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Walt Disney has received more Academy Awards and nominations than any other person in history – 22 Awards and 59 nominations between 1932 and 1969.

“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” June 12 has been designated Superman Day, and Tidbits is speeding the facts about the Man of Steel to our readers.

• In 1933, Cleveland high school student Jerry Siegel wrote a short story about a mad scientist who yanked a vagrant from the bread line and administered an experimental drug that delivered telepathic abilities to the hobo. Once he became a “Superman,” the vagrant became irrational, drunk with power, and killed the scientist, and tried to take over the world. However, his plan backfired, and before long, he was back on the streets, and remembered only as a villain.

• Jerry Siegel’s best friend Joe Shuster illustrated the story, titled “The Reign of the Superman,” and Siegel self-published it in his own science fiction “fanzine.” Because the story did not sell well, the young men gave their character a makeover, revising Superman into a hero with an alien background and a secret identity.

• Siegel and Shuster began drawing comic strips, which were also self-published under “Popular Comics,” with the hope of Superman becoming a syndicated newspaper comic strip.

• The pair of friends landed a job in the comics field in 1935, writing detective stories for a New York publisher, National Allied Publications. turn the page for more!

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SUPERMAN (continued): The publishers were mildly interested in taking Superman on, but Siegel and Shuster held back, hoping for the syndicated strip. Unfortunately, they were turned down by all the newspaper syndicates. Believing that Superman would never be successful, the young men finally sold all rights to the character to Detective Comics in 1938 for $130 (about $2,200 in today’s dollars), an action that would prevent them from collecting any royalties.

• Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, where his parents Lara Lor-Van and Jor-El were scientists. The planet was doomed, as its sun was set to blow up in the near future.

Wanting to save his three-year-old son from certain death, Jor-El put him on a spacecraft to Earth. On his journey, exposure to the sun “supercharged” his cells, giving the boy astonishing abilities. The boy was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, and was given the name Clark Joseph Kent. The couple raised him as their own in Smallville, Kansas, keeping his method of arrival a secret.

• Superman’s powers enable him to hold his breath forever. He also does not need to sleep or eat. All he needs is regular exposure to the sun.

• At a young age, Clark made the decision to use his superpowers to fight for truth and justice. Martha made the costume without a mask, believing that “the public would better trust him.” Clark chose to drastically change his earthly appearance and mannerisms to mask his true identity. He became a mild-mannered reporter at The Daily Planet.

• Superman’s archenemy is a devious businessman named Lex Luthor, who tries to corrupt Superman. But because Superman is “completely free of evil or temptation,” he refuses, thus beginning a decades-long feud between the two. Other opponents of Superman include Brainiac, Mr. Mxyzptik, Bizarro, Doomsday, and Hank Henshaw. (continued on next page)

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He’s now about 16 years old, give or take a year since he was a stray found by animal control and put in the city shelter. We adopted him a day before he was to be euthanized.

Trip immediately adopted us as his family, and we’ve never had a problem with him.

That is, until a couple years ago, when he began wandering the house at night, meowing. The veterinarian found nothing physically wrong, but said that after age 10, cats can develop cognitive dysfunction -- similar to elderly humans and dementia.

Please tell your readers that just because a cat is on a slow decline mentally, it’s not the end. Trip sleeps much longer and more deeply than he ever did as a young cat. He still sometimes wanders at night, although anti-anxiety meds have helped somewhat.

But he also still knows us and is very loving.

The vet said that he will gradually eat less and less, and may lose control of his bowels; at that point we may need to make a decision on whether to prolong his life or keep him from suffering. But for now, he’s still our Trip. -- Jayne in San Antonio

The villains frequently tormented Superman with Green Kryptonite, a radioactive compound that steals his powers.

• Superman had his comic book debut on the cover of Action Comics, Issue #1, in June, 1938. Siegel and Shuster continued to write and illustrate the comics for a salary from DC Comics when the Superman comic strip began in January, 1939. By 1941, 20 million people were reading Superman every day. After the huge success of Superman, the pair filed a lawsuit against DC in 1947, settled for $94,000, and were promptly fired by the company. In 1959, struggling with money troubles, Siegel returned to the company for a regular salary, but with no by-line. Six years later, he quit and filed a second unsuccessful lawsuit. Finally in the 1970s, when a Superman movie began production, the company granted Siegel and Shuster pensions of $20,000 a year. After their deaths in the 1990s, their heirs filed suit for copyright litigation, and permanently granted DC Comics the rights to Superman in exchange for several million dollars and an annual payment of $500,000.

• In 2011, a copy of the original Action Comics #1 sold at auction for $2.16 million, making it the most valuable comic book of all time. In 2013, a Minnesota man was gutting a house he had purchased to renovate and found an old comic book sandwiched between newspapers used as insulation in the walls. Much to his surprise, it was that 75-year-old Action Comics #1, and worth a fortune. (continued on next page)

DEAR JAYNE: Thank you for telling us about Trip! Many senior cats will travel this path, and it’s important to give them support and love throughout their lifespan. Readers, if you have a senior cat, work with your vet to recognize the signs of cognitive dysfunction so you can help your cat ease through its senior years more comfortably.

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SUPERMAN (continued): • The first television series to feature Superman aired from 1952 to 1958, starring George Reeves in the title role. Sponsored by Kellogg’s cereals, each episode cost about $15,000 each to produce. Special effects included cables and wires for Superman’s take-offs and filming in front of a projection screen showing clouds, buildings, oceans, and forests for the aerial footage. After Reeves was typecast as Superman, he had difficulty landing other roles. He died suddenly at age 45 in 1959, his death ruled a suicide.

