Superman’s relationship to his Kryptonian lineage is crucial to his identity in this new take on the character.
Clark Kent looks and sounds like an all-American guy, but he wasn’t born in the United States.
He wasn’t even born on planet Earth.
This story even sticks with Supes in his latest iteration: Adult Swim’s My Adventures with Superman.
Now, My Adventures with Superman has found some important new ways to explore this idea.
In one, the new character grows up in two worlds.
Superman’s experience will be familiar to many.
He didn’t embrace his powers right away, and in fact ran away from them.
The man speaks in tongues.
It’s handwaved away or just not considered.
And so we meet a grown Superman who really has no idea who he is.
Much of the season is spent humanizing Clark, and this only makes him more sympathetic.
He’s taken on the daily responsibilities of raising Clark alongside Martha Kent.
It’s not something that’s justhappening to him.
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