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    Character » Superman appears in 18939 issues.

    Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

    How come he gets to appear in Marvel sometimes ?

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    uh yeah and now I noticed something when I read the two graphic Novels cause he usually only appears in DC so why does he and Lois get to appear in the Marvel Universe ?

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    #2  Edited By SanoHibiki

    Clark in Marvel

    That’s just Marvel’ thing, same as Stan Lee’s constant appearances in movies – for entertainment value, nod of respect, easter egg, nothing more.

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    Respect and a nod. Batman would appear more now.

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    #5 the_stegman  Moderator

    He's Superman, he's reached such an iconic status, that Marvel will sometimes reference him. They do the same with Batman on occasion.

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    I am pretty sure that DC is actually a comic company in marvel universe. Someone did fall daredevil a red batman before. Its just like an easter egg or little shout out to superman/batman.

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    @the_stegman: Did they secretly bought them from DC Comics ?

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    Just a casual bump, nod, homage of respect. I mean Superman is literally the first comic book hero. With out Big Blue we really wouldn't have comics (theoretically).

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    @omnibeast: Nahh. We'd definitely still have comics.

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    #12  Edited By zaied

    @kazuma14: No. They're just fun little easter eggs, nothing more. It also just tells us that Batman and Superman exist in the Marvel universe as fictional characters. Spidey has referenced Nolan Batman before.

    Lots of things reference Superman outside of DC so it's nothing big.

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    @jayc1324: I see and did you guys said DC is actually a comic company in the Marvel Universe ?

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    @kazuma14: I'm not sure if DC is actually a company in marvel universe but I did hear something like that before and they do mention DC characters from time to time so it makes sense. I don't think its ever actually been confirmed though.

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    #16  Edited By Kazuma14

    @jayc1324: Oh , Well that's okay at least it's a lot of fun .

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    @jonez120: I suppose we would, but I feel it would of been a lot longer to have them come up. To me Big Blue (he isn't even on my top 10 favorites btw) was the big push comics needed to get started. I feel like with out him comics really wouldn't be so hot.

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    When has Superman ever appeared in Marvel?

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