KAL-EL

Superman, explained

Everything about
the Man of Steel.

Who he is, what he can do and what can stop him. In plain English, with every fact sourced.

01

Who he is.

A farm boy from Kansas, a reporter in Metropolis and the last son of Krypton.

Personality

Mild-mannered.
Never meek.

What he loves, what he can't stand, and how Clark differs from Superman.

Meet Clark

Family

Two families.
One son.

The House of El and the Kents

Allies and friends

Lois, Jimmy and the League.

His people

Suits

Trunks in.
Trunks out.

Every costume since 1938

Actors

Every screen Superman.

From Kirk Alyn in 1948 to David Corenswet.

Meet all 9 actors
02

What he can do.

Every power runs on one thing: sunlight.

Powers

Powered by
a yellow sun.

Flight, strength, speed, heat vision, X-ray vision and more, with their limits.

Explore all 12 powers

Feats and stats

How strong, exactly?

Cited feats

Survive in space, see through lead, beat the Flash. Straight answers to the questions fans ask.

03

What can stop him.

A few rocks, a red sun, a little magic, and a rogues gallery that keeps trying.

Villains

The rogues gallery.

  • Lex Luthor
  • Brainiac
  • General Zod
  • Darkseid
  • Doomsday
  • Bizarro
Meet all 11 villains

Weaknesses

Under a red sun, he's just a man.

All 5 weaknesses

Kryptonite

Green, red, gold and blue.

Every colour
04

His world.

From a dead planet to a farm in Kansas, and everything he's said along the way.

Places

Metropolis, Smallville and the Fortress.

Every place

Krypton and its tech

The planet he lost.

Krypton explained

Quotes

In his own words.

Every quote, attributed

Trivia and firsts

Facts you didn't know.

Trivia

Timeline

1938 to now.

The timeline

Daily quiz

Think you know him?

Five questions. One a day.