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|title1              = Superman
|image1              = Superman (Jenny Everywhere and Superman).png
|aka                 = Kal-el
|born                =
|died                =
|species             = [[Human]]
|gender              = Male
|residence           = [[Krypton]]<br>[[Kansas]]
|occupation          = Superhero
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|creator(s)          =
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|first_seen_in       = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Miss Adventure (comic story)|Miss Adventure]]'' <small>(as fiction)</small>
|also_seen_in        = {{appears}}
|copyright           = DC
|index               = [[:Category:Featuring Superman|'''''See category''''']]
}}'''Superman''', also called '''Kal-el''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)|The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)]]'') was a superhero who existed as a fictional character in multiple universes.

== History ==
=== Overview ===
Archetypally, his origin story involved his father, a scientist, shooting him into space in a space pod when he was a baby so that he could survive the imminent destruction of their home planet, [[Krypton]]. The baby then landed on [[Earth]] in [[Kansas]], where he was adopted by a kindly family called the Kents. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'')

=== In the Strange and Wonderful Life ===
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“[[Bottle universe (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|A bottle filled with a miniature universe]]” containing “the story of Kal-el” was one of the items within [[the Jenny Everywhere Museum]] in [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)|The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd)]]'')

=== At the Oasis Springs Nudist Resort ===
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[[File:Superman in Grand Opening.png|thumb|left|Superman seen from the back in the swimming pool. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Grand Opening (video story)|Grand Opening]]'')]]A version of Superman was one of the guests from across [[the Multiverse]] brought to the grand opening of the [[Oasis Springs Nudist Resort]] by [[Jenny Everywhere (Grand Opening)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Jenny Anywhere (Grand Opening)|Jenny Anywhere]]. He was seen relaxing in the pool not far from [[Storm]]. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[Grand Opening (video story)|Grand Opening]]'')

=== Flying with Jenny ===
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[[File:Superman and Jenny Everywhere by King Francis Petty (June 2022).jpg|thumb|right|Superman and [[Jenny Everywhere (That Feeling When Your Antagonist Is Gay For You)|Jenny]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and Superman (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere and Superman]]'')]]A version of Superman apparently existed in [[Universe (That Feeling When Your Antagonist Is Gay For You)|one universe]] alongside [[Jenny Everywhere (That Feeling When Your Antagonist Is Gay For You)|Jenny Everywhere]]. She once ran into him while on the roof of a building, and, excited, ran along after the flying superhero, with Superman noticing before she did that she seemed to be headed for the edge of the building. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and Superman (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere and Superman]]'')

=== As fiction ===
A comic with “some guy bashing a car” was published in 1938 in [[Universe A (Miss Adventure)|one universe]]. [[Mr King]]'s [[Wintle Newsstand|newsstand]] in [[Chicago]] received this comic at the same time as [[Jenny Everywhere (1938 comic book)|a ''Jenny Everywhere'' comic]]. Although King noted that the one about the “guy” “could be a winner”, he seemed more invested in promoting the Jenny comic. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Miss Adventure (comic story)|Miss Adventure]]'')

==== In the Infinity Apartment ====
[[File:ShatterScreen as Superman.png|thumb|left|315px|[[ShatterScreen#In the Infinity Apartment|ShatterScreen]] dressed up as Superman for [[Halloween]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Infinity Apartment (comic story)|Infinity Apartment]]'')]][[ShatterScreen#In the Infinity Apartment|ShatterScreen]] dressed up as this same superhero for [[Halloween]] 2006. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Infinity Apartment (comic story)|Infinity Apartment]]'')

==== In the Parallax Universe ====
In [[Parallax Universe|another universe]], [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] and her neighbour [[David Lowe|David]] were both familiar with the story of Superman. They discussed the similarity when, due to [[shifter hangover]], Jenny got glimpses of memories [[Jenny Everywhere: Secret Origins|of an origin story for herself]] that sounded suspiciously similar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'')

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Superman.png|thumb|right|The ''Superman'' cover alluded to in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Miss Adventure (comic story)|Miss Adventure]]''.]]The “guy” mentioned in ''[[Miss Adventure (comic story)|Miss Adventure]]'' is self-evidently Superman, with the comic being none other than the iconic ''Action Comics'' #1, although this is not explicit.

[[Criterion]] was described by his creator [[Johann-Octavius Gans]] as a “Superman/Hyperion expy”.

== External links ==
* '''[http://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman ''Superman'' on the ''DC Database'' Wiki]'''
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