Superman (disambiguation)

Superman (also known as Clark Kent and Kal-El) is a DC comic book superhero.

Superman may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

In comic books and strips

• Superman (comic book), the eponymous comic book series
  • Superman (vol. 2), the series from 1987–2006
• Superman (comic strip), a comic strip that ran from 1939 to 1966
• Superman (Earth-One), the Silver Age incarnation of Superman
• Superman (Earth-Two), a character from Earth-Two based on Superman as he originally appeared
• Superman (Kal Kent), the Superman of the 853rd century
• Superman (Kingdom Come), an alternate version of Superman from the Elseworlds miniseries Kingdom Come

In film, radio, and television

• Superman (film series), a series of five films 1978–2006
• Superman (1978 film), starring Christopher Reeve
• Superman (1997 film), a Malayalam-language film from India
• Superman (serial), a 1948 movie serial starring Kirk Alyn
• Superman (1940s cartoons), a series of seventeen shorts
  • Superman (1941 film), a Fleischer Studios animated film short
• Superman (radio) or The Adventures of Superman, a radio show from 1940–1951
• Superman (1952 TV series) or Adventures of Superman, starring George Reeves
• Superman (TV series), a 1988 animated series
• Superman (1996 TV series) or Superman: The Animated Series

Video games

• Superman (arcade game)
• Superman (Atari game)
• Superman (Kemco game), a video game for the NES
• Superman (Sunsoft game), a video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis
• Superman (1999 video game), a video game for the Nintendo 64

Other fictional characters

• Bill Dunn or the Superman, a character from The Reign of the Superman by Jerry Siegel
• The Super-Man, an anti-hero created by Chris Ware

Music

Albums:

• Superman (Alison MacCallum album)
• Superman (Arash album)
• Superman (Gary Chaw album)
• Superman, an album by Machi

Songs:

• "Superman" (Black Lace song), made famous by Black Lace
• "Superman" (The Clique song), notably covered by R.E.M.
• "Superman" (Crystal Kay song)
• "Superman" (Donna Fargo song)
• "Superman" (Eminem song)
• "Superman" (Lazlo Bane song), the original opening theme of Scrubs
• "Superman" (Stereophonics song)
• "Superman" (Unwritten Law song)
• "Superman (It's Not Easy)", by Five for Fighting
• "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", by The Kinks
• "Superman" (Pepe Luis Soto song), by Celi Bee and the Buzzy Bunch
• "Superman", by Gabriella Cilmi, from the album Ten
• "Superman", by The Game, from the album L.A.X.
• "Superman", by Goldfinger, from the album Hang-Ups
• "Superman", by Hadise, from the album Aşk Kaç Beden Giyer?
• "Superman", by Joe Brooks
• "Superman", by Mat Zo, 2011
• "Superman", by Offer Nissim featuring Maya Simantov
• "Superman", by Rachel Platten, from the album Wildfire
• "Superman", by Skee-Lo, from the album I Wish
• "Superman", by Super Junior
• "Superman", by Taylor Swift, from the album Speak Now
• "Supermen", a single by Dino Merlin
• "The Supermen", by David Bowie
• "O Superman", by Laurie Anderson

Roller coasters

• Superman: Escape from Krypton, a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain
• Superman: Ultimate Flight, a flying roller coaster at various Six Flags parks
• Superman: Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Athletes nicknamed Superman

• John Cena (born 1977), WWE professional wrestler
• Sam Fuld (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player
• Dennis Hallman (born 1975), MMA fighter
• Dwight Howard (born 1985), American basketball player
• Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American race car driver
• Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
• Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), American retired National Basketball Association player
• Art Pennington (born 1923), retired Negro League baseball star
• Ibrahima Sonko (born 1981), Senegalese-French footballer
• Sean Rosenthal (born 1980), American beach volleyball player
• Kōhei Uchimura (born 1989), Japanese gymnast

Sport and racing

• The Superman, a stunt in which a rider strikes a flying pose:
  • A pose used by Mat Rempits, Malaysian street racers
  • A trick in Freestyle Motocross and similar sports, in which the rider removes his legs from the vehicle and straightens out his body while holding onto the handlebars
  • A cycling position created by the British cyclist Graeme Obree

Other uses

• Superman (gene), a plant gene in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Superman, a monster truck

See also

• Übermensch, a concept of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
• "Superman" (Pali: uttama-puriso), occasionally used in early Buddhist scriptures to refer to a Tathāgata
• Superman X, a character in the Legion of Super-Heroes animated television series
• "Super Man", an episode of the television series CSI: NY
• Superman curse, a string of unfortunate events that follow people who are involved with Superman projects
• Superman, a character in Dr. Slump media
• Superman (Psychomech), a fictional race in the novel Psychomech