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superman
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superman
(in the philosophy of Nietzsche) an ideal man who through integrity and creativity would rise above good and evil and who represents the goal of human evolution

Superman
invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643]

Superman
superhero under guise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter. [Comics: Horn, 642]
See : Disguise

Superman
Nietzsche’s ideal being, a type that would arise when man succeeds in surpassing himself. [Ger. Phil.: Thus Spake Zarathustra in Magill III, 1069]

Superman
caped superhero and modern-day Hercules. [Comics: Horn, 642–643]
See : Strength

Superman
superhero; faster than a speeding bullet. [Comics: Horn, 642; TV: “Adventures of Superman” in Terrace, I, 37–38]
See : Swiftness

Superman
invulnerable except for Kryptonite. [TV: “The Adventures of Superman” in Terrace, I, 38; Comics: Horn, 642]


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Beside his love for comics -- born Nic Coppola, the actor took his stage name from the Marvel title "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire," and in 2005 named his infant son Kal-el, which is Superman's Kryptonian moniker -- Cage is a huge motorcycle enthusiast.
As their home planet, Krypton, is destroyed, a Jor-El and his wife Lard set little Kal-El adrift, not on the river Nile, but into outer space, in the hopes that a good family on Earth will raise their son as one of their own, even though he is truly a king.
is a Clark Kent, with a Kal-El inside him screaming to get out.
 
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