Shawn Kent

"*I thought coming here would be a chance to start over, but I guess I'm just gonna be a freak like always.*"
—Jordan Kent[src]
**Shawn Kent** (born 2006) is a student at Smallville High School. He is the adoptive son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, the adoptive younger brother of Jonathan Kent and Jordan Kent, the paternal first cousin of Kara Danvers, the nephew of Lucy Lane, the grandson of the late Jor-El, the late Lara Lor-Van and Sam Lane, and the adoptive grandson of the late Jonathan Kent Sr. and the late Martha Kent.

After discovering that Shawn demonstrates powers, Jonathan began calling his brother **Superboy 2**.

## Biography

### Early life

"*Clark, I need you to get to Metropolis now; it's the boys."
"The boys?*"
—Lois Lane and Clark Kent[src]
As a result of the merging of Earth-38 with Earth-1 and Earth-TUD5, the timeline was changed, resulting in Lois and Clark having twins instead of just one son. They were born in 2007 instead of 2019.

Jordan had destructive outbursts and tantrums that were eventually diagnosed as social anxiety disorder, while Jonathan was a happy, athletic kid. As a child, Lois and Clark took Jordan and Jonathan to spend a summer in Smallville, where they met Sarah Cushing. There, Jordan was quiet writing in his notebook.

In Jordan's teenage years, he started therapy. At Metropolis High School, Jordan was bullied by several students, including Jimmy Cutter.

### Discovering Clark's secret

One night, after having dinner with Jonathan and Lois, Jordan went to his room to play video games, when Clark returned home, he went into Jordan's room and apologized for missing the day's therapy, Jordan said that his mother had already said that he was working, his father also said that Jordan was a great Superman in the game, with Jordan responding that Superman was boring and he was playing as Raiden, Clark said that if he needed to talk, he was there. When he was leaving, Jordan told him to turn up the music.

The next morning, when Jordan left his room, Jonathan questioned him about his outfit, with Jordan answering him sarcastically. Then they went to school. When Jordan's grandmother, Martha Kent died, he went to her funeral in Smallville, there, when Jordan was eating, Jonathan asked him if he had taken his pills from him, Jordan said he was not his mother, with Jonathan saying that someone had to look after him, when Jonathan saw Sarah and her family arriving, he warned Jordan and they went over to meet them with his parents, Sarah said she was sorry for his loss of him, when his parents left, they talked about the summer they met.

Then Sarah asked what had in the Kent farm barn, so he and Jonathan accompanied her there. While in the barn, Sarah said that almost anything there could kill them and that Smallville sucks. Sara then asks for Jordan's phone. Sara then picks up the phone and says that there will be a bonfire tomorrow and he can go. Jordan tries to impress Sarah by climbing on the scaffold without a ladder to reach the router, but he falls hard on the ground when the straps that hold the steel beams are broken. Jonathan then tries to save his brother from the steel beams by jumping in front of him, but Jordan manages to turn them over and save them both. Sara alerts Clark, who finds the boys, and quickly takes the steel beams off them.

Then, a doctor examines them and says that they only have mild concussions. Then they go to their rooms. Jonathan says he missed training for the week and Jordan asks him if he really cares about it now. Jonathan said that if he wants to stick to something, it must be Sarah Cushing. He takes Jordan's cell phone and mocks the message the other one sent to Sarah, calling him freaky and Jordan says they need to find out what happened in the barn.

The next morning, Jordan and Jonathan investigate the barn; he finds it strange that they are not dead. Their search reveals a spaceship, which scares Jon. Jordan takes a crystal from the ship and Jonathan asks what it is, with Jordan responding that whatever it is, it is not from Kansas.

     When Lois and Clark return home, the twins confront their parents and Clark reveals his origins; to prove his alter ego, he lifts his car over his head while flying, surprising the twins, who feel they have heard lies all their lives and angrily leave. Later, they go to Sarah's party.

     While they talk, his attraction to her becomes overwhelming and he kisses her passionately. Sara reveals that she has a boyfriend, just as he appears to fight. Jonathan steps in front.

But soon several boys are beaten up, until Jordan accidentally uses his heat vision and explodes the bonfire. At Kent farm, Jonathan asks what will happen to Jordan and Clark says he doesn't know. Jordan explains what it was like to use the powers and Jon then says that Jordan can control, which is like learning to drive, if the cars were indestructible and with giant lasers, infuriating Jordan, who leaves the salt and goes to his room. He then has a conversation with his father on the porch, who says that everything will be fine. The next morning, the twins talk to Sarah about what happened the night before. He gives them privacy for them to talk alone. After talking, she gets in the car and leaves.

