opt a estimable superhero name can be a challenge . For every with child name such as Black Widow , Captain America , Spider - Man , and Batman , there are some question - scratcher , likeThe Whizzer and Thor Girl . In one comedian , Marvelthrew shade atSupermanand his relatively unsubdivided superhero role .

Superman is one of the old superheroes in existence , as he first debuted in the pages ofAction Comics#1by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster . Back in the late thirties , Superman popularize the genre is without query the most influential superhero of all time . He ’s star in comics , newspaper strips , goggle box show , movies , video games - you name it and Superman ’s been a part of it . Clark Kent ’s superhero name is simple and effective - but Marvel could n’t help themselves when throwing a niggling tint at the straightforward codification name .

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In Marvel ’s 2006 crossover bookMarvel Team - Up#14 , Spider - Man partner up with the Image Comics heroInvincible , in a story by the series creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker . The issue unfold with Spidey duking it out with Doctor Octopus . Doc Ock gets the upper - manus on an uber - quippy Peter Parker and just as he ’s about to take down Spider - Man for near , Invincible appears from a portal and take the villain out . Spider - Man is immediately disconcert as he wonders if it was Thor , Nova , or Sentry who saved him . When he gets a chance to babble out to Invincible , he asks if Nova changed his costume again . After Dock Ock attack again and police later smother the heroes , the brace hide out atop a rooftop . Invincible explains he was thrown through a dimension by a spoiled guy wire , explains his tragic backstory , and says he call for to get back . That ’s when the discussion work to superhero names .

' " Spider - Man ? " is n’t that a footling square ? ' Invincible asks . When Spider - Man finds out his name he tells him " I do n’t recollect you have a leg to stand on now . " That ’s when Invincible goes on about how Spider - Man is a " form of lazy name , " and that it ’s like if someone had superpowers and said " I ’ll be Super - Man . It ’s not very creative . " Shots burn down . To be mediocre to unbeatable , Superman is n’t the most originative name in retrospect , but it fit the character perfectly and has become iconic over time . On the Earth’s surface , it ’s a tad cockamamie , as Invincible suggests , and the shade that it ’s work-shy might be genuine in a more modern linguistic context , but there ’s no doubtSupermanis an downright classic name .

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