Superman (Justice League: Gods and Monsters)

Lor-Zod aka, Superman is one of the main protagonists in Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, and Justice League: Gods and Monsters.
==Biography==
===Origin===
On the planet Krypton, General Zod, commander of Krypton's military, drilled into the core of the planet to power his military machine, despite the warnings of the scientist Jor-El and, in the process, expedited the planet's destruction.
After a failed coup, Zod stormed Jor-El's lab and the two had a brief argument regarding Jor-El's warning and Zod's failure to heed said warning. Just as Jor-El and his wife Lara were preparing to launch their son's escape rocket, which was supposed to save the boy who was initially to meant be Kal-El, Zod noticed Jor-El's motion to submit his genetic code to the rocket's computer to fertilise Lara's egg, which he and Lara had prepared in the rocket's Incubator Pod to conceive their son en-route to Earth. Zod shot Jor-El's hand and in his place, submitted his genetic code into the Incubator Pod.
The rocket ship was then launched, with Zod proclaiming that his son carry on his name and rule the universe just before the planet imploded. A boy, who would later be named Lor-Zod, was conceived within the ship as it travelled through space. Eventually, the ship crash-landed on Earth in a desert in Arizona, where the infant boy was picked out of the pod by a Mexican immigrant couple, the Guerras, who were attempting to sneak across the Mexican Border into the US, and they adopted him and named him Hernan.
===Becoming Superman===
Growing up with immigrants, Hernan grew up in a harsh environment and witnessed the ugliness of mankind at its worst. As a child, he had to learn how to control his super powers on his own and never viewed himself as a human but as something other. His parents discouraged him from using his powers because they feared it would attract the government's attention and he would be taken away. This was demonstrated during an incident where, as Hernan and his family were working in a crop field, a plane flew overhead and sprayed pesticide on the field, the pilot disregarding the presence of the labourers below. Hernan wanted to use his super-breath to blow away the pesticide but his mother stopped him. Another time, while playing with his adopted sister, Rosa Marie, Hernan flew to the top of a tree and dared her to follow him. Unfortunately, Rosa Marie slipped and fell, breaking her spine and consequently becoming paralysed from the waist-down in the process.
Despite Rosa-Marie having no grudge against him because she believed the incident was not his fault, Hernan swore to never use his powers again and this was demonstrated during an incident where a plane was in the process of crashing and, despite his parents' pleas to use his powers, Hernan ignored them and let the plane crash.
Eventually, he left his home to explore the world, experiencing everything life had to offer as he also began to refine his control over his powers. He returned home eventually to find his mother had died of cancer a few years before his return and also that Rosa Marie was married and even had children. After a conversation during which Rosa Marie once again reassured him that her partial paralysis was not his fault, she told him that she believed he was a gift to mankind from God, sent to help and save humanity. Despite Hernan being of the opinion that she was living a fantasy, he decided to assume all-out use of his powers and the first demonstration was rescuing children being held hostage at a nearby school by a local drug lord, a man named Juan Carlos Fuentes.
After the rescue, Hernan proceeded to Fuentes' home, where he introduced himself as 'Superman' and that he was going to change the world, after which he incinerated Fuentes with his heat vision.
===Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles===
Just as the stealth bomber pilot armed the warhead, Superman landed and scratched a message asking for five minutes to deal with the incident. The pilot gave him the thumbs up. Superman flew to Metropolis and landed near Weisinger Square. He resisted the maelstrom generated by Brainiac's powers and made his way to the epicenter, destroying vehicles in his way and ignoring a bus full of trapped people. Superman entered the giant red energy field and discovered a strange child with no idea who he was or how to control his powers. Superman tried to tell him about his own childhood controlling his powers but Brainiac couldn't do the same. Superman offered to stop them. Brainiac stopped crying and understood. He asked Superman to do it. Superman clutched Brainiac's head and killed him with heat vision. Brainiac's powers dissipated and Metropolis was saved. Superman laid Brainiac's body down and exhaled.'
===Justice League: Gods And Monsters===
Some time later, having become a member of the Justice League established by the US government alongside Batman (a vampiric-like mutant scientist) and Wonder Woman (an exiled New God). They broke up a group of terrorists underneath the Kasnian Embassy. This led to the Justice League's accountability being challenged by the world's governments. Later, following the suspicious deaths of three renowned scientists Victor Fries, Ray Palmer, and Silas Stone (who was hired by Superman to work on a project for him), along with his young son Victor, killed by methods similar to the Justice Leagues all suspicions fell on Superman and the Justice League as the prime suspects for the crimes. 
 
President Amanda Waller asks they cooperate with the government's investigation. Meanwhile, Superman invites Lois Lane to the Tower of the Justice, where he tells her of his goals to help humanity and reveals how little he knows about Krypton or his heritage. The League was unable to stop another assassination of another group of scientists who had links to Lex Luthor. However, they saved Dr. Will Magnus, one of Batman's friends, who they taok back to their tower.
