History Trivia / Superman

* ExecutiveMeddling: In 1940, Jerry Siegel wrote a story called "The K-Metal from Krypton," that would have introduced an early version of kryptonite and Superman revealing his secret identity to Lois. Siegel's publishers nixed this story as damaging to the franchise and made it clear StatusQuoIsGod would hold while both story innovations would have to wait for years.

!!Works with their own pages:
* ''Trivia/SupermanTheMovie''
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** Creator/{{Sunsoft}} had made a game called ''VideoGame/{{Sunman}}'' for the original NES that, sadly, never got released. Its gameplay mechanics seem to hint, though, that they had planned to make this as a ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' game, but Sunsoft couldn't keep the rights to the Man of Steel and had planned to make a game using the engine they had made with original characters.
** Factor 5 was working on ''Superman: Man of Steel'', a WideOpenSandbox ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' game code named "Blue Steel", on [=PlayStation 3=], Wii, and Xbox 360, as a tie-in to the cancelled ''Film/SupermanReturns'' sequel, then as its own Superman game, before being cancelled.
** In 2000, a number of writers for ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' including Creator/GrantMorrison, Creator/MarkMillar, and Creator/MarkWaid, pitched an idea for a Superman reboot that would return the character to what [[RunningTheAsylum the writers believed]] [[https://medium.com/@bobproehl/men-of-steel-the-superman-2000-proposal-9044a49ba521 was its roots]]. They believed that the Silver Age tropes that they saw as central to Superman was missing in ''ComicBook/PostCrisis'' and they cited Clark's marriage to Lois as the problem. Their solution... Mr. Mxyzsptlk forces them to bargain their marriage in exchange for saving the world, and Clark and Lois would accept and this would lead to a reboot. If that reminds you of what happened to poor ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' in ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', then it's probably not a coincidence that Mark Waid served as one of the consulting writers to Creator/JoeQuesada when he planned the reboot in 2005, and went on to write early issues in ''ComicBook/BrandNewDay''. In any case, Superman did get rebooted to a single status in the New 52 relaunch but this was a ContinuityReboot that didn't nullify and erase an existing relationship and love story as opposed to the ContinuitySnarl caused by the CosmicRetcon of OMD. And undoing Lois and Clark's marriage ''still'' proved so unpopular that it was eventually restored.

* TheWikiRule:
** [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Database DC Comics Database]]
** [[http://supermanica.superman.nu/index.php/Main_Page Supermanica]]
** [[http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_Wiki Superman Wiki]]
** [[http://supermanrebirth.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_Wiki Superman Rebirth Wiki]]

* TropeNamer:
** BewareTheSuperman
** BizarroEpisode
** BizarroUniverse
** BoxingLessonsForSuperman
** TheCape
** ClarkKentOutfit
** ClarkKenting
** ClothesMakeTheSuperman
** CutLexLuthorACheck
** FightOffTheKryptonite
** FlyingBrick
** GenericDoomsdayVillain (named after the supervillain Doomsday)
** InASingleBound
** KneelBeforeZod (cross-reference with the ''Film/SupermanII'' movie)
** KryptoniteFactor
** KryptoniteIsEverywhere
** KryptoniteProofSuit
** KryptoniteRing
** LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman
** ManOfKryptonite
** ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex (named after the Creator/LarryNiven [[http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html article of the same name]])
** PhantomZone
*** PhantomZonePicture (cross-reference with the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie)
** PowerParasite (named after the supervillain Parasite)
** ShootingSuperman
** SuperBreath
** SuperDickery (alongside the [[Website/{{Superdickery}} website]] of same name)
** {{Superhero}} (he was the first one, after all) %%In the current definition and usage of the word, yes, he is.
** SupermanStaysOutOfGotham (Cross reference with Franchise/{{Batman}})
** SupermanSubstitute
** SuperStrength
** SuperToughness
** JustForFun/TheseLookLikeJobsForTheSuperman
** UpUpAndAway
** XRayVision

* NamesTheSame: Despite her name, Lois Lane is not going to be in [[Theatre/KissMeKate the musical version of Taming of the Shrew]].
** Superman has fought Ultraman, but the one he fought isn't [[Franchise/UltraSeries from Nebula M78]].

* QuoteSource:
** AllLovingHero

** A man called Walter George Alton revealed in an interview that he was considered for the role of Superman but ultimately turned down for being too old. ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans may recognize him as the star of ''Film/PumaMan''.

