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Adventures of Superman (comic book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (454 words) |
 | Adventures of Superman, sometimes The Adventures of Superman, was a comic book series produced by DC Comics starring, as the title suggests, Superman. |
 | It was the continuation of the original first series of Superman comics (which began in 1939), renamed after a new Superman series was launched with issue #1 after John Byrne revamped the character in 1986. |
 | In November 2005, DC Comics announced that the existing comic book title Superman was to be among several to be cancelled as part of the Infinite Crisis storyline, specifically as part of the "One Year Later..." event focused around the upcoming weekly series 52. |
| Superman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (7210 words) |
 | Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero. |
 | Superman also continued in serving with the revived Justice Society as a member; he was revealed to have been a founding member of the group in the team's origin story in DC Special #29. |
 | Superman possesses extraordinary powers, traditionally described with the phrase, "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound", which was first used in the Superman radio serials of the Forties and the TV series of the Fifties. |