Publication history of Superman Superman titles have followed two major story arcs. "Action Comics" deals with Superman and wife Lois adopting a Kryptonian child who is revealed to be the child of General Zod. After resolving this arc, Superman has dealt with the return of one of his most dangerous villains, Brainiac which resulted in the arrival of thousands of Kryptonians on Earth and sadly the death of his adoptive father. In "New Krypton", the Kryptonians create a new planet, New Krypton, and raise it opposite Earth's place in the solar system. In "", Superman decides to leave Earth to live among the Kryptonians,
Superman (serial) the staff of the "Daily Planet" in order to be close to the news. Soon after he is sent out to get the scoop on a new rock that a man has found that he calls Kryptonite, and Clark passes out; then and there Superman discovers that his weakness is Kryptonite. Whenever emergencies happen, he responds in his true identity as Superman. This first serial revolves around the nefarious plot of a villain who calls herself the Spider Lady. Republic Pictures tried twice to produce a Superman serial. The first attempt was replaced by "Mysterious Doctor Satan" (1940), when licensing