Clark Kent

## Superman

* Civilian
* Superman

### Family

Jor-El (father), Lara Lor-Van (mother), Karen Starr (cousin), Martha Kent (adoptive mother), Jonathan Kent (adoptive father), Superboy (clone)

### Voiced by

Starbeastrave

"*Superman is always being a dickovitch. You should’ve seen him at the last U.N. meeting.*"
—Robin

**Clark Kent** or **Superman** is the self-proclaimed protector of America. He hates all that is foreign, which profoundly affects his relationship with his Russian clone, Superboy. Superman is one of the main antagonists of *Young Justice Abridged* Season 2.

## Personality

Superman, despite being kind-hearted and well-meaning, is a racist, xenophobic, reckless, and extremely irresponsible man. He is patriotic to the point where he views everything non-American as evil. He disowned his clone Superboy just because he was Russian. Batman, the Justice League, and the Team all think of him as dangerous and foolish. Superman himself though doesnt seem to realize that people dislike him. Batman often tries and fails to show him his faults. Superman is also sexist, thinking women should clean the kitchen instead of "joining the workforce”. He once said to Cyborg, after he hit Wonder Woman, that you "can only hit a lady if you're married to her."

he shares a mostly on sided friendship with Batman as during throne of atlantis he states he has always wanted to do detectiev wrok with him. Though batman at times is annoyed by his naivete and feels he is a danger to people

Superman himself isnt inherently malicous he just has a twiste set of morals

In an alternative universe, Superman leads a faciasct dictatorship and kills all the heroes when he hears of this from Batman and talks with DCAU Superman about being a true hero, he slowley become less irresponsible and starts taking being a hero more seriously, accepting his heritage as Kal-el

## Physical appearance

Superman is a male Kryptonian with black hair, blue eyes, and a muscular physique. He wears a suit embroidered in red and blue.

## History

### Origins

In 1975, the people of the planet Krypton "kind of fucked up" and doomed their planet. Jor-El decided to send his son Kal-El to a planet where the sun would make him a god. Sent off in a rocket to travel to Earth, Kal was left with a final message from his father: telling him that America was good, while the rest of the world was bad, and also to never trust the women. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, this version of Jor-El was not Superman's father, but Doctor Manhattan in disguise. The powerful being wanted to see what would happen if he twisted the morality of the Man of Steel.

It can be assumed that the rest of Superman’s origins are similar to that of the classic Superman, except that the Ma and Pa Kent of Earth-16A were xenophobic, homophobic, racist, and incredibly religious rednecks. Ma and Pa believed Clark to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and told him this at a very young age. They also told him that evolution was a lie, and that dinosaur bones were the work of the Devil.

### Formation of the Justice League

By the year 2000, the world was being terrorized by Superman, who has burned down all the Taco Bells in five cities. Batman and Green Lantern eventually tracked him down and struggled to battle the Man of Steel, his immense power proving too much for them. The Dark Knight managed to end the fight by revealing he knew Superman's secret identity. The three heroes ended up cooperating on stopping the invasion of Parademons, investigating the purpose of the Mother Boxes.

Without warning, all the Mother Boxes in the country were activated, opening up portals for legions of Parademons to attack. Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman battled the monsters in Metropolis. One by one, they were joined by the Flash, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and Cyborg.

They learned that the ruler of Apokolips, Darkseid, was behind the invasion of Parademons. The heroes battled the monsters as Darkseid arrived on Earth to complete his invasion. He revealed that the only reason he was there was to kidnap Justin Timberlake. Batman refused to let anyone die, despite the fact that Darkseid only wished to lock the singer in a birdcage to entertain him.

Superman was taken by the aliens, but Batman came to rescue him. The Dark Knight discovered that Darkseid's minion Desaad had brainwashed Superman. After a shortlived battle between the two, Batman saved the hero and they headed back to Earth to help finish Darkseid. Together with the other five heroes, they managed to send the New God and his army back to Apokolips. However, the citizens of Metropolis were very upset by the property damage, causing the heroes to run from the mob.

The President thanked the heroes for their service. Convinced that the world needed a group of heroes that could inspire people, the seven decided to form a team. Superman announced them as the Justice League of America, despite the heroes' complaints.

