Clark Kent

Clark Kent (born 1979 as Kal-El) is the son of late scientists Jor-El and Lara Van-El, the best friend of James Olsen and the fiancée of Lois Lane. After being rocketed to Earth as a baby from the dying planet of Krypton alongside his older cousin Kara Zor-El, who remained stuck in the Phantom Zone - thus arriving un-aged two decades later - he was discovered by "Pa" and "Ma" Kent, a couple of kindly humans who raised him as their son in the little town of Smallville, Kansas. In his secret identity, he works as a reporter at the Daily Planet in the city of Metropolis, while secretly operating as one of the planet's greatest protectors; the world-famous superhero known as Superman, stylized as the "Man of Steel", the "Man of Tomorrow" and the "Last Son of Krypton". He has similarities to Crossbow Storm, Ribbow, Skybow Storm, and Linbow Storm in terms of his origins.

## Powers, Abilities, Weaknesses, and Equipment

### Powers

Kryptonian physiology: Normally, like all Kryptonians, Clark's capabilities are no greater than a normal human of his physical conditioning. However, once charged by the energy spectrum of a yellow sun, he becomes able to perform various inhuman feats. While generic for his race, having grown up essentially his entire life with these powers have allowed him to store up energy in greater quantities and metabolize it into his body with greater efficiency; this combined with a lifetime of experience and practice with these abilities allows him to use them with far greater control and an equally greater levels of raw power compared to other Kryptonians. Overall, Clark is an incredibly powerful being, with his cousin Kara even referring to him as "the most powerful man in the universe"; making him one of the most, if not the most powerful being in the entire multiverse.

Solar energy absorption: While Clark's powers are dependent on the energy spectrum from a yellow sun, the stored up energy allows him to use his powers without constant exposure to the solar radiation until finally depleted. Yet, as his body is near-constantly exposed to such energy and able to passively absorb it, this essentially keeps his reserves fully charged near-constantly. Direct exposure to sunlight will also accelerate his recovery from any injuries he does manage to sustain.

Accelerated healing factor: Clark's solar charged metabolism accelerates his healing and allows him to burn calories at a fast rate, making him resilient to weight gain. Upon being struck by a Green Kryptonite beam and a series of punches by a cyborg, after few minutes he healed instantly.

Self-sustenance: Due to the effects of a yellow sun, Clark's physical needs are greatly reduced or completely removed, as he does not need to eat or sleep unless he has to. This extends to him being able to survive in harsher environments such as outer space and underwater, able to withstand the conditions.

Atmospheric adaption: While Clark does not require oxygen, his physicality allows him to survive while inhaling more harsh forms of it.

Contaminant immunity: Clark has an immunity to all forms of disease and contaminants on Earth. However, despite being unable to be inebriated or intoxicated by drugs or alcohol from Earth, he does not drink and has a strong dislike for alcohol.

Flight: Clark is able to manipulate his own gravitational field to generate thrust and propel himself through the air at tremendous hyper-sonic speeds, much faster than he can travel by foot. As such, he is able to levitate and fly past Earth's atmosphere and near the planet's orbit.

Heat vision: By concentrating every solar energy reserve he has in his body, Clark can emit blue energy beams of variable intensity from his eyes. Due to his control over the beams, he has demonstrated being capable of burning through stone and welding metal, causing small explosions and fires, and physically repelling or potentially damaging enemies with similar durability, making it useful in combat. However, he has personally utilized it for more mundane uses, such as heating up beverages and cooking food.

Invulnerability: With his cells supercharged with solar energy, Clark's bodily durability is considerably stronger than even the densest of Earth's metals such as steel. This has earned him the moniker of "Man of Steel" as he is both seemingly invincible to injury as well as courageous in battle. Due to his lifelong time in the young sun, Clark's durability is noticeably stronger than his cousin, Kara, as well as other Kryptonians who've appeared on Earth. Despite this, their similar momentum of strength and durability allow them to potentially injure Clark in combat.

Extreme heat resistance: Clark feels no pain when exposed to extreme heat.

Elemental resistance: Clark feels no pain when exposed to harmful elements like rocks, fire, electricity and ice.

Extended longevity: As a Kryptonian, Clark's lifespan is considerably longer than a normal human and likewise ages much slower. Despite being physically older than Kara by over 10 years, Clark still maintains the physical appearance of a man in his prime.

Super breath: Clark is able to exhale powerful gusts of air from his mouth. He can also cause the temperature of his breath to drop to sub-zero levels, therefore able to freeze nearly anything instantly.

Super hearing: Clark has super-sensitive ears that can perfectly pick up sounds from miles away and even through structures.

Super speed: Similar to his super strength, the solar energy within Clark's cells enable him to propel himself at super-sonic speeds as well as accelerate his movements and reactions to velocities sufficient to catch a speeding bullet in his bare hands and perceive the world in slowed motion. As he doesn't derive his speed from the Speed Force, he seemingly cannot reach the speed of light, nor can he match the speed of a speedster. This was explained when Eobard Thawne mentioned that he raced Superman at some unknown point in time; stating, "He is fast... I'm faster".[26]

Accelerated perception: While using her super speed, Clark sees everything much slower allowing him to move with precision and accuracy within very fast moments.

Super strength: The greatest display of Clark's abilities lies in his super strength - his chief superpower. With his muscles empowered by Earth's yellow sun coupled with the raw energy this conditioning causes to surge throughout his physiology, Clark's full strength is virtually incalculable

Super jumping/leaping: Clark is able to jump several feet off the ground and leap several stories in a single bound without having to fly. He is known to be able to "leap tall buildings in a single bound", and usually, when he has to fly, he jump upwards before shooting skyward.

Thunderclap: When Clark uses his super strength to clap his hands together, it creates a powerful shockwave that throws enemies back. It also destroy's glass, pushes objects away from him and disorients anyone nearby.[24]

Super stamina: Clark can run, fight or fly for long periods of time, without getting tired.

Super reflexes: Clark's reflexes are so fast, he can respond to attacks within seconds.

Telepathy immunity: Clark is immune to immune to most forms of telepathic powers, even from someone as powerful as J'onn J'onzz.

X-ray vision: Clark is able to see through solid objects; except for lead.