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** Kal-L's ship lands in Ukraine in 1938, yet the story begins in the early 1950s...Superman would be 14-15 at most.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: The ultimate example is when Superman implies that {{spoiler|the reason he survived Luthor's black hole was that Luthor rounded off a decimal point when calculating Superman's density!}} See [[Xanatos Roulette]] on the main page for the full context on this.
** It could be argued that since Luthor desired to destroy Superman, not just defeat him, that {{spoiler|even in the ending that even though Lex began a Golden Age for all of humanity, Superman surviving just ended up as yet another of his schemes against him. And to bring the point home, Superman literally had the last laugh as he witnessed Lex's funeral, even 2,000 years later. However, Superman despite surviving didn't try to take over the world again, and just lived quietly}}. In other words, Lex didn't really checkmate him, [[Know When to Fold
** Stalin and Superman getting along finely is rather funny, given that "Stalin" literally means "Man Of Steel"<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|Superman's most well-known nickname]]</ref>
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In the canon one-shot ''Superman: The Earth Stealers'', a cosmonaut commented that it's a "pity such a magnificent hero did not land in Mother Russia when he came to Earth!"
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