Adopted by Jonathan Kent and his wife Martha Kent of Smallville, USA Clark (and thus Superman) was raised with the values of a typical small, rural American town. Most continuities state that the Kent's had been unable to have biological children. In the traditional versions of his origin, after the Kent's retrieved Clark from his rocket, they adopt the orphan, giving him as his first name Martha's maiden name, "Clark." Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents everything about Kent was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity, Superman.
Clark acquired a job as a reporter for the Daily Planet "a great metropolitan newspaper," for the convenience of receiving late-breaking news before the general public. Also, he used his job as an excuse for being present at crime scenes and the job had the added convenience of an occupation where his whereabouts do not have to be strictly accounted for as long as he made his story deadlines. Convenience aside, Clark Kent's primary purpose was to fulfill the dramatic requirement that a costumed superhero cannot stay on-duty twenty-four hours a day, or throughout the entirety of a comic book series. Also, in many versions Superman attributes his need for an alter ego to the fear that his enemies would learn that the only way to hurt him (baring Kryptonite) would be to hurt the people he loves.
Largely working on his own, Clark's identity is easily kept a secret. He sees his job as a journalist as an extension of his Superman responsibilities, bringing truth to the forefront and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves. The character of Clark Kent is rarely known to take credit for the good he does as a journalist. Through the popularity of his Superman alter ego, the personality, concept, and name of Clark Kent have become ingrained in popular culture, becoming synonymous with secret identities and innocuous fronts for ulterior motives and activities.
Each cache in the Southside Super Series stands on its own so you will receive a smiley for each that you find. In each cache you will find part of the coords to locate the bonus cache, Superman.
Clark Kent GC10AHR, Lois Lane GC10AYH, Jimmy Olsen GC10CZ6, Lex Luthor GC108FB, Superman GC10AWJ.
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