• Christopher Reeve, the star of four Superman movies from 1978 to 1987, was 26 when he starred in the first. At age 43, he was thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition, suffered a spinal cord injury, and was confined to a wheelchair, requiring a portable ventilator for the remainder of his life, passing away in 2004 at age 52.

• In recent years, Clark Kent finally proposed marriage to Lois Lane, and confessed his true identity. Their long engagement culminated in their marriage in 1996, and DC Comics released “Superman: The Wedding Album” in commemoration of the 60-year relationship.

• A small town in southern Illinois named Metropolis began calling itself the hometown of Superman in 1972. They had the support of DC Comics and their State House of Representatives for the action. The community’s newspaper even changed its name to the Metropolis Planet, in honor of Clark Kent’s employer, The Daily Planet. Visitors can view a 15-foot (4.6m) bronze statue of the Man of Steel outside the courthouse, and their local museum is full of Superman memorabilia. The town also hosts a Superman festival every June.

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• The Virgin Mary in Moon orchid is a beautiful white flower that glitters like frost when the sun hits it. Look closer and you’ll see what resembles a tiny carving of the Madonna nestled in the inside of the blossom. What you don’t see is a network of hollow tunnels and caverns at the bottom of the plant, that is home to large numbers of ants.

• Angel’s Trumpet flowers sound heavenly, but don’t be fooled by their cherubic name.

These lovely, large trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of yellow, pink, orange, green, red, or white have a strong, pleasant fragrance, with blossoms reaching up to 20 inches (50 cm) in length. Yet all parts of the plant are poisonous, with strong toxins that can cause confusion, diarrhea, migraines, hallucinations, paralysis, and even death.

• Swaddled Babies are a species of tulip orchids, discovered in the Colombian Andes Mountains in the late 1700s. The bloom resembles a baby swathed in white blankets. The long-lasting blossoms have a strong cinnamon scent, and grow on a plant almost 2 feet (0.6 m) high.

• It’s a lovely name for a lovely flower. The blossoms of Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate, which is native to China, are bright pink long rope-like flowers that hang over a fence. The plant is over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall with heartshaped leaves. Thomas Jefferson was the first to grow Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate, in the gardens at his Monticello estate. (continued on next page)

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• The Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe has blooms resembling the type of pipe smoked by Sherlock Holmes (officially known as a Meerschaum pipe). It’s also known as the Giant Pelican plant. Although the flower is beautiful to behold, it gives off a nasty odor. The plant is a danger to Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies, which confuse the Pipe with the butterfly’s native host plants, the Big Leaf Pipevine, the Wooly Pipevine, and the Desert Pipevine. The Brazilian Dutchman does not support the eggs and kills the caterpillars.

• A dreary gray cactus known as the Queen of the Night grows abundantly across the deserts of Arizona, Texas, and northern Mexico. It’s not much to look at until June or July, when, after the sun goes down, large 8-inch x 4-inch (20 x 10 cm) many-petalled white flowers burst into bloom. The scent of these fragrant flowers spreads nearly 100 feet (30 m) away. All through the night, hawk moths and other nocturnal insects feed on the nectar, and accomplish pollination. In the morning, the flowers close up, and never open again.

• The Fetid Adder’s Tongue grows on the shady floor of California’s redwood forests. The delicate and beautiful deep purple and creamstriped flowers seem to appear out of nowhere in spots where, on the previous day, there were no flowers. They appear in February at times when not much else is able to grow. The seeds have a sweet, fleshy part that serves as a nutritious snack to the forest’s ants. The only unpleasant thing about this flower is its foul smell, but even that serves the purpose of attracting the fungus gnats that are the plant’s pollinators.

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• Although we now refer to this adhesive as “duct tape,” it was in fact first called “duck tape.” That’s because it was first composed of long strips of plain cotton duck cloth. Clear back in 1902, the steel cables supporting the Manhattan Bridge were covered in linseed oil and wrapped in duck cloth as a protection from corrosion or wear. Also in the early part of the 20th century, canvas duck fabric was used as a reinforcement inside shoes to make them stronger. During the 1940s, venetian blinds were held together with long strips of duck tape.

• It wasn’t until World War II that duck tape became a sticky adhesive. The mother of two Navy sailors, who worked in a munitions factory, was concerned that the seals on the ammunition boxes would cost soldiers time while engaged in battle. She contacted President Franklin Roosevelt with her suggestion – seal the boxes with a fabric tape. The War Production Board hired Johnson & Johnson to develop a tape that could be ripped by hand, not cut with scissors. The new adhesive was a thin cotton duck tape, coated in waterproof polyethylene, with rubber-based adhesive on one side. Soon the soldiers were using it for repairing vehicles, aircraft, and weapons. (continued on next page)

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• After the war, the tape was made available to the public, sold as a household repair item in hardware stores. Although the tape had been olive green for the military, it was now a silvery gray color, a match for tin ductwork. Construction workers began using it to wrap air ducts, and heat- and cold-resistant types were created.

In 1960, a flame-resistant tape was developed, and was given the trademark name of Ductape.

• In the 1970s, a large manufacturer renamed his product, going back to the original name, trademarking it under Duck Tape, using a yellow cartoon character logo.

• Duct tape isn’t just for construction. Iditarod mushers use it to prevent frostbite on their sled dog’s feet. Vets use it to repair horses’ hooves.

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