Superman is the sole WORD of the planet Krypton. His father, Jor-El, discovered that a WORD chain reaction was building inside Krypton that would soon WORD the entire world. Jor-El therefore had his WORD son Kal-El removed from the Kryptonian Gestation Chambers and affixed the life WORD containing Kal-El to an experimental vessel for travel through hyperspace. Jor-El launched the starcraft toward WORD just before Krypton exploded.

Superman was, in effect, born on WORD when the starcraft landed there. Jonathan and Martha Kent found the WORD inside the vessel and brought him to their farm in WORDville, Kansas. Since he appeared entirely human, the Kents assumed that the WORD was a victim of a cruel experiment. At this time the WORD had no super powers. The Kents named the WORD Clark and raised him as their own son.

Clark initially used his powers WORD to help people and prevent or thwart WORD. Ultimately, he was WORD to use his powers in public to prevent the crash of a NASA WORD. Thereafter he and his foster WORD devised a new costumed secret identity he would WORD when using his abilities in public. They called his new persona "Superman," the name given him by WORD, a reporter for the Metropolis Daily WORD who had been aboard the WORD.

Shortly afterward, Clark obtained a job as a WORD for the Daily WORD by turning in his first WORD story about Superman. He currently enjoys a WORD status with the WORD.

He possesses a tremendous WORD; while Superman`s WORD is not infinite, its full extent is so great that it has never been WORD measured. His body is virtually WORD. Superman`s sharp senses enable him to hear sounds too WORD to be detected by the normal human WORD. His "telescopic vision" enables him to focus his sight on WORD WORD far beyond the range of normal WORD sight. His "WORD vision" allows him to observe an object in WORD detail. Superman`s so called "WORD-ray vision" enables him to WORD clearly through solid objects. Certain dense WORD, notably WORD, obstruct this ability. His power to generate WORD within objects manifests itself as a WORD glow within his WORD, and is therefore known as "WORD vision."

Superman can move, react, and think at superWORD speeds greater than that of WORD. He can defy gravity and WORD through force of will. Superman`s irradiated cells generate a force WORD that extends for a fraction of an WORD around his body, WORD any material within the field nearly WORD, such as his skin WORD costume.