### Moving to Smallville

#### Adapting to the new city

Later, Lois and Clark decided to move to Smallville with their children, to be closer as a family and allow Jordan to explore his powers. His parents also decided to keep Jordan out of school until he could control his powers. In the next day, Clark took Jordan to the Fortress of Solitude, so Jonathan went to the new school alone. In the Fortress, the hologram of Jor-El talked about the destruction of Krypton and its cities.

 File:Jonathan and Jordan at Kent farm.png   The tests at the Fortress indicated that his displays of superpowers were random occurrences and he would never be able to use them at will or be like his father. When they returned to Kent farm, Jordan was distraught that he was not apparently special and got into a shouting match with Jonathan, who was angry at his life being disrupted for Jordan’s benefit. The two started to argue until Lois appeased the situation and the two went to their rooms. Then they went to the Cushing family barbecue, where they met Sarah and Sophie Cushing. That night, the brothers made up and he thanked Jonathan for agreeing to move to Smallville and for always protecting him. The next morning, Clark allowed him to go to school.

The next morning, they were trying to paint the house until Clark heard something and had to leave. Then they went to school, where he talked to Sarah until Sean and other members of the football team intimidated him, despite Jonathan's efforts to protect him. Then his father suddenly showed up at school, making the bullies go away and making the twins angry. He also heard Sarah and Sean break up and was interrupted by Timmy.

     Jordan decided to participate in football training. Secretly using his powers, he took down all his opponents, imprecating the trainer and making Jonathan angry. They also chatted with Sarah at Victoria May's, until Lana came out and yelled her out. When his parents learned that Jordan had joined the team, they forbade him to play. Later, Jonathan convinced Clark to let Jordan play for the team, telling him how his confidence and social skills had improved while playing on the team.

As Jordan became the star of the team and popular with his colleagues, his mental health improved considerably, stopping him from having anxiety attacks. Jordan participated in his first game with the Smallville Crows and defeated all his opponents, being applauded by his family and friends. After the game was over, he and his brother went to a party at Corey Wellnitz's lake house, where they met Sarah. The next day, Sam Lane told the twins not to distract their father from duties as Superman. Later, Jordan and Jon followed Tag Harris when he ran off alone into the forest. They found him suffering immense pain due to the uncontrollable vibration. As Tag had been injured by the bonfire explosion, Jordan believed that he is the culprit.

Jon wanted to call Clark for help, but Jordan reminded him of Sam's warnings, and blaming himself for Tag's situation, he tried to help him. Tag threw Jordan away, knocking him unconscious, so Jon used the signaling device to call their father. Back at home, Jonathan assured Jordan that he was not responsible for Tag’s condition, which was proved true when Sam explained that government scientists had determined Tag’s powers came from being exposed to a nearby yellow phosphorescence in the mines. When Clark asked why the two of them didn't call for him as soon as they learned about Tag, the brothers revealed that Sam had told them not to bother Clark with their problems, to their parent's joint fury.

Jordan is working on the farm with his family to prepare for the upcoming Smallville Harvest Festival. Later, he and Jon go to school, where Jon receivs a call from his girlfriend Eliza and she breaks up with him. When they return home, Jordan tells his parents what had happened. Sarah asked Jordan to go on a date to Smallville’s Harvest Festival with her, which was Jordan’s first date. At the Festival, they talked and got closer, however the moment was ruined when Jon arrived with Timmy Ryan and another boy, and drunkenly made fun of them both. Disgusted with his behaviour due to her father’s alcoholism, Sarah stormed off. The next day she told Jordan she was not ready to date anyone at the moment, but asked that they stay friends, which he agreed to. As Jordan was walking home, he was ambushed by Tag Harris, demanding to know what had happened to him.

#### Back in Metropolis and losing control

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So Jordan used his signal device to summon Superman, who tried to stop Tag but failed. After the attack, Jordan returned home and began to experience painful migraines triggered by the development of his super hearing. Jonathan wanted to tell his parents but Jordan asked him not to as he wanted to participate in the next Crows game in Metropolis.

The game was against Jonathan's old team in Metropolis, which was formed by boys used to bullying Jordan. During the game, Jordan was temporarily incapacitated by his migraine and failed to protect the Crows quarterback. Jonathan was sent to replace him and the brothers managed to rally the team and lead them to win the game. In the final play, Jordan was tackled and beaten by Jimmy Cutter and the other rival players, causing him to lose control of his heat vision; which Clark managed to block with his hand.

