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Ha! One of your previous posts was where I first saw that.

I think that if Supes was indeed officially adopted somehow by the Kents then he was probably made a citizen through that process.

Freegards

Apperently all nations, through the UN, gave Supes honourary citizenship in the 70’s.

I believe that there have also been story lines over the years where Superman was given US Citizenship, by act of Congress or some-such.

Whether that granting of citizenship conveyed to Clark Kent is another matter entirely.

My recollection of the Kal El/Clark Kent storyline (or at least one of them) is that the Kents found infant/toddler Kal El in his Kryptonian spaceship and presented them as the orphan son of one of Martha's cousins in another state, who they'd adopted after his parents died. "Clark" being Martha Kent's maiden name.

As to this particular storyline, the anger really needs to be directed at DC Comics, its editors and the writer - rather than at the character (iow, I disagree with the whole "Eff you, Superman!" mentality). I'm not a comic-book collector, but I do have an affinity (affection, even) for the Superman storyline ... and this sort of thing is NOT what Superman would actually do. Clark could certainly be seen as wrestling with the matter, his human-upbringing coming into conflict with his heritage as Kal El ... but in the end CLARK would come through.