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Where did Clark Kent grow up before moving to Metropolis?

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Christopher Reeve as Superman in a blue suit with red cape and yellow belt, flying with one arm forward against a dark background in a publicity still from Superman: The Movie. — Superman Christopher Reeve in *Superman* (1978), directed by Richard Donner.

Before moving to Metropolis, Clark Kent grew up in the mid-American town of Smallville. He was found there by his adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, after arriving on Earth in a rocket from the planet Krypton.12