Back in the hotel room, Clark questioned Jordan about what had happened, prompting Jonathan to tell the truth about Jordan's migraines and he berated them for not telling them sooner. Clark had to leave when Lana called him and shortly afterwards his team members showed up and asked them to come out and celebrate.

Jordan started to hear everything around him, so he started using headphones to muffle the sounds. He heard Clark being assaulted by the Stranger and told Jonathan, so they took a car and drove to the scene and managed to incapacitate the Stranger.

#### The musical revue

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## Personality

Jordan suffers from social anxiety disorder, as a result he has been shown to lash out when stressed as both a child and a teenager, he is best described as a loner, not socializing much with kids of his own age and a lack of interest in what others think of him. He also has a small sense of self-confidence that was further shaken when he learned from Jor-El's AI that he wouldn't amount to being as special as his father. Yet, it has started to grow when he joined the football and started to become friends with his fellow teammates. Despite trying to remain closed off to others, he has shown an instant connection with his childhood crush, Sarah Cushing and a strong bond with his twin brother, Jonathan Kent, seeing him be attacked by kids at the bonfire is what caused Jordan to activate his heat vision for the first time.

Jordan seems to be closer to his mother, Lois Lane than to his father, Clark Kent as she has been more present in his life while Clark was saving the world as Superman, she was able to comfort him during an anxiety attack and Jordan felt particularly betrayed by her knowing about his father's secret identity and not telling him, Jordan has grown distant from his father because he was always traveling for "work" and this has caused resentment to build towards him. However, this rift has possibly began to heal as Clark was able to comfort Jordan after the emergence of his powers and promising to be there for him.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

"*You're stronger than you think you are.*"
—Clark Kent to Jordan Kent[src]
* **Kryptonian physiology:** Normally, like any Kryptonian, Shawn's capacities are no greater than any normal humans of his physical conditioning. However, once properly charged, the energy surging throughout his physiology enables him to perform various superhuman feats. While generic for Shawn's race, having grown up essentially his entire life with these abilities combined with a lifetime of experience and practice with them granted him far greater control and an equally greater levels of raw power compared to other Kryptonians. This was shown from his physique naturally maturing as he grew up into a well-muscled and conditioned physical comparable to peak-level human athletes.
	+ **Solar energy absorption:** Shawn's powers are derived from a passive ability to absorb the energy spectrum of yellow sun radiation into his body, storing it up and metabolizing it so as to not constantly need exposure to solar radiation. Having been constantly exposed to yellow sunlight and maturing with it since infancy has allowed him to store up energy in far greater quantities and metabolize it with equal efficiency than other Kryptonians. While depletion of this power gradually weakens him back to normal human-levels, essentially always being exposure to sunlight keeps his reserves fully charged near-constantly. Direct exposure to sunlight will also accelerate his recovery from any injuries he does manage to sustain.
		- **Superhuman strength:** Shawn's chief physical ability is his vast superhuman strength. He can lift and press an indeterminate amount of weight with similar force, sometimes with little to no effort. With their bare hands, he can able to break stone and metal with his bare hands, to stop moving vehicles, or to send objects and people flying through the air. he can also apply this strength into combat as well, allowing them to easily overpower and restrain people, to break bones with one hand, and to injure or kill humans. He was able to secure a Kryptonian with ease. He could smash a car door with ease he could also take down an army of kryptonian without difficulty. His strength also seems to have increased because when he hit his half-uncle his hits were also accompanied by shock waves.
		- **invulnerability:** Shawn's bodily durability is considerably high as even the densest of Earth's matter can be shattered when struck upon his body while leaving him unscathed and painless. Shawn's resilience also makes him virtually impervious to most harmful elements like crushing weights, electrical shocks, flames, and extreme temperatures. He was able to rub his hand against the ground to cushion the car accident and had no scratches.
		- **Super speed:** Shawn is able to move at immense levels of speed, able to cover vast distances in seconds. His accelerated movements are not just about velocity, as he can move his body fast enough to catch a speeding bullet in his bare hands.
			* **Accelerated perception:** Shawn's perception of the world through is accelerated speed lets him see everything in slowed motion; allowing him to move with precision and accuracy within very fast moments.
		- **Superhuman senses:** Shawn's senses are highly developed. His hearing is very sensitive, as common sounds are much more harmful to him, causing him to have migraines. He heard Jonathan's bones snap when he accidentally broke his wrist. He later use this to locate his father, Clark. He also able to hear virtually any sound around the planet, even through solid matter. he could hear his brothers being beaten at the party.
		- **Heat vision:** Shawn can emit red energy beams of intense heat from his eyes. Jordan first used the power when under stress over being bullied and his brother being beaten up by Sarah's boyfriend for a mistake.Just like his brother He has since gained some control over this power, as seen when he attacked his paternal half-uncle.
			* **Solar Flare:** Shawn can immediately expel massive amounts of stored solar energy from his body. This attack is much more powerful then his regular heat vision, however it comes at cost, as Shawn remains mostly powerless afterwards, and must recharge himself.
		- **Super breath:** Shawn's first experience with kryptonite left him sick and he rapidly cooled the air when he sneezed, resulting in the formation of ice. After the kryptonite was burned out of his system, he gained some control over his freezing breath.
		- **Accelerated healing factor:** Shawn's augmented metabolism accelerates his healing. It allows him burn calories at a fast rate, making him resilient to weight gain. Shawn's first experience with kryptonite left him sick but after this he heal quickly.
			* **Contaminant immunity:** Shawn 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 still has a palette like anyone else, enjoying certain foods or drinks and disliking others.
		- **Flight:** Shawn is able to manipulate his own gravitational field to levitate himself in midair and generate such thrust to propel himself through the air at tremendous hyper-sonic speeds, even 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. but he needs training because he does not control it is landings. But after several practices he was finally able to start controlling his landing.

