Clark Kent
Clark Kent is the secret "civilian" identity of the fictional character Superman.
Clark graduated from the University of Metropolis (B.A. in Journalism, cum laude) sometime in the early to mid 1990s (in the current continuity), and promptly went to work for the Daily Planet, one of the oldest national broadsheet newspapers (and clearly modeled on the New York Times). Clark is married to colleague Lois Lane.
In the DC Comics title, Superman Family, there was a regular series called The Private Life of Clark Kent. This series had Clark in adventures in which he did not change into Superman, but instead had adventures that required he use his powers more subtly.
Kent Family History
In the current Superman continuity, it was revealed that the Kent family in the 1800s were noted abolitionists who assisted the personnel of the Underground Railroad like Harriet Tubman. The family moved to the territory of Kansas to promote the cause of creating a free state by running a newspaper for the region.
Unfortunately, the family patriarch was murdered by Border Ruffians who wanted to silence him. Furthermore, the sons, Nathanial and Jeb, argued and had a parting of the ways so deep about slavery that they found themselves on opposing sides of the American Civil War with Jeb fighting with the notorious Confederate guerillia unit lead by William Quantrill. Nathaniel fought for the North and married an half Indian woman who gave him a special traditional spiritual symbol that is obviously a forerunner and inspiration for Superman's chest symbol.
After the war, Nathaniel became a sheriff of the small town of Smallville while Jeb rode as the leader of a band of bandits. Eventually, he discovered he had a son out of wedlock from years ago and allowed him to join his gang. Unfortunately, he turned out to be a murderous sociopath and Jeb approached his estranged brother to arrange a trap to stop his son.
Unfortunately in springing the trap, the son mortally wounded his father before being killed himself and Jeb fully reconciled with Nate before dying. Nate remained in Smallville and the Kents have stayed for generations up to Jonathon and Martha who discovered Kal-El (Clark Kent's birth name on his home planet) who arrived from the destroyed planet Krypton.