### Atlantean Invasion

Two years later, Superman attempted to kindle a romance with Wonder Woman but was horrified to learn she wasn't really from Hawaii. When Cyborg received word of a strange submarine attack, he went to Greece to gather the two heroes. Back at the Hall of Justice, the League's new base, the heroes determined that the strange water-breathing soldiers who had attacked the submarine were from the lost city of Atlantis. Superman and Batman discovered evidence of a half-Atlantean man named Arthur Curry and unrest in Atlantis. The heroes managed to track down Curry and helped save him from some underwater monsters. Superman and other members of the Justice League traveled with Arthur and his companion Mera to Atlantis. It turned out that Arthur's half-brother Orm had become the king and was marching on the surface world. Superman and the other heroes were imprisoned and left as prey for the god Cthulu, but Arthur saved them. The League returned to the surface and battled with the Atlantean army. In the end, they won by Cyborg and Batman projecting footage of Orm admitting to killing his mother, the previous queen, to the army. They turned on their king and eventually pledged loyalty to Arthur after he impressed them with his singing ability, an important trait in Atlantean customs. Superman and the other Leaguers determined that Arthur was way too cool for them and would make the heroes look bad, thus conspiring to make him out to be a joke on the surface world. Arthur and Mera joined the Justice League as part-timers, known as Aquaman and Aquawoman.

### The Suicide Squad Incident

In 2004, when Batman went undercover in the Suicide Squad as 'Black Spider', he enlisted the help of Superman to dress as the Dark Knight and throw the other Squad members off his trail. When Superman (as Batman) engaged the Squad in the midst of their Arkham Asylum heist, Black Spider (the real Batman) pretended to kill him so that he could finally convince the Squad he wasn't Batman, as they had suspected from the beginning.

### Legion of Doom

In 2008, Vandal Savage used plans he'd stolen from Batman to exploit the weaknesses of the various members of the Justice League. He assembled his Legion of Doom, a team of six other villains who could each take out a hero in turn. Metallo summoned Superman to the top of the Daily Planet, pretending to be on the verge of committing suicide. He blamed the Man of Steel for his tortured past and shot the hero with a kryptonite bullet. Cyborg and Martian Manhunter begrudgingly saved Superman's life when Batman refused to let him die. The Justice League then attacked Savage and his Legion at their headquarters. As a last-ditch effort to defeat the heroes and assert his control over humanity, Savage decided to kill the whole race and start over. He launched a missile into the sun to destabilize the human species. Superman begged God to save them... which He did (in reality, this was Doctor Manhattan). In the aftermath of these events, the members of the League voted on whether or not to kick Batman out since he'd betrayed their trust so harshly. They decided to keep him on since he paid the bills.

### Meeting Superboy

On July 4th, 2010, Superman contacted the League and informed them that a new menace was on the loose: Machete. This greatly annoyed Batman. The League ultimately had to go help Kevin Smith instead, who was kicked out of a plane due to his 'proportions.' They left young heroes Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad unsupervised, who ended up breaking into a Cadmus facility and discovering the Superboy, a clone of the Man of Steel created by Lex Luthor. When he discovered this, Superman was greatly upset as the clone was Russian. Superman disowned his clone, but Superboy continued to seek Clark's approval despite this.

Later, in Metropolis, a school bus was derailed on a bridge, but Superman arrived on the scene to save the day. His rescue was interrupted by Superboy, the young hero looking to prove himself to the Man of Steel, who he viewed as a father figure. Superman was not happy about having to deal with his clone, despising his Russian origins and not wanting the responsibility. When Superboy asked his "daddy" if he loved him, Superman pretended to get a Justice League call. When that failed, he told the young hero: "You're not my son and I don't love you. Ciao!" He then flew off.

Batman was not pleased by Superman's treatment of his clone, and the two met at a diner to discuss it. Batman claimed that the clone was pretty much Clark's son, no matter what he thought, and that Superman had to start treating Superboy with respect and admiration. Despite the Dark Knight's pleas, Clark refused and left the diner. To make matters worse, he called the INS to report Martian Manhunter as an illegal immigrant.

At one point, Batman punched Superman with a kryptonite ring for his continued mistreatment of Superboy.

### Running for President

Clark met with Billy Batson about possibly adopting the boy, wanting to replace Superboy with a child who better fit with Clark's American sensibilities. Billy denied Clark's request and had to go fight Black Adam, much to the Man of Steel's disappointment.

After Lex Luthor announced his campaign for President of the United States, Superman felt that it was his duty to oppose him. As a twisted way of paying back the American people, Superman announced his own campaign for President as a member of the Republican party, greatly upsetting Batman.

Superman eventually became the nominee for the Republican party. In a stunning turn of events, he won the election, becoming the President-elect, much to the fear of the rest of the Justice League.

