Folks tend to call him "The Man of Steel" nowadays. I guess that he's the most famous person in the world... Not that he was ever interested in being famous in the first place. "Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." "Change the course of mighty rivers." "Faster than a speeding bullet." We knew he was special, but... People will talk. Believe it or not, there was a time before all that. When he was just... a man's son.

...But, that's Martha for you. Stubborn as a mule. Twice as set in her ways. Wonder woman. Marry her all over again tomorrow if that's what she wanted. But the boy's got a lot of Martha in him and let's leave it at that.

Clark had known Lana Lang all his life. Her Aunt Ruth, difficult as it was, raised her right. Martha always said Lana had set her cap on being with Clark, but I never saw it. Pete Ross, on the other hand, was the sort of kid that went down like castor oil. A little went a long way.