This is what I found about the "S", hope it's helpful. It's origins appear to be the character's initial and also Siegel and Shuster initials. "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 Photos of the "S" and how it changed from that little triangle to the BIG "S" http://superman.ws/Costumes/S.php

I always thought it was S for Son of JorEl

No because Supermans father and the people on Krypton had the S on their clothes too. Superman was invented by Lois Lane I think?

thats all wrong, if you look on the kryptonic symbols youll see that the symbol for Royalty is a big 8 in the same triangle, wich superman cleverly turned into an S (for superman)

I'm not one hundred percent sure why the creators of superman chose an "S". I read (in the comics)that it may have something to do with the Kryptonian language, possibly to symbolize ideals like "freedom" or "justice".

Answer #1: Evolution is very important here. Siegel & Shuster could not conceive this. Men create from the imagenation, the reasoning faculties of the mind. All they have done is plant the seed in the womb of evolution itself. While in its womb this seed became exactly what it was destined to beome. It was Abaddown/Satan that put the idea in the minds of Two nice Jewish boys who were still suffering from the effects of oppression from the hatred of Hitler. Also it's like a man that planted a seed only for others to come along later and water it with new ideas i.e. influences These two nice jewish boys Siegel & shuster merely planed a seed into the womb of evilution that will soon be birth forth. If you don't believe me take a look at the way this symbol has evolved over the years ,it's ultimate evolution is at the brink of manifestation. The Answers: The "S" inside of the then triangle, now diamond shape has a couple of dimentions, First off, it does not and never will stand for Superman nor Son of JOR-EL(JEHOVAH-GOD). The "S" on JOR-EL's chest was and is the "IMAGE/IKON(Greek) of the Beast" inside of a womb. The "S" you see here is an inverted fedus of a red serpent or snake. This red serpent is representative of the "red dragon" of the book of revelation. Dragoon (Hebrew):Jackal. The ikon/image in this triangle/diamond Womb is the then Fedus known as KAL-EL later to be known as the Superman. Here comes KAL-EL all rapped in JOR-EL's technology crafted Womb/Matrix blazing down from the heavens in a ball of fire "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven" (Luke; 10:18 the words of Jesus) .. ergo the symbol below "Superman: The Dark Side" 1998, and the symbol next to it ,a downloaded symbol from Church Of Satan.com from there satanic news section. In the superman dark side image the lightening shaped S stands for Superman, while the symbol next to it marked "Satanic News On The March" is a lightening shaped S which stands for Satan, it's not very hard to do the math here. The triangle is also known as a Delta, meaning: Open door, or an opening ,a gate way to other dimentions like the one on the movie "Hell Raiser" A portal to that which ever is rising up out of the abbyss/bottomless pit. The 2004 symbol below the "Godfall" shows this inverted Snake/serpent Fedus in the womb of "The Pentegon". Note: In Satanic rituals demons are called from the spirit world and manifest in the center the of pentegram star. The center of every pentegram is the shape of "The Pentegon". When faced up right we have the goats/rams head of mendez (look that up on line) Now why would the Superman symbol be inside of "The Pentegon" as a "Fallen God"? You tell me. A Serpent is Called forth out of the midst of the Pentegram/Pentegon. Hitler was also nicknamed "Superman" and his elite followers "Supermen", So why would two jews create a character of a powerful man from a differant tribe/planet whos ultimate destiny and desire influenced by his alter ego, Dominus, is to bring world order and peace via dictatorship. P.S. Schwarzenegger (a big fan of Hitler, sharing Hitler's fathers name Alois) also starts with S. If Hitler was the first world leader, (A foreigner i.e. FO/Foe-Reigner) put incharge of someone elses country that was a self professed Superman, Who do you think will try to be the next Superman? Take A look at the last picture below then ask your self that question again. P.S.2: If Superman from the websters dictionary means Demi-God should not Thor Son of Odin, Hercules Son of Zeus, and Horus Son of Osiris all be called Superman? What's KAL-EL's story his father is not A god, JOR-EL is an Alien from another planet, He's not A god in his world he's kryptons version of a normal human of possible high rank and/or authority, Ergo would not that mean that KAL-EL is A Superman by default, being nothing more than an outter space alien with physical powers and abilities second to non only in DC world. Hummmmm a self professed Superman Rising up out of the world of DC i.e. Washington DC, the old Fedus push from the womb of the pentegram/Pentegon (pic#6) A foreigner hero ("Last Action Hero") A Superman: also meaning from websters "An upper achiever, someone of great acomplishment". For those of you out there who need answers or have all the answers follow the achievement track record of the guy in the last picture below. Eyes To The Sky Love: Yowchanan aka Johnster. Prepare yourself for Answer #2 of What does the "S" on Supermans chest stand for?

Supper

Superman

It stands for Silent.... If you actually did some research its not that hard to find out...

Listen seriously the symbol is the snake impurity or something traped forever in an a prism shaped indestructable prison. I read it in the book "Last Days of Krypton."

Sensitive.

Stuperman

Whatever you do, don't tell superwoman that she has a big "S"

Superman! :)

straight

The symbol was originally from the Sword of Superman, a powerful sword created during the beginning of time, destined to eventually be weilded by Superman. The sword inspired people to use the symbol, and it is the kryptonian glyph for "Hope". When Superman designed his costume, his earth father was inspired to use it as the symbol on the costume. It happens to resemble an "S", so articles in newspapers started calling him Superman and the name stuck.

Steve, the name of the creator of Krypton, The Krypton God.

Stud

It's his family crest from Krypton. Originaly it just stood for "Superman" but over the years it has canged to stand for his family.

The S stands for 'Sweet as'. Because most the things he does are SWEET AS!

Sunday.. he forgot to change his sunday shirt :)

Shamwow, cause you'll say wow everytime.

It stands for Sweden. Where his costume was made.

Swinehund.

Steam clean only.

i am going to go out on a limb here and say, "superman" +5 :P

Swole

supersuit

Superman you plum.

my brother told me it was" the house of el"since all the big people have letters on there shirts

Stupid

the s on superman's chest is not an "S" as we know it...what it is if you read the Kevin J Anderson book, "last days of Krypton" and the Mark wolfman adaptation of Superman returns, it is the serpent of lies insignia which is the El family Crest. if you look at it the small triangle in the top right hand side is the snakes eye where as the bottom of the s is his tail.

Sue? +5

When I was a kid, the "S" stood for "Superman". Who KNOWS what it stands for now...!

Spider Man

i would imagine it means super.

LMAOROTF

Spielberg

Supermarket

Sexy sumabitch

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Superb *Lifting Eyebrow*

Stephanie? Scared? Sup? Sam? Snatch? Snipped? good lord... who knows

SNATCHMAN

Sharon? Stuart? Stevo? Sebastian? LOL

Don't you notice how snug it is? It stands for "S" size -- Small.

Sebastian

Stud-muffin ?

thilly ! - it thtandz for Thuperman!!!

Saviour!

Stupid.

SEXLOLZ

before krypton was colonized there was great war...involving the 28 know galaxys to krypton history, the survivers of this war consisted of three tribes the house of EL'' came from the tribe that harnessed all its power from there star or sun...called ''SOUL'' the house of EL'' adopted this as there family crest...this fact is told to kal-el in smallville season two, when jor-el burns the mark into kal-el's chest, the three fundimental tribes made the constitution which became krypton from these the tribes many different families came, this is why superman wears the tri colours of the three tribes

Batman, duh.