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- Martha Kent (sometimes Ma Kent, affectionately) is a character in the DC Universe and the adoptive mother to Clark Kent, AKA Superman .
- Martha Kent lives in Smallville. She is married to Jonathan Kent and the adoptive mother to Clark Kent.
- Martha Kent and her husband, Jonathan Kent, lived as farmers in Smallville, Kansas, until one night they witnessed a comet fall to Earth and adopted an alien baby from Krypton. Raising the baby with kindness, hope and good morals, the couple were instrumental in forming the man who would become known to the world as Superman.
- She and her husband Jonathan witnessed the arrival of the Kryptonian spacecraft bearing the infant Kal-El. Martha fell instantly in love with the baby, and insisted that they keep the child and raise him as their own, in contrast to her husband's wariness. She chose to name the baby Clark, after her maiden name. Later, after Clark had grown up and started his careers (as a reporter and a superhero) in Metropolis, she suggested that he share some of his story with the public, to assuage their fears (in her words, she said he should avoid being compared to "that nut in Gotham City".)
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