The Reign of the Superman name "Herbert S. Fine", combining the first name of a cousin with his mother's maiden name. The term "Superman" derives from a common English translation of the term "Übermensch", which originated with Friedrich Nietzsche's statement, ""Ich lehre euch den Übermenschen"" ("I will teach you all the Superman"), in his 1883 work "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". The term "Superman" was popularized by George Bernard Shaw with his 1903 play "Man and Superman". The character Jane Porter refers to Tarzan as a "superman" in the 1912 pulp novel "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Siegel would later name Tarzan as
Superman and Lois Lane Lois Lane was voiced by Joan Alexander. The first live-action appearance of Superman on film is the 1948 Columbia Pictures film serial "Superman". The fifteen part black-and-white film stars Kirk Alyn as Superman/Clark Kent and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. Both actors returned in Columbia's second live-action Superman film, "Atom Man vs. Superman" (1950). In the 1951 independent film, "Superman and the Mole Men", Superman/Clark Kent was played by George Reeves and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane. The film "Superman" was released by Warner Bros. in 1978 and based on the popular DC Comics character. Superman/Clark Kent was portrayed by