[net.trivia] Superman

burton (09/10/82)

One major correction. The Bizarros were created by Bizarro Superman, who
in turn was created by Lex Luthor, who used an imperfect duplicating
ray on Superman. Bizarro Superman used the ray to duplicate Earth, and
then populated Bizarro-world with Bizarro duplicates of everyone on Earth:
Bizarro-Perry White, Bizarro-Lois Lane, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen, etc.

	Doug Burton
	inuxc!burton

rjs (09/10/82)

Types of Kryptonite:

	Green - Weakens and eventually kills
	Red   - Weird, unpredictable, temporary effect.  Each
	        piece only works once.
	        Ex: Turned to a metallic giant
	            Turned to a sea serpent
	            Turned partly invisible
	            Temporary blackouts (from artificial red K)
	Gold  - Permanently removes super powers
	White - Withers any plant life
	Blue  - Affects only the Bizzarro supermen (as green K)


Superman's Girl Friends:

	Lois Lane
	Lana Lang
	Lesla-Lar
	Lori Lemaris


Mon-el:

	Real Name: Lar Gand
	Home Planet: Daxam
	Origin: A space traveler who landed on Krypton, which
	        resembled Daxam.  Warned by Jor-el, Superboy's
	        father, that Krypton would soon explode, he
	        headed for earth, guided by a map Jor-el gave
	        him.  He drifted through space for years, in
	        suspended animation, finally reaching earth.
	        He had amnesia and Jor-el's map convinced
	        Superboy this was his big brother.  Since they
	        met on Monday, Superboy called him Mon-el.  Later,
	        exposure to lead, his one weakness, endangered his
	        life, but restored his memory.  Superboy put him
	        in the Phantom Zone till a cure could be found.
	        1,000 years later, Brainiac 5 discovered a cure
	        and freed Mon-el, who joined the Legion of
		Superheros.


Original 3 members of the Legion of Superheroes:

	Saturn Girl
	Lightning Lad
	Cosmic Boy


Origin of the Bizarros

	Somebody (General Zod?) got hold of an imperfect
	duplicating ray, and duplicated Krypton to form
	the cube world of Bizarro.


Robert Snyder			(floyd!rjs)