Superman, after being given information by Batman about where he could find answers, flew to ouyer space where he found Luthor's space station behind the moon. He revealed to Superman about "Project Fair Play" a weapon that could take out the Justice League if they went rogue. He also revealed the terrible truth about the vile actions of his biological father, General Zod, whom Superman had idolized based on the footage from his ship which he had seen of Krypton's last moments as his ship departed the doomed world, a revelation which devastated Superman. After a final conversation in which Superman told Lex that had he told him the truth, perhaps things would have been different and as such, Superman was as much his creation as he was his father's. However, as Superman left Luthor, the satellite was attacked and destroyed and upon President Waller being infromed that Superman was the last visitor Luthor had, she was convinced that the League had indeed gone rogue and she activated Project Fair Play.
Superman and Wonder Woman faced off against the US army while Batman activated the HQ's forcefield. As the other two Leaguers fought against the army, Magnus awoke shortly after, surprising Batman while at the same time, Magnus' wife Tina also appeared and Batman was surprised, having seen Tina die during the attack on the scientists' congregation at Magnus' house. Tina promptly transformed into an android, an action which stunned Batman who proceeded to enquire about Tina and Magnus informed him that he had killed Tina a year into their marriage and replaced her with the android.
Magnus then informed Batman that, after Tina's death, he reasoned that if he, one of the smartest people on earth, was capable of death, then it meant humanity needed to be organised into one collective, organised hive mind through implanting of nanites' in the heads of everyone on earth. He then revealed that he had engineered the whole scheme to have access to Superman's space craft which had the power to put his plan into play.
After an intense fight with Magnus' androids during which they initially had the upper hand due to their ability to teleport rapidly through Boom Tubes and catch Superman offguard, he managed to disable the Mother Boxes within the androids and with their sole advantage now gone, Superman easily destroyed them by burying them in lava. Meanwhile, Batman and Wonder Woman had managed to stop Magnus' scheme but the power core of Superman's space craft was left without a means to direct its power and was on the verge of expoding. Superman arrived in time and carried the craft into space where it exploded. 
A week later, the Justice League has been cleared of all wrongdoing, and the world, along with Lois Lane, views them differently. Superman proposed reforms to the Justice League. He even proposed no more politics nor killing. Batman was surprised by the idea.
Bekka decides to leave the Justice League to face her past along with Luthor, who wants to explore other universes after growing bored with this one. Before leaving, Luthor gives Superman all the data on Krypton and tells him to be a "real hero." Following Luthor's words, Superman and Batman deciding to use the data to help humanity.
==Abilities==
Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Superman possesses the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian.
*Solar Battery: Under optimal conditions, this is the main source of Superman's super powers as they are contingent upon exposure to solar radiation from a yellow sun star system. His biological make up includes a number of organs which lack analogues in humans and whose functions are unknown. It is believed that between one or more of these and his bio-cellular matrix, "yellow" solar energy is stored for later use. This allows for the use of these powers to fade when yellow solar radiation is not available instead of immediate failure.
*Heat Vision: Superman can, as a conscious act, fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it. He can vary the heat and area affected.
*Super Hearing: Superman's hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, he can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency. Also, this ability is his best when it comes to eavesdropping on a villain's plans.
*Flight: Superman is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
*Nigh-Invulnerability: Due to the interaction of his dense molecular structure and supercharged bio-electric aura, Superman is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. In addition, his extends this protection against toxins and diseases. Superman is also highly invulnerable to human made weapons. For example, a bullet or a knife cannot kill Superman. In the bullet's case, it will reflect off of his body. In the knife's case, it is most likely to shatter the knife's glass or bend the knife.
*Superhuman Stamina: Superman is able to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an indefinite period of time. This based on his body converting yellow solar radiation directly to energy, but is limited by physiological and psychological needs to eat, drink, and sleep. He can also hold his breath for an undefined duration.
*Superhuman Strength: Superman's strength is augmented by yellow solar radiation interacting with the greater than human density, resilience and biological efficiency of his musculature. His strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is this act of conscious will that enables him to perform physical feats that are beyond the mere application force, such as moving a mountain top without said rock crumbling under its own mass. Superman's strength is near limitless.
==Trivia==
*The writers confirmed that Hernan genetically has Zod'a desire to conquer. However, its been tempered by living a harsh life as the child of immigrants, which installed in him a strong compassion for the masses; something Zod never considered.
**In fact, learning the truth about Zod horrified Hernan, making him call his father a madman.
*After the events of the movie, Hernan decided to work with Kirk on using Kryptonian knowledge in order to help the Earth; staying out of poltics.
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