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Superman: Secret Identity
Superman: Secret Identity is a four-issue mini-series written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Stuart Immonen. It was first published monthly, starting January 2004. The title was not released under the Elseworlds banner, but is regarded as a non-canonical story.
The story describes the life of Clark Kent, a man in a world in which superheroes exist only as characters in comics, who suddenly gains the powers of Superman and embarks on a super-heroic career, but keeps his existence secret from the world at large.
Writer Kurt Busiek stated in the introduction to the collected volume of Superman: Secret Identity that his inspiration for this story was the original appearances of Superboy-Prime (a character created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan) for Crisis on Infinite Earths in DC Comics Presents. The series developed by Busiek over the course of twenty years and reimagines the story of Superboy-Prime had he not been transported to the DC Universe after developing the powers of Superman.
Busiek later wrote a spiritual companion series Batman: Creature of the Night published by DC Comics in 2017.
David and Laura Kent, a farmer couple living in a small town called Picketsville, Kansas, name their child Clark Kent, after the fictional character, Superman.
Clark, essentially average in every way, although perceptive and intelligent, grows up resenting the joke, accepting the inevitable Superman-related gifts with a smile, and endures being the butt of jokes and bullying at school.
He retreats to his "Fortress of Solitude", a broken-down farm tractor, where he writes using an old typewriter, developing talent as a writer. For recreation, he often escapes on overnight hiking trips.
One night on such a trip, Clark awakens in a restless dream to find himself floating in mid-air and discovers that he now has the powers of Superman. He uses the powers at first to avoid his high school tormentors, then begins to secretly use them to rescue people in danger. The incidents of heroism prompt inquiries from journalists and government agents, putting him under pressure to preserve his secret or to reveal his powers to the public.
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Superman: Secret Identity
Superman: Secret Identity is a four-issue mini-series written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Stuart Immonen. It was first published monthly, starting January 2004. The title was not released under the Elseworlds banner, but is regarded as a non-canonical story.
The story describes the life of Clark Kent, a man in a world in which superheroes exist only as characters in comics, who suddenly gains the powers of Superman and embarks on a super-heroic career, but keeps his existence secret from the world at large.
Writer Kurt Busiek stated in the introduction to the collected volume of Superman: Secret Identity that his inspiration for this story was the original appearances of Superboy-Prime (a character created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan) for Crisis on Infinite Earths in DC Comics Presents. The series developed by Busiek over the course of twenty years and reimagines the story of Superboy-Prime had he not been transported to the DC Universe after developing the powers of Superman.
Busiek later wrote a spiritual companion series Batman: Creature of the Night published by DC Comics in 2017.
David and Laura Kent, a farmer couple living in a small town called Picketsville, Kansas, name their child Clark Kent, after the fictional character, Superman.
Clark, essentially average in every way, although perceptive and intelligent, grows up resenting the joke, accepting the inevitable Superman-related gifts with a smile, and endures being the butt of jokes and bullying at school.
He retreats to his "Fortress of Solitude", a broken-down farm tractor, where he writes using an old typewriter, developing talent as a writer. For recreation, he often escapes on overnight hiking trips.
One night on such a trip, Clark awakens in a restless dream to find himself floating in mid-air and discovers that he now has the powers of Superman. He uses the powers at first to avoid his high school tormentors, then begins to secretly use them to rescue people in danger. The incidents of heroism prompt inquiries from journalists and government agents, putting him under pressure to preserve his secret or to reveal his powers to the public.