Clark Kent

* Civilian
* Superman

**Clark Kent** (b **May 1st, 1995- May 14th, 2023** (resurrected October 2023) as Kal-El) was the son of the late Jor-El and the late Lara Van-El, the cousin of Kara Zor-El, the best friend of Jimmy Olsen, fiancee of Lois Lane and the father of the late Jon Kent. After being rocketed to Earth as a baby from the dying planet of Krypton alongside his older cousin, Kara, who remained stuck in the Phantom Zone - thus arriving un-aged 25 years later, he was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent, a couple of kindly humans who raised him as their son in the little town of Smallville, Kansas, imbuing him with strong moral values and leading for him to decide to fight for truth, justice, and the American way once he grew up. In his secret identity, he worked as a reporter at the *Daily Planet* in the city of Metropolis, while secretly fighting crime as **Superman** stylized by Lois Lane, stylized as the "**Man of Steel**", the "**Man of Tomorrow**" and the "**Last Son of Krypton**".

When Dru-Zod framed Kal for killing the president of the United States, Clark was forced to be on a sabbatical until Kara was sucked into the phantom zone which caused him to once again suit up. After the second battle against Cyborg Superman, Clark took a hard enough punch to remain comatose. However, he was able to wake up by getting enough solar energy.

After Lex left the team, Clark met and befriended Ray Palmer, another scientist. Ray eventually joined the team. During the reign of Darkseid, Clark, along with six other heroes were the only beings in existence with free will. One month later, Clark, Lois, and Jimmy discovered another super clone that went by Superboy and later was revealed to be half Kryptonian/Human. After returning from Argo, Clark learned that Conner was made by Lex Luthor to replace Superman should he perish. While fighting Luthor's latest creation, Doomsday, Clark died succeeding in stopping him. However. he left his team of Superfriends vulnerable.

Following Clark's death, Lex and Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz found his body and a kryptonian crystal and used it to resurrect Superman. However, it altered his personality and became Lex Luthor's servant. This was until Lois and James saved his sanity. After the Crisis against Earth Three, Clark and Lois got engaged.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kal-El was born on May 1st, 1995 on the planet Krypton into the prestigious House of El to his parents; prominent scientists Jor-El and Lara Van-El. Shortly after his birth, as Krypton was on the brink of destruction due to its core starting to became unstable, members of the House of El chose to save their child from the impending catastrophe by sending him away from the planet, then Kal-El was rocketed to Earth. Making it to Earth safely, the alien infant was discovered in the field where his pod landed by Jonathon Kent and Martha Kent, a kindly human couple of farmers who decided to raise him in Smallville, Kansas as their son, "Clark Kent."

### Childhood

At 9, Kal was made fun of at school for being adopted so, Martha had Clark understand it's alright to be different. When Clark was growing up, he tried his hardest to fit in to make himself more human but, his abilities made him feel less special. When he was 15, his abilities intensified and he couldn't control them with Jonathon Kent giving him lead laced Glasses which helped him control his x-ray abilities.

### Moving to Metropolis

In 2018, Clark moved to Metropolis and joined the daily planet where he met Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane and Perry White.

### Accepting who he is

Two years later, Kal-El started to accept his dual heritage and donned a supersuit that was made with Kryptonian cloth. When he first wore the suit, a rouge alien hunter from the government targets him but Clark ultimately defeats him beginning his dual identity.

A week later, Clark meets his new editor, Ron Troupe who starts to annoy Clark as he won't let him write a piece on The Blur. Then things turn around when a former engineer, Ben Krull also known as Reactron gets Clark's attention by attacking Metropolis power plant in which he arrives. Clark later stops Reactron but, not until Jimmy Olsen finds out Clark's The Blur when he gets saved.

After Jimmy finds out Clark is The Blur, he says that Clark is a very cool hero but, he had a horrible suit with Clark responding that he didn't think of the style. Although, things went sideways when a lightning storm was hitting people and he went to save it but he was struck by lightning while holding Leslie Willis. He then later had to work with Lex Luthor and Mercy Graves to stop her. After he stopped Livewire, he found a crystal in the North Pole which transformed to the fortress of solitude and the fortress had a new suit for Clark.

