Martha Kent /

Martha Kent, nￃﾩe Martha Clark, also known as Ma Kent, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. She is the foster mother of Superman, and the wife of Jonathan Kent (also known as "Pa Kent"). Martha lives with her husband in the small town of Smallville, USA. Martha is usually portrayed agewise as either late middle age or elderly. In all versions of Superman's origin story, Jonathan and Martha Kent were the first to come across the rocket that brought the infant Kal-El to Earth, with their adopting him shortly thereafter, deciding to rename him Clark Kent---"Clark" having been Martha's maiden name. Martha Kent is usually portrayed as a kind and caring parent, who helped to instill within Clark a strong sense of morals. She is also the one who originally created Clark's superhero costume. Martha's most frequently associated catchphrase is "land's sakes!" Before the 1985-1986 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Martha Kent (and her husband) died after Clark graduated from high school; in the current comics continuity, Martha is still alive when Clark is an adult. While a "passing motorist" was described as having found the infant Kal-El (or "Kal-L"