game characters, film serial characters, Kryptonians, literary archetypes, magazine mascots, Male characters in advertising, Mascots introduced in 1938, superheroes who are adopted, superheroes with alter egos, Superman characters and United States-themed superheroes.
Superman & Lois
Superman & Lois is an American superhero drama television series developed for The CW by Todd Helbing and Greg Berlanti, based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
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Superman (1940s animated film series)
The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated superhero short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance.
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Superman (1978 film)
Superman (also marketed as Superman: The Movie) is a 1978 superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero Superman, played by Christopher Reeve.
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Superman (1979 video game)
Superman is a video game programmed by John Dunn for the Atari Video Computer System and released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls Superman, whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find three pieces of a bridge that was destroyed by Lex Luthor, capture Luthor and his criminal gang, and return to the Daily Planet building.
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Superman (2025 film)
Superman is an upcoming American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous character.
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Superman (comic book)
Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist.
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Superman (DC Extended Universe)
Clark Joseph Kent (né Kal-El), best known by his superhero persona Superman, is a superhero in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) series of films, based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Superman and Superman (DC Extended Universe) are dC Comics American superheroes, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics extraterrestrial superheroes, fictional characters from Kansas, fictional characters with X-ray vision, fictional characters with air or wind abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities, fictional characters with ice or cold abilities, fictional refugees, fictional reporters and correspondents, Kryptonians and superheroes with alter egos.
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Superman (serial)
Superman is a 1948 15-part Columbia Pictures film serial based on the comic book character Superman.
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Superman (TV series)
Superman is a 1988 American animated Saturday morning television series produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises for Warner Bros. Television that aired on CBS featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name (coinciding with the character's 50th anniversary, along with the live-action Superboy TV series that year).
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Superman and Lois Lane
Superman and Lois Lane are a fictional couple and the first superhero comic book romance. Superman and Superman and Lois Lane are 1938 comics debuts and Superman characters.
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Superman and the Mole Men
Superman and the Mole Men (titled onscreen as Superman and the Mole-Men) is a 1951 American independent black-and-white superhero film released by Lippert Pictures.
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Superman II
Superman II is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David and Leslie Newman from a story by Puzo based on the DC Comics character Superman.
Superman III
Superman III is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from a story by Christopher Reeve, Konner, and Rosenthal based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty and Harris, based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Superman Returns (video game)
Superman Returns is a video game based on the 2006 movie of the same name.
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Superman robots
The Superman Robots are fictional robots from the DC Comics Universe. Superman and Superman robots are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds and dC Comics characters with superhuman strength.
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Superman: Birthright
Superman: Birthright is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2003 and 2004, written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan.
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Superman: Doomsday
Superman: Doomsday is a 2007 American animated superhero film adapted from the DC Comics storyline "The Death of Superman", which focuses on the death and return of the superhero Superman.
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Superman: Red Son
Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in 2003. Superman and Superman: Red Son are dC Comics adapted into films.
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Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Superman: The Man of Steel
Superman: The Man of Steel is a monthly American comic book series that ran for 136 issues from 1991 to 2003, featuring Superman and published by DC Comics.
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Superpower (ability)
A superpower is a special or extraordinary superhuman ability that is greater than what is considered normal.
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Syfy
Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable television channel, which is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies is a 2018 American animated superhero comedy film and the one and only theatrical movie based on the Cartoon Network animated television series Teen Titans Go! (which is based on the DC Comics superhero team Teen Titans).
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Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997), Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Mel Jones and the Beldam in Coraline (2009) and Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and three Screen Actors Guild Awards (one as lead female actor, two as part of Best Ensemble), and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
The Adventures of Superboy (TV series)
The Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1969.
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The Adventures of Superman (radio series)
The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman.
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The Comics Journal
The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels.
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The Death of Superman
"The Death of Superman" is a crossover story event mostly featured in DC Comics' Superman-related publications. Superman and The Death of Superman are dC Comics adapted into films.
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The Flash (2014 TV series)
The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW.
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The Flash (film)
The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash.
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The Golden Bat
, known as Phantaman or Fantomas in various countries outside Japan, is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in autumn of 1930 who originally debuted in a kamishibai (paper theater).
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The Man of Steel (comics)
The Man of Steel is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman.
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The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)
The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery.
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The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Phantom
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936. Superman and The Phantom are comics adapted into television series.
The Reign of the Superman
"The Reign of the Superman" (January 1933) is a short story written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster.
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The Sandman Saga (Superman)
"The Sandman Saga" is a Superman story arc published in 1971 in Superman (Vol. 1) #233 - 235, #237 - 238 and #240 - 242.