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Works with their own pages:

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman]]

* ImageSource:
** AccidentalInnuendo (''Franchise/SpiderMan'' crossover)
** AndThatsTerrible
** AppliedPhlebotinum
** ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes
** ArmorPiercingSlap
** BigDamPlot

** BloodierAndGorier (top half)
** BootCampEpisode

** BreakingTheBonds
** BucketBoobyTrap
** CallToAgriculture (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)

** CatchAFallingStar
** {{Chronoscope}} (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** ClothesMakeTheLegend (bottom-left; bottom-right)
** ComboPlatterPowers (top-left; bottom-left; bottom-right)
** ComicBookTime
** CorrespondenceCourse (''Superman'' #211)
** CostumeCopycat (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #233)
** DigYourOwnGrave (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** DoomsdayDevice
** [[DorkAge.TheDCU Dork Age.The DCU]]
** DynamicAkimbo (statue)
** ExpoLabel
** EyeBeams
** FantasticNatureReserve
** ForgottenFirstMeeting (''Comicbook/ActionComics'' #358, ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover)
** ForGreatJustice
** ForWantOfANail
** GoKartingWithBowser (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** GreenRocks (toy)
** HiddenInPlainSight ("[[http://www.santanerozine.com/hidden-in-plain-sight/ Hidden in Plain Sight]]" by [[http://bmatsuyaart.blogspot.se/2012/09/hi-how-are-you.html Ben Matsuya]])
** HomingLasers
** HumanAliens (bottom-left)
** IgnoredExpert
** IKissYourFoot
** [[Quotes/ImStandingRightHere Im Standing Right Here.Quotes]]
** InternalHomage (top half: ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #1)
** IntimidatingRevenueService
** KillerSpaceMonkey (''Showcase Presents Superman'' Volume 2 [2006])

** LawfulGood

** MistakenForOwnMurderer (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #301)
** MookHorrorShow
** MotifMerger (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** MuggleFosterParents
** [[NighInvulnerability/ComicBooks Nigh Invulnerability. Comic Books]] (''Superman Volume 1'' #376, ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover)
** NotGoodWithRejection
** OlderAlterEgo (''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' crossover)
** OmnicidalManiac
** PhotoOpWithTheDog
** PowerfulAndHelpless (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** PresidentSuperhero
** PrimaryColorChampion (top-center)
** PropagandaMachine (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #58)
** PsychoElectro
** PunchPunchPunchUhOh (''Franchise/SpiderMan'' crossover)
** TheRealHeroes
** RePower
** ReturningTheWeddingRing
** SadisticChoice (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #259)
** SecretIdentity
** SmugSuper
** StupidSacrifice
** SuperPowersForADay
** SuperReflexes (''Franchise/TheFlash'' crossover)
** SuperSpeedReading

** TalkingIsAFreeAction
** TandemParasite (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** ThemeInitials
** ToBeLawfulOrGood (''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' crossover)
** TontoTalk
** {{Trainstopping}}
** {{Ubermensch}} (fan-art)
** UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny (''Anime/DragonBallZ'' crossover)
** UsefulNotes.{{The Golden Age of Comic Books}} (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #1)
** WifeBasherBasher
** WitchHunt (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' crossover)
** TheWorfEffect
** WritersCannotDoMath
* NamesTheSame: Despite her name, Lois Lane is not going to be in [[Theatre/KissMeKate the musical version of Taming of the Shrew]].
** Superman has fought Ultraman, but the one he fought isn't [[Franchise/UltraSeries from Nebula M78]].
* QuoteSource:
** AllLovingHero
* StarMakingRole: Almost every actor who donned TheCape and blue outfit became a household name.
* TouristBump: The city of Metropolis, Illinois, happens to share its name with the city the Man of Steel lives in, and takes full advantage of this. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572, declaring Metropolis, IL, the "Hometown of Superman". There is a Superman museum, a 15-foot painted bronze statue of Superman in front of the county courthouse, and every year, on the second weekend of June, the city hosts the annual Superman Celebration, which is attended by fans from all over the world.
* TributeToFido: The miniseries ''ComicBook/SupermanForAllSeasons'', by Creator/JephLoeb and Tim Sale, gave teenaged Clark Kent a dog named Shelby, after Sale's own dog. It was a two panel gag, but Shelby later became more notable as the golden retriever in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* TropeNamer:
** BewareTheSuperman
** BizarroEpisode
** BizarroUniverse
** BoxingLessonsForSuperman
** TheCape
** ClarkKentOutfit
** ClarkKenting
** ClothesMakeTheSuperman
** CutLexLuthorACheck
** FightOffTheKryptonite
** FlyingBrick
** GenericDoomsdayVillain (named after the supervillain Doomsday)
** InASingleBound
** KneelBeforeZod (cross-reference with the ''Film/SupermanII'' movie)
** KryptoniteFactor
** KryptoniteIsEverywhere
** KryptoniteProofSuit
** KryptoniteRing
** LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman
** ManOfKryptonite
** ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex (named after the Creator/LarryNiven [[http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html article of the same name]])
** PhantomZone
*** PhantomZonePicture (cross-reference with the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie)
** PowerParasite (named after the supervillain Parasite)
** ShootingSuperman
** SuperBreath
** SuperDickery (alongside the [[Website/{{Superdickery}} website]] of same name)
** {{Superhero}} (he was the first one, after all) %%In the current definition and usage of the word, yes, he is.
** SupermanStaysOutOfGotham (Cross reference with Franchise/{{Batman}})
** SupermanSubstitute
** SuperStrength