Superman (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Comic books and related media 2 Music 3 Philosophy 4 Science 5 Sport and racing 6 People nicknamed Superman 7 See also

Superman is a DC comic book superhero.

Superman may also refer to:

[edit] Comic books and related media

• Superman (Earth-Two), a character from Earth-Two based on Superman as he originally appeared
• Superman (Kal Kent), the Superman of the 853rd century
• Superman (comic book), the eponymous comic book series
  • Superman (vol. 2), the series from 1987-2006
• Superman (comic strip), a comic strip that ran from 1939 to 1966

Film, radio, and television:

• Superman (animated short), a Fleischer Studios film short
  • Superman (1940s cartoons), a series of seventeen shorts
• Superman (serial), a 1948 movie serial starring Kirk Alyn
• Superman (film), a 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve
  • Superman (film series), a series of five films 1978-2006
• Superman (radio) or The Adventures of Superman, a radio show from 1940-1951
• Superman (TV series), a 1988 animated series
• Superman: The Animated Series

Video games:

• Superman (arcade game)
• Superman (Atari game)
• Superman (Kemco game), a video game for the NES
• Superman (Sunsoft game), a video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis

Other print media:

• Bill Dunn or the Superman, a character from The Reign of the Super-Man by Jerry Siegel
• The Super-Man, an anti-hero created by Chris Ware

[edit] Music

Albums:

• Superman (Alison MacCallum album)
• Superman (Gary Chaw album)
• Streisand Superman, an album by Barbra Streisand
• Superman, an album by Machi

Songs:

• "Superman" (Brown Boy song)
• "Superman" (R.E.M. song), originally written by the Clique
• "Superman" (Eminem song)
• '"Superman'" (Lazlo Bane song), the original opening theme of Scrubs
• "Superman" (Stereophonics song)
• "Superman (It's Not Easy)", a song by Five for Fighting
• "Superman", a song by Goldfinger from the album Hang-Ups
• "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", a song by The Kinks from the album Low Budget

[edit] Philosophy

• Superman (Nietzsche) or Übermensch, a concept of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche

[edit] Science

• Superman (gene), a plant gene in Arabidopsis thaliana

[edit] Sport and racing

• Superman (truck), a monster truck
• The Superman, a stunt in which a rider strikes a flying pose:
  • A pose used by Mat Rempits, Malaysian street racers
  • A trick in Freestyle Motocross
  • A cycling-position created by the British cyclist Graeme Obree

[edit] People nicknamed Superman

• Shaquille O'Neal, professional basketball player
• Dwight Howard, professional basketball player
• Ibrahima Sonko, Senegalese-French footballer
• Ron Killings, American professional wrestler known as the "Sun-tan Superman"

[edit] See also

• Superman in popular culture
• Superman X, a character in the Legion of Super Heroes television series
• Adventures of Superman (TV series)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, a 1993 television series
• Suppaman, a character in Dr. Slump media
• Supermen, a fabled race in the novel Psychomech
• Supermen; includes a song titled "Supermen" by Dino Merlin