Years ago in a distant galaxy the planet Krypton exploded Its only survivor was a baby named Kal-El who escaped in a rocket ship After landing on Earth he was adopted by the Kents a kind couple who named him Clark The boy soon discovered he had extraordinary abilities fueled by the yellow sun of Earth He chose to use these powers to help others and so he became Superman the guardian of his new home
OF He is THE MAN STEEL
CHAPTER 1 TARGET EARTH The astronauts aboard the space station were used to seeing some amazing sights in orbit They watched the sun rise every forty-five minutes They could view comets and stars not seen on Earth Sometimes they even caught a glimpse of a super hero flying out of the atmosphere on the way to an interstellar mission But today they witnessed something so startling that none of them would ever forget it A fleet of alien spaceships came from behind the moon and flew toward Earth A normal space capsule took three days to travel that distance
The alien vessels were so fast they grew closer and closer with every minute Commander We’ve got company one of the space station crewman yelled He could not hide the concern in his voice Unknown spacecrafts are tracking in from the moon I have a visual the commander said He was on the station’s observation deck They’re coming in fast There are hundreds of them another astronaut said The radar is lighting up What’s their course the commander asked They’re headed straight for us the astronaut at the radar post replied All personnel get to the evacuation pods the commander ordered Immediately The crew of the space station scrambled to the
