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| The original comic book superhero.
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| As far as /tg/'s concerned, he could be relevant for a few reasons:
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| * There's the [[Smallville RPG]], released by Margaret Weis Productions, which is by most accounts very good (if very far in the storytelling corner of the storytelling/game/simulation RPG triangle).
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| * There's been more than one Superman board game. Most of them, needless to say, are garbage, because most licensed products are garbage, but it's worth mentioning.
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| * There's the endless debate of how to stat him up in a given RPG.
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| * He's both the original Superhero, and a regular "fountain of expies"; every setting with Superheroes is probably going to have their Expy of Supes: A flying brick who is the Leader of the most important Superteam, and whose relative morality is usually a good barometer of the [[Grimdark]]ness of the setting.
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| ** Further, the default Superhero powerset (the famous "flying brick"--flying because it makes plotting simpler (no transportation needed), brick because they're going to be getting in a bunch of fights) originates with Supes.
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| * "Pemmin's Aura" from [[Magic the Gathering]] is named for him in anagram: "I am Superman", after the fact that it's modeled after a card (Morphling) nicknamed "Superman", for its many, many abilities.
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| * [[Batman]]'s other butt buddy, after Robin.
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| * If you game at all in a comic book store, you'll probably see him on a standee or other display.
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