#### Superman vs Intergang

After Clark officially became Superman, an organization was studying him and tried to understand what weaknesses he has. While Bruno Mannheim went to kill Clark, he exposed him to a substance "Kryptonite", a radioactive mineral from his home planet. While he became very weak, Lex Luthor sent Mercy Graves to help with Clark very weak. This began a war between the man of steel and the extraterrestrial black market. 1 week later, Clark was stuck at the Fortress of solitude learning as much as he can on Intergang. 6 hours later, Clark was forced to leave and fight an intergang agent Kyle Abbot who was mutates to a werewolf from Kal's blood.

#### Learning his heritage

After the defeat of Morgan Edge, he meets his long-lost cousin Kara Zor-El which as he sees her makes him question his heritage and where he came from. When Kara wakes up, she first sees Kal and both look confused.

On December 4th, 2020, Clark put together a party for the entire team on Christmas

### Enemy of Earth

After Clark is exposed to a new synthetic type of Kryptonite, he started acting more aggressive to the point of not caring about anyone. Kal later goes to the White House in Washington,DC to show dominance, for he succeeds. After the effects took full control, he began to attack Metropolis for which had Supergirl and Martian Manhunter try to calm him down. When he calms down, the US government makes Superman "public enemy #1". With Superman a target, Clark was forced on a sabbatical for 4 months until Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz was exposed as the true killer.

#### Legion of Superheroes

5 months after Zods defeat, Clark gets word from James Olsen & Lois on random crimes. He finds Kara.

After the second battle against Cyborg Superman, Clark took a hard enough punch to remain comatose. However, he was able to wake up by getting enough solar energy.

After the team defeated Cyborg Superman, Clark was added as an honorary member of the Legion Of Superheroes.

##### Discovering the multiverse

After recovering from the latest attack of Cyborg Superman, Clark is told by Lex that there is an incident in downtown Metropolis. He flew and saw a man in a red suit.

#### The Reign of Darkseid

When Clark learned that an alien named Darkseid was coming to Earth, he gathered the planets greatest heroes to fight the imminent threat. He later recruited Barry Allen to help. Afterwards, when Darkseid found and activated the Anti-Life Equation, Clark, along with six other heroes were the only beings in existence with free will. Two weeks later, along with the other six heroes, Clark later became a founding member of The Justice League.

#### Death of Superman

Following his death, this caused Lex Luthor to maintain control as Metropolis's hero. Weeks later, Lex took possession of Clark's body and discovered a crystal of Kryptonian origin. After Thanksgiving, Clark managed to be resurrected and later became Lex's servant.

This was until Lois and James saved his sanity.

#### Possible Futures

* Clark also eventually becomes editor in chief of the Daily Planet
* Clark and Lois Lane get married and eventually have a son.

## Personality

### Clark Kent

In his civilian persona, Clark portrays a very meek and clumsy demeanour with an old-fashioned and mild-mannered attitude, because he has to constantly pretend to be a klutz .

### Superman

As Superman, Clark stands for truth,justice, and the patriotic way. He is also shown to be intimidating as some people are afraid of him. Ever since Kara Zor-El crashed to Earth, Kal has been more protective in his superhuman alter ego.

## Legacy

Following his death, this caused Lex Luthor to maintain control as Metropolis's hero. Weeks later, Lex took possession of Clark's body and brought him back. However, Clark mind and personality was corrupted.

