Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? reference to one of the nicknames of Superman as the "Man of Tomorrow", and was later again used in the title of another Superman . The comic book, "Action Comics" #1, published in April 1938 by "National Allied Publications" (later renamed DC Comics), marked the first publication of the character of Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The comic quickly became a success, and its editor soon realized that it was because of the popularity of the character. In an unprecedented move at the time, National Allied Publications introduced a second comic book, "Superman", exclusively featuring the popular
Superman robots stronghold of that world's Superman is protected by fearsome-looking insectoid robots. During an attempted robbery, one hero makes a comment about "Superman's robots". Superman robots The Superman robots are fictional robots from the DC Comics Universe. The robots resembled Superman in appearance and abilities. Superman robots played a particularly dominant role in late 1950s and 1960s era Superman comics, when readers were first introduced to Superman possessing various robot duplicates. These robots each possessed a fraction of the Man of Steel's powers, and were sometimes used to substitute for him on missions (such as those where kryptonite was present) or