The Birth Of An American Super

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sleep” (Daniels 21). Seigel and Shuster collaborated on these ideas and created comic strips created for the Sunday comics.
Seigel’s new Superman came from a planet called Krypton. “This was the first benevolent alien created” (Daniels 21). He wore tights for a futuristic appearance and the cape was added to give the effect of motion. Superman was middle aged to give the appearance of responsibility and experience. Superman’s dual identity was also created that night in 1934.
Clark Kent was the bespectacled alter ego of Superman. Clark Kent was the mild mannered reporter that no one suspected had super powers. Superman was also known by another name. The name was given to him by his Kryptonian parents. That name was Kal-El. Seigel and Shuster were very creative in their name choices. “The Kryptonian name Kal-El has meaning in Hebrew. El as an affix translates to mean ‘of God,’ and the morpheme Kal translates to mean ...

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