If you follow the Superman universe (or multiverse) then it might be strange that DC Comics has decided to celebrate Superman's birthday on Feb.29 given the fact that the Kryptonian has had several and different recorded birth dates for decades now.
So why did DC Comics choose this specific one day out of the whole four years? Because it's the only explanation as to why Superman still looks like he's twenty something despite the fact that he's already 78 years old.
If writers were to follow a normal birth day then the "Man of Steel" would be 107 years old by now. Fans can thank the writers for making him age so gracefully and very slowly.
The long-lived character has not aged one bit and has been celebrated in multiple franchise and industries which is why DC Comics continue to keep the mainstream version of their flagship character rooted to his twenties.
Who was the man responsible for making Clark Kent's birthday on a Leap Day? Assistant Editor E. Nelson Bridwell was the one who stamped it in comics history in a 1967 issue of World's Finest Comics #164.
Kal-El may have been decidedly born on Feb. 29, but over the years, he had other several date of births including the two most known dates: December 1 - the day Geoff John's reimaged Kal-El's origin and April 18 - the day Kal-El crash landed on Earth.
It doesn't matter when he was born, DC Comics publishers are celebrating the Man of Steel's birthday on Feb. 29. Happy Birthday Kal-El!
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