Superman son a messianic mission to lead humanity into a brighter future. Superman Superman is a fictional superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. He first appeared in "Action Comics" #1, a comic book published on April 18, 1938. He appears regularly in American comic books published by DC Comics, and has been adapted to radio shows, newspaper strips, television shows, movies, and video games. Superman was born on the planet Krypton, and as a baby named Kal-El, was sent to Earth in a small spaceship by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton was destroyed in a
Mongo (fictional planet) the Arlene Williamson version. Starting April 22, 1935, the radio serial "The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon", began airing. The series featured stories set on Mongo, closely following the plot of the comic strip. The 1936 serial depicts Mongo as a rogue planet drifting towards Earth. The serial's Mongo is a wild, rocky planet filled with monsters. The second Flash Gordon serial was set on Mars, but the third returned to Mongo. In "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" Flash and his friends travel to Mongo's land of Frigia to find a cure for the Purple Death, which is ravishing