4th Hero

And the 4th Hero is:


























Superman

Points: 112

# of voters: 8

Range: 20th - 1st

Superman. The Man of Steel. The Man of Tomorrow. The Last Son of Krypton. The Big Blue Boy Scout. One of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, superheroes in DC Comics. This character started way back in 1932 with Action Comics and he is still one of the best known names for Superheroes. The character of Superman has starred in comics, movies, and television shows even when each were almost brand new.

Superman is really Kal-El, a being from the planet Krypton. Krypton was a planet of an advance race. The Planet orbited a red sun. But the planet was soon going to be destroyed (for some reason or another) and Kal-El’s father, Jor-El, knew it would happen but couldn’t convince anyone to do anything about it. In the end, the only thing he could do is send his baby son, Kal-El, out on a space craft so save his life. Kar-El was the only one that survived when his planet was destroyed (or maybe a few others, but lets not get into that right now).

Kal-El landed on earth where he was found by the couple Jonathon and Martha Kent. Since the two had no kids of their own, they raised the boy as Clark Kent. On earth, our yellow sun had a strange affect on the young Clark. It gave him strength. Not strength as in jockey football player strength. Strength as in lift up a car or out run a train. As the boy grew up so did his powers. As he became a young adult his speed and strength grew to the point where it was almost ridicules. His other powers also surfaced. He could fly with ease and super speed. His eyes had x-ray vision and could shoot a blast of energy. And he had super hearing and his lungs gave him super breath.

When he became an adult he moved to Metropolis where he started two lives. One was Clark Kent with Glasses, fake glasses, who worked as a news reported for the Daily Planet. The other was a costume with red cape wearing superhero known as Superman (Without glasses so therefore Clark Kent could not possibly be Superman).

Superman is earths greatest Hero. Though he does stop the city’s criminal once in a while, this man usually saves the earth itself. He can stop natural disasters, huge meteors, as well as alien invaders. He even overcame his own death. He later became the leading figure in the Justice League.

Superman is not only powerful, he is also heroic. He knows what he stands for and won’t back down on his beliefs. He is always trying to do the right thing and usually doesn’t take crap from other (though maybe Batman’s). Superman is a definition of a superhero.