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The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. Superman and the Scarlet Pimpernel are literary archetypes.
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The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British news magazine focusing on politics, culture, and current affairs.
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The Superman Family
The Superman Family is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1974 to 1982 featuring supporting characters in the ''Superman'' comics.
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Tim Daly
James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Titan Publishing Group
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981.
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Tom Mankiewicz
Thomas Frank Mankiewicz (June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures and television whose credits included ''James Bond'' films and his contributions to Superman: The Movie (1978) and the television series Hart to Hart.
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Tom Welling
Thomas "Tom" Joseph Welling (born April 26, 1977) is an American actor, director, producer, podcaster, and model.
Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.
Toyman
The Toyman is the name of three supervillains and one adolescent superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, as an adversary for Superman. Superman and Toyman are dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics orphans and Superman characters.
TwoMorrows Publishing
TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
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Tyler Hoechlin
Tyler Lee Hoechlin (born September 11, 1987) is an American actor.
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Ultra-Humanite
Ultra-Humanite is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superman and Ultra-Humanite are characters created by Jerry Siegel, characters created by Joe Shuster, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength and Superman characters.
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Ultraman
The, also known as Ultraman, is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966 and became an international pop-culture phenomenon.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University, Mississippi, with a medical center in Jackson.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Volumetric capture
Volumetric capture or volumetric video is a technique that captures a three-dimensional space, such as a location or performance.
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Vulnerability
Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly.
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War bond
War bonds (sometimes referred to as victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros.
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Wayne Boring
Wayne Boring (June 5, 1905 – February 20, 1987) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
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Whitney Ellsworth
Frederick Whitney Ellsworth (November 27, 1908 – September 7, 1980) was an American comic book editor and sometime writer and artist for DC Comics during the period known to historians and fans as the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Win Mortimer
James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (May 1, 1919 – January 11, 1998) Note: The Marvel Comics 1978 Calendar merchandise lists Mortimer's birth date as June 23 and Comics Buyer's Guide lists it as May 23 per was a Canadian comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman.
Winsor McCay
Zenas Winsor McCay (– July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator.
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. Superman and Wonder Woman are comics adapted into television series, culture of the United States, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, fictional characters who can levitate, fictional characters with eidetic memory and United States-themed superheroes.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Superman and x-Men are comics adapted into animated series.
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League (colloquially referred to as the Snyder Cut) is the 2021 director's cut of the 2017 American superhero film Justice League, the fifth film set within the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) based on the team of the same name appearing in DC Comics publications.
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Zishe Breitbart
Siegmund Breitbart (22 February 1893 – 12 October 1925), also known popularly as Zishe or Sische Breitbart (זישע ברייטבאַרט), was a Polish-born circus performer, vaudeville strongman and Jewish folklore hero.
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Zorro
Zorro (or, Spanish for "fox") is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. Superman and Zorro are film serial characters and literary archetypes.
51st Academy Awards
The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST.
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See also
1938 comics debuts
- Action Comics
- Adventure Comics
- Big Eggo
- Centaur Publications
- Charlie Chan
- Dick Fulmine
- Donald Duck (comic strip)
- Donald Duck in comics
- Gazetka Miki
- Golden Age of Comic Books
- Hairy Dan
- Helpful Henry
- Jumbo Comics
- Just Jake
- Lord Snooty
- Mary Worth
- Nancy (comic strip)
- Origin of Superman
- Pansy Potter
- Ping the Elastic Man
- Radio Fun
- Red Ryder
- Right Around Home
- Rychlé šípy
- Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
- Sjors & Sjimmie
- Smørbukk
- Spirou & Fantasio
- Spirou (magazine)
- Spirou et Fantasio
- Superman
- Superman and Lois Lane
- The Addams Family
- The Beano
- Tif et Tondu
- Tin-Can Tommy
- Wee Peem
Characters created by Joe Shuster
- Cyclotron (character)
- Delores Winters
- Doctor Occult
- Funnyman (comics)
- George Taylor (DC Comics)
- Jimmy Olsen
- Jonathan and Martha Kent
- Jor-El
- Lara (character)
- Lex Luthor
- Lois Lane
- Mister Mxyzptlk
- Slam Bradley
- Superboy
- Superboy (Kal-El)
- Superman
- Superman (Earth-Two)
- Ultra-Humanite
Comics adapted into plays
- Alex (comic strip)
- Andy Capp
- Arne Anka
- Barbarella (comics)
- Barnaby (comics)
- Beetle Bailey
- Big Nate
- Bringing Up Father
- Bristow (cartoon)
- Buster Brown
- Cells at Work!