## Powers and abilities

#### Powers

* **Kryptonian physiology:** Normally, like any kryptonian, Clark's capabilities are no greater than that of normal humans of his physical conditioning. However, once charged by the energy of a yellow sun and metabolized into his body, he becomes able to perform various superhuman feats. While generic for Clark's 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 powers allows him to use them with far greater control and an equally greater levels of raw power compared to other kryptonians.
	+ **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.
	+ **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.
		- **Levitation****:** Clark can levitate using his flight abilities.
	+ **Heat Vision**: Clark can emit red energy beams of intense heat 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.
		- **Solar Flare:** Clark 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 Clark remains mostly powerless afterwards, and must recharge himself.
	+ **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. Despite this, Kara's similar momentum of strength and durability allow her to potentially injure Clark in combat.
	+ **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. He used this ability when he tried to freeze Reactron but failed when he heated up
	+ **Superhuman hearing**: Clark has super-sensitive ears that can perfectly pick up sounds from miles away and even through structures.
	+ **Superhuman speed:** Similar to Clark's super strength, the solar energy within his 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.This is shown when Clark speeds off to stop Reactron.
		- **Accelerated perception:** While using his super speed, Clark sees everything much slower; allowing him to move with precision and accuracy within very fast moments.
		- **Time travel:** Being able to survive in space allows Clark to travel through time if he finds a temporal disruption in space.
	+ **Superhuman 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.
		- **Superhuman 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.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: Superman is able to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an indefinite period of time.
	+ **X-ray vision:** Clark is able to see through solid objects, except for lead.
	+ **Telescopic vision:** Clark is able to focus his vision to see great distances.
	+ **Superhuman Mental process**: Superman is able to remember and process things on a much quicker rate than normal humans. This is confirmed as he is able to remember the death of his home planet as an infant.

#### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect/Expert tactician/Leader:** Clark holds exceptional levels of intellectual genius, even to the point of being at computational levels; his mind works sharply and with extreme speed far surpassing that of most, if not all exceptionally intelligent humans of Earth, Clark is one of the most intelligent individuals on Earth and in the entire universe. Along with that, Clark was also able to successfully completely conceal his identity as Superman to others. He is extremely sharp and intuitive, able to quickly analyze the situation before him to understand the true nature before him, he is also able to accurately calculate the level of power needed to defeat his enemies without kill anyone or destroying anything.
	+ **Expert investigator:** As one of the best, if not the best reporter of the *Daily Planet*, Clark is an exceptional investigator, as he follows every lead and rumor to discover the truth behind any story. He also uses his talents as an investigator to a great effect as a superhero.
	+ **Skilled engineer:** Clark has displayed familiarity with Kryptonian technology.
* **Skilled hand to hand combatant:** Clark is proven to be a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, as his combat skills are great enough to be able not only to fight on par against other very physically powerful experts of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts.
* **Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain:** Clark has a powerful spirit, free of corruption and temptation, having been raised by a kindly Kansas farmer and his wife, he was taught to protect life and help others.
* **Bilingual:** Clark is capable of fluently speaking English and Kryptonese.

