Origin of Superman early issues of the series, it was unclear if the story was intended to be the new origin of the mainstream Superman or the beginnings of a new universe, similar to Marvel's Ultimate line. DC later confirmed that "Birthright" was the new official origin of Superman, and it was embedded into the Superman fiction in "Superman" (vol. 2) #200. Krypton was redesigned again in "Birthright", portrayed as a society that used its advanced science and technology to make its planet into a paradise. Clark Kent respected his alien heritage and designed his Superman costume based on images of Kryptonian culture
Superman 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 for the purposes of protecting his secret identity (to that end, Superman also possessed a few Clark Kent robots). One notable Superman robot