Clarence Kelvin

Clarence Kelvin

An alternate identity employed by Superman in January 1959 when he bleaches his hair blond and, posing as an Englishman, obtains employment as a reporter at the Daily Planet after becoming afflicted with temporary amnesia as to his true civilian identity—that of reporter Clark Kent—as the result of a mishap the occurs while he is experimenting with kryptonite. Ultimately, however, Superman regains his knowledge of his Clark Kent identity just as two painter decorators nearly stumble across the closet in Clark's apartment containing various relics and props associated with his superheroic double-life. Abandoning his new guise, Superman returns to the role of Clark, but not before he plays a practical joke on Lois Lane by revealing who is, and abandons the role of Clarence Kelvin (S No. 126: "Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent!") (TGSB).