Superman-as a comic-book character was introduced by DC in l938. The classic Mercedes-Benz 540-K and the first splitting of the Uranium atom also went off in l938 along with experimental Television. Quite a year!
It started in 1933.
Clark kent was about in his 20's when he started
yes the battle started by superman shooting lasers out of his eyes but batman used robin as a shield then threw batarangs but superman just destroyed them. so batman got kryptonite and used it on superman and then slapped him with noodles
he started gaining new powers and getting stronger and strong
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Superman Superman Returns Superman II Superman III Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Waiting for Superman Superman/Doomsday The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Superman/Batman: Apocalypse All-Star Superman Leaving Metropolis (which was called 'Poor Superman' in Canada)
Lex Luthor tried to create Kyptonite but the genius who was doing it didn't know what one element was so had it a tar used in cigarettes. The Kyptonite didn't work but over time Superman started to become angry and evil. Eventually the good inside him represented as Clark Kent split from the evil Superman. Which led to them fighting.
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"Superman" (1948) "Atom Man vs Superman" (1950) "Superman and the Molemen" (1951) "Superman: The Movie" (1978) "Superman II" (1980) "Superman III" (1983) "Superman IV: The Quest For Peace" (1987) "Superman Returns" (2006) "Man of Steel" (2013)
Superman: The Movie Superman 2 Superman 3 Superman 4: The Quest for Peace Superman Returns There's also Superman: Doomsday which isn't part of the live action series. It's a stand alone animated version.