Five Things You Never Knew About Superman-- Part 1

From June-July AARP Magazine. Upfront

Superman made his comic book debut 75 years ago this past June and now the mega-budget movie "Man of Steel" came out last month. I saw it and learned that the "S" on the front of his chest stands for the Kryptonite word for "hope." Didn't know that.

These five according to Larry Tye, author of "Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero."

1. HE HAS A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: In a 1966 issue of Action Comics, editors revealed Clark Kent's SSN as 092-09-6616 (Hey, Route 66). That was an actual SSN, belonging to Giobatta Baiocchi of New York City, who had died a year earlier. His relatives have no idea why Baiocchi's number was used. Giobatta would be so proud.

2. HIS MIDDLE NAME: Revealed in a 1997 comic-- is Joseph. Would that be Super Joseph Man or Clark Joseph Kent? Sorry about there not being paragraph breaks. There are on my draft but not on HTML, the only way I can get the text to print.

Three More. --Cooter