Whose philosophical ideal of ubermensch or superman was adopted and distorted by the Nazis?
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 in some stories, Lois knows or suspects that Clark is Superman, sometimes this is explored for humor or plot development. The characters, Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, were created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Superman was conceived as being like the ideal Hollywood romantic hero of the time, portrayed in films by actors such as Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, and Rudolph Valentino. Siegel and Shuster were both fans of silent film actor Douglas Fairbanks, his movies "The Mark of Zorro" (1920), "Robin Hood" (1922), and "The Black Pirate" (1926) became a huge influence on their writing and art on