
There, Clark would score the illustrious first documented interview with Superman, which Lois was forever be envious of. ĭuring his first costumed adventures in Metropolis, he simultaneously pursued his education at Metropolis University and put himself through school by working at Balducci's restaurant for two years, where he had a brief affair with an older woman named Ruby Carson He later began his new career as a reporter for the Daily Planet working for chief-editor Perry White, alongside Lois and cub reporter Jimmy Olsen. In his secret identity, he would drastically change his physical appearance and mannerisms while wearing spectacles so that nobody would suspect he led a double civilian life.

Deciding that it was time for him to become a public figure, Clark and his father designed a symbol for him to wear while Martha created a costume. He was attracted to her the moment they met and felt like a spark had developed between them, before a mob of inquisitive people descended on him. He operated this way for seven years until he was forced to save a spaceplane in front of crowds of people, meeting reporter Lois Lane for the first time at age 25. When he was 18 years old, his adopted parents revealed the rocket and his foreign heritage to their son, leading Clark to the decision that he would become a hero in secret and use his powers to protect innocents. Apparently, a normal child at first, Clark's abilities increased steadily as he grew up, with super-strength and invulnerability manifesting at an early age and the power of flight developing during high school. The kindly couple decided they would adopt and raise him, naming him Clark Kent. Upon landing, the child was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. Just before Krypton finally came to an end, his parents sent him to the planet - Earth.Ĭlark first tries on the Superman costume. Jor-El planned to send his son to a distant planet orbiting a yellow sun he had been studying for some time. Jor-El administered a serum that would prevent Kal from dying due to the biological link with Krypton that all Kryptonians had to an artifact called the Eradicator. When the planet Krypton was on the brink of destruction, married scientists Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van built a rocket they could use to save their unborn son Kal-El in his gestation chamber.


1.6 Conduit and the Mystery of the Tomb.1.5 Clone Wars and the Battle for Metropolis.
