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The Superman shield, also known as the Superman logo, is the iconic emblem for the fictional DC Comics superhero Superman. As a representation of one of the first superheroes, it served as a template for character design decades after Superman's first appearance. The tradition of wearing a representative symbol on the chest was mimicked by many subsequent superheroes, including Batman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, the Flash, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, and many others. ==Evolution of the symbol== In its original inception in ''Action Comics'' #1, Superman's symbol was a letter ''S'' with red and blue on a yellow police badge symbol that resembled a shield. The symbol was first changed a few issues later in ''Action Comics'' #7. The shield varied over the first few years of the comics, and many times was nothing more than an inverted triangle with an ''S'' inside of it. The shield first became a diamond in the Fleischer cartoon serial ''Superman''. It was black with a red ''S'' outlined with white (although it was on occasion, outlined with yellow). The ''S'' has varied in size and shape and the diamond shape containing it has also changed size and shape. Extreme examples of this would be the very large logo on the Dean Cain costume from the television series ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' and the comparatively small version of the shield as depicted in the 2006 film ''Superman Returns''. It has, in most incarnations, retained its original color, while changing shape here and there. The classic logo is the basis for virtually all other interpretations of the logo.〔〔 In the mid-1990s, when Superman's costume and powers changed briefly, during the "Superman Red/Superman Blue" comic book storylines, the shield changed colors and slightly changed shape, in accordance with the changes in the costume. In 1997's Superman Vol 2 #123 Superman's new powers forced him to find a suit that was capable of containing his new abilities. The effective material found to create Superman's suit, along with being blue and silver, was also courtesy of Lex Luthor. Not only did the colors and powers change, (the logo also evolved ) into a re-imagined "electric" emblem. In the miniseries ''Kingdom Come'', an aged Superman sported an ''S''-like symbol against a black background in a red pentagon.〔〔 In the 2000s TV series ''Smallville'', the ''S'' symbol originally appeared as a diamond with a vertical infinity symbol (to be similar to the ''S''), in an attempt to make it seem more alien. However, beginning with the Season Six opening episode "Zod," Clark is given a crystal bearing the ''S'' logo in the style of the ''Superman Returns'' logo and is seen several times throughout the series and specifically in the season finale when a beam shaped like the logo hits a Phantom Zone escapee. The logo also appeared in the first episode of the series, when the students captured Clark by giving him a kryptonite necklace (which they didn't know was a weakness) and tied him to a cross-like beam in a cornfield and painted a red 'S' on Clark's chest (standing for Scarecrow, which was what he was meant to be as part of a high school hazing tradition) as a reference.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Superman logo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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