On the Watchtower, Batman summoned Superman before his inauguration to introduce him to the Superman of Earth-12 (the character from the Bruce Timm *DC Animated Universe* or DCAU). He told Earth-16A's Man of Steel about the error of his ways. Superman was already the most powerful being in the universe, and he shouldn't try to control the Earth. Clark needed to embrace who he truly was: Kal-El, the sole survivor of a dead planet sent to Earth so he could save and inspire people, not destroy lives. As he left, Earth-12 Superman told Clark that he needed to give the people of his world hope, not rule them by fear. At his inauguration, Superman shocked the world by renouncing his Presidency. He revealed that he was an alien named Kal-El from the planet Krypton. Superman promised that he would do his best to become the hero that the world deserved, striving for truth, justice, and the *real* American way.

### Meeting Doctor Manhattan

Clark infiltrated the Metropolis supervillain auction under the guise of his reporter alter ego. When the Question, Rorschach, Hawkman, and Black Canary interrupted it, Superman joined in. He then followed Rorschach to meet up with Doctor Manhattan, wanting to help. The God-like being appeared to them, revealing that he had influenced the Man of Steel throughout his life to twist his reality. Before Superman could fight back, Manhattan knocked him unconscious and erased his memory of the encounter.

### Crisis on Two Earths

The Justice League interrogated a mysterious version of Lex Luthor, who was obviously not their new President. He revealed that he was from an alternate universe called Earth-3 where the traditional good guys were generally evil and the traditional bad guys were generally good. Luthor needed the heroes' help in stopping the Crime Syndicate, a twisted version of the Justice League from his home that was trying to take over the world. The heroes begrudgingly agreed to travel with Luthor, but Batman stayed behind.

On Earth-3, the League ran up against the team of villains, notably Owlman and Superwoman. The heroes ultimately fleed from the Syndicate, with Owlman briefly pursuing them. He mysteriously implied that he'd met the League before. President Slade Wilson had a meeting with the heroes, eager to have a group willing and capable of stopping the dictatorial Crime Syndicate. Superman and Luthor went to stop Ultraman, the Man of Steel's Earth-3 doppelganger as well as a member of the Crime Syndicate. The League also met up with Batman, who had ended up in the alternate universe after being kidnapped by Superwoman. Through these efforts, the heroes learned that Owlman was in the possession of a universe-destroying bomb called the Godkiller, which Luthor had designed (though not as a weapon).

Superwoman agreed to take the League to where Owlman was keeping the weapon. The two teams clashed, with everyone ultimately turning against Owlman when they learn of his weapon's multiverse-destroying capabilities. If brought to the very first universe ever created and detonated, the bomb would send out a ripple effect that would obliterate everything in existence. Johnny Quick used his speed to create a portal for Batman to travel through, though it killed the speedster. The Dark Knight followed Owlman and his Godkiller to Earth-Prime and was able to stop the villain. Back on Earth-3, President Wilson and the United States military arrested the Crime Syndicate. The heroes returned home, and Batman was happy to see that the experience has convinced Superman to strive for true heroism.

Superman was infected by Trigon.

## Resources

### Powers

Due to his alien physiology:

* **Flight:** Superman can fly.
* **Invulnerability:** Superman is indestructible.
* **Super strength:** Superman has inhuman strength.
* **Super speed:** Superman can run and fly at superhuman speeds.
* **Super hearing:** Superman can hear things from miles away.
* **Super vision:** Superman has heat and x-ray vision.

## Appearances

* *Justice League War Abridged*
* *Throne of Atlantis Abridged*
* *Suicide Squad: Assault on Arkham Abridged*
* *Wonder Woman Abridged*
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Green Arrow Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks"
	+ "Black Ops and Family"
	+ "Guerrilla Warfare" (offscreen)
	+ "Reservoir Heroes"
	+ "Shadow Boxing" (offscreen)
	+ "Shades of Red"
	+ "Unusual Suspects"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
	+ "Father's Day"
* *The Question's Bar*
* *Crisis on Two Earths Abridged*
* *DC Abridged Confidential*
* *The Judas Contract Abridged* (unproduced, mentioned)

## Quotes

* *"Witchcraft!"*
* *"Spill or I'll deport you."*
* *"You're not my son and I don't love you. Ciao!"*

## Trivia

* On Earth-16A, Superman and Lois Lane are not a couple.
* He completely hates Superboy due to him speaking Russian.
* Clark believes dinosaur bones are the work of the devil.
* He dislikes aliens such as Martian Manhunter, despite the fact that he himself is an alien.
* The finale reveals him to have originally been like other good Supermen, but his fate was altered by Dr. Manhattan to be the worst possible heroic version of himself; not only by tampering with Jor-El's message, but making Pa and Ma Kent rednecks who thought an alien wad Jesus.