SUPERMAN, ONE OF THE COOLEST SUPERHEROES EVER

IN MUAY THAI, FIGHTERS USE SOMETHING CALLED

THE "SUPERMAN PUNCH". THIS INVOLVES FAKING

A KICK SO THAT THE SUBSEQUENT PUNCH IS

MORE POWERFUL

IN 1938, DC COMICS PAID THE CREATORS OF

SUPERMAN ONLY $138 FOR THE EXCLUSIVE

RIGHTS TO HIS CHARACTER

GEORGE REEVES, WHO PLAYED SUPERMAN IN THE

50’S, ONCE HAD A YOUNG BOY PULL A GUN ON

HIM TO "TEST HIS INVULNERABILITY". HE CONVINCED

THE BOY TO HAND OVER THE PISTOL BECAUSE THE

BULLET MIGHT HURT OTHER PEOPLE AFTER IT

BOUNCED OFF HIS CHEST

NICHOLAS CAGE GAVE HIS SON THE NAME KAL-EL

(THIS WAS SUPERMAN'S BIRTH NAME)

IN A 1978 COMIC, SUPERMAN TEAMS UP WITH

MUHAMMAD ALI TO BEAT UP A BUNCH OF ALIENS

KRYPTONITE DIDN'T ACTUALLY ORIGINATE IN THE

COMIC BOOKS. IT CAME FROM THE RADIO SHOW

WHEN THE PRODUCERS NEEDED TO COME UP WITH

A REASON TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN VOICE

ACTOR'S ABSENCE

ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO POKE FUN AT

THE MAN OF STEEL FOR FOOLING THE WORLD

WITH JUST HIS GLASSES, IN THE COMICS HIS

GLASSES CHANGE HIS EYE COLOUR, HE CHANGES

HIS VOICE, AND HE WEARS MUCH LOOSER CLOTHING

IN THE ORIGINAL STORY SUPERMAN COULD ONLY

JUMP REALLY HIGH (BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER

GRAVITY ON KRYPTON). WHEN HE WAS BEING

MADE INTO A MOVIE, THE TEAM AT MAX

FLEISCHER STUDIOS ASKED FOR HIS POWERS

TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE A FLYING ANIMATION

WOULD BE MUCH EASIER