Clark learned much about his origins from Dr. His parents instilled in him strong moral principles and taught him to use his abilities for good. Thanks to the yellow sun, Clark developed many Kryptonian powers that grew stronger as he got older. Accompanied by a massive meteor shower, his spaceship crash-landed in Miller's Field in Smallville: there, he was found by farmers Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent to which they raised him as their son and named him Clark. He resided there until his early adult years, when he moved to Metropolis.īorn as Kal-El to Jor and Lara-El, he was sent to Earth by his parents to fulfill a destiny in which he would become the savior of humanity: he was rocketed off of the planet just minutes before its destruction. Hailing from the planet Krypton, Clark is a super-powered alien who was raised in Smallville, Kansas.
' So what are you, man or superman?' - Lana Lang to Clark Kent, PilotĬlark Kent, aka Superman, is Earth's greatest hero and the main protagonist of Smallville.