The world's first superhero was introduced to comic fans in Action Comics #1 in 1938, and Superman has gone on to become a pop-culture lead for just under a century. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, Superman was born on the alien planet of Krypton and was sent to Earth as Krypton fell, landing in the town of Smallville and being adopted by the Kent family, being named Clark Kent. As Superman grew to be the protector of Earth, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis and worked as a journalist at the Daily Planet.