- De Kiekeboes
- Doonesbury
- Eric de Noorman
- Footrot Flats
- Foxy Grandpa
- Get Your War On
- Ginger Meggs
- Jane (comic strip)
- Kapitein Rob
- Koziołek Matołek
- Kudzu (comic strip)
- Li'l Abner
- Little Nemo
- Little Orphan Annie
- Luann (comic strip)
- Mandel Karlsson
- Mandrake the Magician
- Max and Moritz
- Millie the Model
- Old Bill (comics)
- Peanuts
- Sazae-san
- Sigmund (comics)
- Signor Bonaventura
- Spider-Man
- Spike and Suzy
- Superman
- The Addams Family
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Duplex Planet
- The Fosdyke Saga
- The Katzenjammer Kids
- The Yellow Kid
- Tom Puss
- Ōten no Mon
Comics characters introduced in 1938
- Arrow (character)
- Big Eggo
- Charlie Chan
- Chesty Bond
- Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
- Dick Fulmine
- Grandmama (The Addams Family)
- Hairy Dan
- Helpful Henry
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- Jimmy Olsen
- Just Jake
- Kryptonian
- Lois Lane
- Lord Snooty
- Lurch (The Addams Family)
- Mary Worth
- Morticia Addams
- Pansy Potter
- Ping the Elastic Man
- Pugsley Addams
- Red Ryder
- Robin Hood (DC Comics)
- Rychlé šípy
- Sjors & Sjimmie
- Smørbukk
- Spirou (comics)
- Spirou et Fantasio
- Superman
- Tex Thompson
- The Addams Family
- Tif et Tondu
- Tigress (DC Comics)
- Uncle Fester
- Wednesday Addams
- Wee Peem
- Zatara
DC Comics adapted into films
- A Death in the Family (comics)
- A History of Violence (comics)
- All-Star Superman
- Aquaman
- Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Batman: Hush
- Batman: Night of the Owls
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
- Batman: The Killing Joke
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- Batman: Under the Hood
- Batman: Year One
- Black Adam
- Blackhawk (DC Comics)
- Bloodsport (character)
- Brainiac (story arc)
- Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
- Catwoman
- DC: The New Frontier
- Darkseid War
- Flashpoint (comics)
- Gotham by Gaslight
- Green Lantern
- Hellblazer
- JLA: Earth 2
- JLA: Tower of Babel
- Jonah Hex
- Justice League
- Justice League Dark
- Legion of Super-Pets
- Road to Perdition (comics)
- Steel (John Henry Irons)
- Suicide Squad
- Superman
- Superman: Red Son
- Swamp Thing
- The Dark Knight Returns
- The Death of Superman
- The Losers (Vertigo)
- Throne of Atlantis
- Watchmen
- What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?
- Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals
DC Comics adapted into video games
- Catwoman
- Green Lantern
- Hellblazer
- Superman
- Swamp Thing
- Watchmen
Fictional characters from Kansas
- Archer & Armstrong
- Aunt Em
- Bulldozer (character)
- Cameron Mitchell (Stargate)
- Chemistro
- Chief Parker
- Chloe Sullivan
- Chris Adams (character)
- Clark Kent (Smallville)
- Clark Kent (Superman & Lois)
- Conduit (character)
- Cutter (G.I. Joe)
- Dean Winchester
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Dorothy Gale
- Flint (G.I. Joe)
- Gog (DC Comics)
- Grandma Tracy
- Jeff Tracy
- John Winchester (Supernatural)
- Johnny Kaw
- Jonathan and Martha Kent
- Krypto
- Lana Lang
- Lena Luthor
- Lex Luthor (Smallville)
- Lionel Luthor
- Liz Sherman
- Marmaduke
- Mary Ann Summers
- Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)
- Meg Cummings
- Millie the Model
- Pete Ross
- Robert Kelly (character)
- Sam Winchester
- Scott Templeton
- Seth Gecko
- Superman
- Superman (1978 film series character)
- Superman (DC Extended Universe)
- Superman (Kingdom Come)
- Toto (Oz)
- Uncle Henry
- Wizard of Oz (character)
Fictional characters who can levitate
- Alucard (Castlevania)
- Android 18
- Bardock
- Beerus
- Bliss (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Broly
- Caulifla and Kale
- Cell (Dragon Ball)
- Count Dracula
- Doctor Strange
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Frieza
- Gohan
- Goku
- Gwen Tennyson
- Homelander
- Invincible (character)