### Abilities

* **Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain:** Shawn has a powerful spirit, free of corruption and temptation. He is very optimistic and never gives up, even when things look bad. Even when possessed by the consciousness of a kryptonian , the love for his family allowed him to ultimately reject Zod's influence completely and expel the foe.

### Weaknesses

* **Kryptonite:** Like all Kryptonians, even while empowered, Shawn is vulnerable to the exposure of Kryptonite, a radioactive mineral from his home planet Krypton. Depending on the nature of the said Kryptonite, it will cause a different adverse effect on him;
	+ **Green Kryptonite:** Shawn is vulnerable to kryptonite, like his father. He first experienced kryptonite sickness with uncontrollable freezing sneezes as a manifestation of his arctic breath and required intense, concentrated heat to burn out the sickness.
	+ **Noise sensitivity:** Due to enhanced hearing, loud noises, such as a locker door closing or a bell ringing, can leave Shawn feeling disoriented, giving him headache-like symptoms.
	+ **Red sun energy:** Like any Kryptonian, Shawn loses his powers under the effects of red sunlight, as seen when John Henry Irons used his own tech to artificially create it and unintentionally nullified the boy's powers as well.

## Equipment

* **Super suit:** After accomplishing several feats his father Clark gave him a a protective suit as his super-hero alter-ego, Superman, to hide his identity from his enemies, when he goes out fighting crime. The suit is mostly blue, with a red belt, along with a red cape and boots, featuring a red and yellow House of El emblem on the chest. It's unknown what materials the suit is comprised of, however, it is just as durable as a Kryptonian.
* **ELT:** After gaining Kryptonian powers, Shawn was given a signal device known as an ELT by his parents in case of emergencies.

## Appearances

### *DC's Legends of Tomorrow*

#### Season 5

* "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" (mentioned)

### *Superman & Lois*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Heritage"
* "The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower"
* "Haywire"
* "The Best of Smallville"
* "Broken Trust"
* "Man of Steel"
* "Holding the Wrench"
* "Loyal Subjekts"
* "O Mother, Where Art Thou?"
* "A Brief Reminiscence In-Between Cataclysmic Events"
* "Through the Valley of Death"
* "Fail Safe"
* "The Eradicator"
* "Last Sons of Krypton"

Season 2
* "What Lies Beneath"
* "The Ties That Bind"
* "The Thing in the Mines"

## Trivia

* Jordan is a fan of "Flake" by Fidlar.
* Jordan's name is derived from "Jor-El", the name of his biological paternal grandfather. Like his brother, Jonathan Kent was named after their adoptive grandfather, Jonathan Kent Sr.. Jordan was also the alias assumed by Clark after quitting his powers in the famous story arc *Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel?*

## References

1. ↑ "Exclusive: The CW's 'Superman & Lois' May Feature Superboy & Robin, aka The Super Sons" - The GWW
2. ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Pilot"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Broken Trust"
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6. ↑ "The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower"
7. ↑ "Haywire"
8. ↑ "The Best of Smallville"
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10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `The Last Children of Krypton`