Mon-el was not related to Superman. He is a Daxamite (from the planet Daxam). Superboy met Mon-El on a Monday and he gave Mon-El his last name (Kryptonoian) and sort of 'adopts' him as a brother(?) because superboy thought Mon-El was a kryptonian. Crisis threw this out the window and it is really different now. Daxamites are like Kryptonians, they gain super powers under a yellow sun but have an extreme weakness to lead.

Hi Galdiator. how's it going?

Post-crisis (i.e. John Byrne - Man of Steel) the s-shield was created by martha kent along with the rest of Clark's outfit.

I am still playing catch up with the very recent issues so if the current writers ARE messing with Byrne's stuff, I wouldn't know, so can't comment on that. But up until very recent at least, it's a creation of the humble family Kent. Personally, I prefer the pre-Crisis Kryptonian crest idea, but what can you do?

Hello back,Ninja!It's been a long time.I'm glad the subject of this thread is not something that is related to just how intelligent you know who is.Or who would win in a fight between Supes and whoever.That's all you and I have talked about in the past! Of course,I know I don't have to point that out to you,cause I'm sure you remember.Anyway,back to the subject of this thread,is the s-shield the coat-of-arms/family symbol of the Kent's as zaurial said,with the "s" representing a snake!?!

Unless The Kryptonian is wrong, which I highly doubt:

A question that is always asked is "Where did the S come from?" There have been a number of explanations. "It was the symbol of the family of El" or "It was given to him by the public."

Those explanations, however, are false. The origin behind the symbol goes back into the family history of the Kent's. The emblem greatly, almost identically, echoes the design of the Iroquois blanket (above) that belonged to Clark's ancestors Nathaniel and Mary Glenowen-Kent. The S shape symbol represents a snake, which is known as a symbol of healing.

So, yeah.

Thanks for correcting my mistake Darius. I actually feel good about being incorrect. I've been able to answer way too many questions on this forum. I need to get out more. Oh well. I've alwys hated the Crisis and the damage it did to The Legion.

Actually it stands for SFRED.....the S is silent.

So until Lois gave him the name superman he didn't have any emblem?

Cuz we all know that Lois was the first to call him superman.

Here's a little something that explains the S:

"Jerry Siegel and I came up with the 'S' insignia - we discussed it in detail. We said, 'Let's put something on the front of the costume.' From the beginning we wanted to somehow use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect. After we came up with it, we kiddingly said, 'Well, it's the first letter of Siegel and Shuster.'

"Initially I made it like a shield, a fancy little triangle with curves at the top. I had a heraldic crest in the back of my mind.

"Progressively, as the strip evolved, the emblem became larger and larger."
- Joe Shuster

one-arm that is correct, until Lois gave him the name he just helped people in secret and by moving too fast to be seen. After landing the damaged shuttle that Lois was on though he was mobbed by the press so he flew back home to Smallville and sat in his old room. His father then helped him come up with a new look for Clark Kent (since he was all over the news looking like Superman in plain clothes) while his mother made the costume for him. We find out later in "The Kent's" series that Martha was influenced by the old snake indian symbol and those colors as well.

and Darius the Mon'el thing has been updated. Since after Crisis Superboy was not part of the Legion they changed Mon-El to Mon'el which is now a Martian word for wanderer.