.In story informationTypeEmblemElement of stories featuringThe Superman shield, also known as the Superman logo, is the iconic emblem for the fictional superhero. As a representation of one of the first superheroes, it served as a template for character design decades after Superman's first appearance. The tradition of wearing a representative symbol on the chest was followed by many subsequent superheroes, including, and many others.In earlier Superman stories, the logo was simply an initial for 'Superman', but in the 1978 movie, it became the family crest of the House of El.
Contents.Evolution of the symbol In its original inception in, Superman's symbol was a letter with red and blue on a yellow symbol that resembled a. The symbol was first changed a few issues later in Action Comics #7. The shield varied over the first few years of the comics, and many times was nothing more than an inverted triangle with an S inside of it.The shield first became a in the. It was black with a red S outlined with white (or occasionally with yellow). The S has varied in size and shape and the diamond shape containing it has also changed size and shape. Extreme examples of this would be the very large logo on the costume from the television series and the comparatively small version of the shield as depicted in the film.
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It has, in most incarnations, retained its original color, while changing shape here and there. The classic logo is the basis for virtually all other interpretations of the logo.In the mid-1990s, when Superman's costume and powers changed briefly, during the ' comic book storylines, the shield changed colors and slightly changed shape, in accordance with the changes in the costume. In 1997's Superman Vol 2 #123 Superman's new powers forced him to find a suit that was capable of containing his new abilities. The effective material found to create Superman's suit, along with being blue and silver, was also courtesy of Lex Luthor. Not only did the colors and powers change, into a re-imagined 'electric' emblem.
In the miniseries, an aged Superman sported an S-like symbol against a black background in a red pentagon.In the 2000s TV series, the S symbol originally appeared as a diamond with a vertical (to be similar to the S), in an attempt to make it seem more alien. However, beginning with the Season Six opening episode ',' Clark is given a crystal bearing the S logo in the style of the Superman Returns logo and is seen several times throughout the series and specifically in the season finale when a beam shaped like the logo hits a. The logo also appeared in the first episode of the series, when the students captured Clark by giving him a kryptonite necklace (which they didn't know was a weakness) and tied him to a cross-like beam in a cornfield and painted a red 'S' on Clark's chest (standing for Scarecrow, which was what he was meant to be as part of a high school hazing tradition) as a reference. Representations Initially, the S-shield had one meaning: S for Superman. One of the first alternative meanings was presented in, in which it was not an S, but rather the S-shaped of the as it was 's idea to have Jor-El wear the 'S' as a family crest, folklore spun off from there. After the Superman reboot story, the symbol's story was that it was designed by and was derived from an ancient Native American symbol. The symbol was featured on a medicine blanket given to an ancestor of the Kent family by a Native American tribe after he helped to cure them of a plague and was supposed to represent a snake, an animal held to possess healing powers by the tribe (implying that, by wearing this symbol, Superman was a metaphorical healer).
This was also included in the 1997 Superman encyclopedia. In 2004, 's series says the S-Shield is the symbol for ' and Superman believes it may have begun as a coat of arms for the House of El.
Later, writer Geoff Johns confirmed it was indeed a coat of arms, as well as a symbol for hope. In the 2013 film, when asked by what the 'S' stands for, Superman states that it is not an 'S', but rather the Kryptonian symbol for 'hope', and explaining that the design is based of a river in the 2017 film.In (TV series, 2015) Season 1, episode 2 states that the Kryptonian symbol stands for her family's motto, 'Stronger together.'
House of El Marv Wolfman's of the film depicts the symbol as belonging to one of the three primary houses of Krypton that brought peace to the planet after a civil uprising, a serpent coiled inside a shield, a warning not to return to the ways of violence and deception. The shield has since been taken as a coat of arms, resulting in Jor-El's continued presence in the council despite his 'mad' findings. The other two are merely described, including Pol-Us' eye of vigilance and Kol-Ar's open hand of truth and justice.Cape In almost all versions, Superman's red cape has an all-yellow version of the logo, with a thin black (in the comics) or red (in movies, matching the red color of the cape) line separating the areas. A notable exception is in, where the logo was absent from Superman's cape.
This was due to the difficulty in animating the S on the flowing cape. In the 2006 film, the logo appeared on the belt buckle in reverse colors (yellow diamond and S with red background pieces) instead of on Superman's cape. The logo is also absent from Superman's cape in the 2013 film. In the 2011 reboot of the comic book series, on his cape is a black pentagon and S with red background pieces.Variants In the 1960s the tiny bottle city of, the miniaturized capital city of the planet Krypton, resided in Superman's. Originally, certain inhabitants resembling formed the and would, on occasion, leave the bottle, enter the Earth's atmosphere and gain super powers in order to aid Superman. As designed by artist, their uniforms were similar to that of Superman save for the 'S' on their chests which resembled the early version, the 'S' and border in red on a yellow field, but in an elongated triangle.During the Reign of the Supermen story arc, Each of the four different Supermen was represented by a variant of the symbol, which each wore on their person.
wore a normal shield when he attempted to continue Superman's career. Later on, he wore a slightly altered, more curved version with an opening in the border and which was red and black instead of yellow and red. shield was half-normal on the left side, but the red darkened to an almost black color on the right half. wore an all-yellow symbol stitched into the back of his leather jacket, in addition to a normal one on his chest. wore an all-metallic symbol. Black and red. wears a black and red variant of the symbol on his third costume.
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(red and white variant)Diamond and eight shield In the television series, an octagonal silver metallic key is used in the caves, as well as in a transport device used to travel to the. Along the edges are imprinted, one of which is the diamond border of the Superman shield with a inside of the diamond instead of the S. The 8-shield is later described as being from an ancient form of the Kryptonian language, while the modern symbol is the familiar S-shield.
The familiar S-shield is seen in. It is used as calling card in his vigilante actions in.
Clark, known as the Blur, burns the sign using his heat vision in various places throughout the city. In the season 9 episode 'Rabid', Clark mentions while talking to that the mark ' gives people hope.'
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