Irene G wrote:
> Supe reference in TV Guide dated May 11th, puzzle #1043:
> 12 Across, "Superman's Earth Father", 4 letters. Answer is "Eben",
> according to this week's issue. (I would've said "Kent", too easy, but
> the
> letters just didn't match. I don't know which TV incarnation used
> "Eben".)

"Adventures of Superman" (1952)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/trivia

It is now common knowledge that Clark Kent's Earth parents were
named Jonathan and Martha. However, in the first episode, "Superman
on Earth", Kent's parents were named Eben and Sarah. This is
because the comics themselves were inconsistent with the Kents'
given names until the characters became major players in "Superboy"
comics stories at about this same time. The names Sarah and Eben
were first used in the novel The Adventures of Superman (1942) and
in the first Superman serial.

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