- Jiren (Dragon Ball)
- Krillin
- Kryptonian
- Kryptonians
- Majin Buu
- Martian Manhunter
- Miss Martian
- Omni-Man
- Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Sakura Kinomoto
- Samara (Mass Effect)
- Sentry (Robert Reynolds)
- Starfire (Teen Titans)
- Starscourge Radahn
- Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Superboy
- Supergirl
- Superman
- Tien Shinhan
- Trunks (Dragon Ball)
- Twins (The Matrix)
- Vegeta
- Videl
- Wonder Woman
- Yamcha
- Zaheer (The Legend of Korra)
- Zamasu
Fictional characters with solar abilities
- Kryptonian
- Kryptonians
- Starfire (Teen Titans)
- Sun Boy
- Sunspot (Marvel Comics)
- Superboy
- Supergirl
- Superman
Fictional extraterrestrial humanoids
- Admiral Ackbar
- Annihilus
- Chewbacca
- Darkseid
- Ewoks
- Goku
- Jar Jar Binks
- Kirby (character)
- Kryptonian
- Kryptonians
- List of humanoid aliens
- Meta Knight
- Predator (fictional species)
- Ratchet and Clank (characters)
- Shi'ar
- Spock
- Superman
- Time Lords
- Zoidberg
Fictional refugees
- Aang
- Amity Blight
- Anne Glass
- Arthur Dent
- Clark Kent (Superman & Lois)
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Iroh
- Jaina Proudmoore
- Jake Sully
- Lion-O
- Naomi McDuffie
- Neytiri
- Paddington Bear
- Panthro
- Samurai Jack (character)
- Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
- Superman
- Superman (DC Extended Universe)
- Tom Mason (Falling Skies)
- Trillian (character)
- Tygra
- Tyrion Lannister
- Yami Sukehiro
Fictional resurrected characters
- Android 18
- Anne Boonchuy
- Buffy Summers
- Bulma
- Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)
- Commander Shepard
- Denji (Chainsaw Man)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Frieza
- Gohan
- Goku
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- Jake the Dog
- Jean Grey
- Jolyne Cujoh
- Jon Snow (character)
- Jotaro Kujo
- Kenny McCormick
- Kratos (God of War)
- Krillin
- Luz Noceda
- Master Roshi
- Missile (Ghost Trick)
- Mr. Popo
- Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
- Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
- Ra's al Ghul
- Sailor Soldiers
- Spock
- Superman
- Tien Shinhan
- Trunks (Dragon Ball)
- Vegeta
- Videl
- Yamcha
Film serial characters
- Annika Bengtzon
- Breathless Mahoney
- Buck Rogers
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
- Captain Midnight
- Commando Cody
- Denis Nayland Smith
- Dick Tracy
- Dick Tracy (character)
- Fah Lo Suee
- Fantômas
- Flash Gordon
- Fu Manchu
- Green Hornet
- Judex
- Jungle Jim
- Kato (The Green Hornet)
- Lone Ranger
- Maisie Ravier
- Mandrake the Magician
- Nick Carter (character)
- Nyoka the Jungle Girl
- Phantom (character)
- Red Ryder
- Secret Agent X-9
- Spider (pulp fiction character)
- Superman
- Tarzan
- Terry and the Pirates
- Tess Trueheart
- The Shadow
- Tonto
- Zorro
Literary archetypes
- Archetypal literary criticism
- Artful Dodger
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Carol S. Pearson
- Charles Pooter
- Don Juan
- Don Quixote
- Evil Queen
- Fagin
- Faust
- Frankenstein
- Hero
- Heroes
- Honza
- John Falstaff
- Jungian archetypes
- La belle juive
- Lucifer and Prometheus
- Macbeth
- Mary Sue
- Merlin
- Monkey mind
- Morgan le Fay
- Mr Sowerberry
- Mr. Bumble
- Pedro Urdemales
- Personifications
- Prince Hamlet
- Prospero
- Ravens in Native American mythology
- Robin Hood
- Romantic hero
- Romeo and Juliet
- Sexton Blake
- Shakespearean characters
- Sherlock Holmes
- Shylock
- Stock characters
- Superman
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Trickster
- True love's kiss
- Villain
- Villains
- Vishakanya
- Wandering Jew
- Witch (archetype)
- Zorro
Mascots introduced in 1938
- Big Eggo
- Bugs Bunny
- Sjors & Sjimmie
- Spirou (comics)
- Superman
Superheroes with alter egos
- Adrien Agreste
- Annie January
- Atharva – The Origin
- Bananaman
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