In the original comic book Superman is picked up by a good samaritan and taken to an orphanage. After 1985 = Kents remain alive to this day. Before 1985 = Kents died when Clark was still Superboy. In 1985 they simplified all this and created a new modern history for Superman, after a while fans complained that this version strayed too far from the original concept and DC Comics have since then updated it yet again and, rather convolutedly eliminated the undesirable elements.Īnyway its like this. Very heavy science fiction type concepts. The only variance to occur before that was the establishment that the Superman from the 1930s comics, who fought in WWII, and the modern day Superman were two different people living on two different Earths in two different universes.
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The only variations of this history were the movies and TV series and the comics after 1985. This is the history that was generally followed in the comics until 1985. Clark blamed himself for their deaths, but later learned that he was not responsible. The Kents were later established to have died from a rare virus they were exposed to when Superboy took them on a holiday to a desert island.
Until the 50s the Kents were not dealt with very much. The owners of the orphanage were happy to give him back because he was destroying the place with his super strength.
They did take him to an orphanage and later adopted him. The "passing motorists" who found Kal El and his rocket were in fact the Kents.
This is actually more accurate than you might think.