#### Weakness

* **Kryptonite:** Like all Kryptonians, even while empowered, Clark 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:** Green Kryptonite not only physically hurts Clark, but also it weakens his physical attributes; making him equivalent to that of a normal human. If he is exposed to enough green kryptonite for too long, it will eventually kill him. However, possibly due to a long lifetime of constant exposure to yellow solar radiation, Clark has demonstrated a certain level of resilience to green kryptonite.
	+ **Silver Kryptonite:** If exposed to Silver Kryptonite, it will cause Clark to go in a deep and frightful hallucination where nothing from the outside world can stir him out of it until it leaves his system. When Vril Dox poisoned Clark with Silver Kryptonite, Clark was convinced that Batman was the villain.
	+ **Red Kryptonite:** If exposed to Red Kryptonite, it gradually destroys Clark's inhibitions and turns him into a corrupt version of himself. Left without morality, compassion, rationality or any cares whatsoever, Clark will become malevolent and prone to hostility and aggression, making him a danger to everyone around him.
* **Extreme energy:** Extreme amounts of energy, such as the energy from Reactron can be enough to kill Clark. Certain types of acid can penetrate Clark's kryptonian skin.
* **Lead:** Even with Clark's X-ray vision; he cannot see through lead.
* **Solar Energy Dependency**: His abilities will eventually weaken without replenishing his energy reserves with normal (yellow) sun radiation, especially if he doesn't have any direct contact with yellow sunlight.
* **High frequencies:** Although considered a strength, Clark's hearing does have its disadvantages. Since his hearing is more sensitive than a normal human's, higher pitch noises (sonic screams, etc.) can disorient him and cause pain in his ears, leaving him vulnerable in a fight. Therefore, enemies with sound-based powers, like Silver Banshee can potentially be powerful enough to cause Clark's ears to bleed.
* **Vulnerability to Magic:** Clark's biomatrix is his most powerful asset, but the strength of this field is also its greatest weakness. Its permeability to certain wavelengths makes him vulnerable to certain radiations, particularly magical energies whose chaotic electromagnetic or extra dimensional signatures disrupt this force field. Superman's vulnerability to magic varies depending upon the special effects of the magic. He can be injured and worn down by magical entities. Magic can have powerful and unpredictable effects on Superman and his magical enemies have often proven to be the most dangerous.
* **Phantom Zone**: As Clark needs the yellow sun to activate his powers, he can't use his abilities in the phantom zone.
* **Solar energy depletion:** As Clark's enhanced powers are dependent on the stored energy in his body, usage of his powers will gradually drain him, rendering depowered and as vulnerable as a normal human. While his near-constant exposure to sunlight can keep his reserves fully charged normally, if exerting the maximum output of his powers for too long, it will instantly drain him and take at least a day to recharge.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Bat-Phone**: Clark received a flip-phone from Bruce Wayne for when they need talk about their "Alter-Ego's."
* **Glasses**: Clark wears a pair of horn-rimmed glasses in his civilian identity.
* **Items in the Fortress of solitude:** Over the course of his many adventures, Clark has recovered various artifacts mainly, but not exclusively, from Krypton, which he kept stored into his Fortress of Solitude. Many of them are dangerous and he maintain them locked up inside it, while other he used for his heroic deeds to provide help to him or his allies. After the destruction of the Fortress, Clark sent items to Argo City.
	+ **Phantom Zone projector:** A device that was originally used by Kryptonians to instantaneously beam prisoners into the Phantom Zone prison.
	+ **Recovery Suit**: After Clark's rebirth, he began to possess a black version of his previous suit. After a few weeks, he discarded the suit but, still has it in his new Fortress of solitude.
	+ **Robots****:** Superman has many service robots, known as Kelex, who take care of the Fortress while he's not present and provide the visitors with information.
	+ **Superman Suits**: Clark wore 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 yellow belt, along with a red cape and boots, featuring a red and yellow House of El emblem on the chest. Clark notably is able to change into his suit in seconds with his speed, usually keeping it underneath his civilian clothing.

#### Former Equipment

* **The Blur Suit**: When he first became a vigilante, he wore this suit to operate.

## Appearances

### Man of Steel

#### Season 1

* Pilot
* The nuclear fight
* A spark in the air
* The Worshipers
* Smallville reunion
* Intergang
* Parasite host
* Lois and Clark
* Family Matters
* Metallo
* For the Man Who Has Everything
* Man Of Power
* The rise of Intergang

#### Season 2

* Replication
* Bug Off
* Lightning or Thunder
* Adventures of Superman
* Bloodsport
* Scream of the Banshee
* Phantom Kryptonian
* The Brave
* Most Deadliest Toy
* True Colours
* A world without Superman
* Meet Mister Mxyzptlk
* Silver Machine
* Phantom Zone
* Return Of Superman
* Shrapnel Bomb
* General Zod
* Supergirl
* Martian Scum
* Luthor
* Two sides of the same species
* Domination
* New Krypton

#### Season 3

* Last Daughter of Krypton
* Legionaries
* Man or Machine
* Good and Parasite
* The Light is in
* It takes Humanity
* Dominator
* The Kryptonian Way
* Electrical Tension
* The speed of thought
* The Fastest Race of all times
* Red Faced
* Human For A Day
* Superboy lives
* Back to the 31st century
* Role Reversal
* Stronger Together
* Legends
* Spark the light
* Cause and Effect
* Till We Collapse
* Golden Ring
* Superfriends Forever

#### Season 4

* Into the Void
* Friend or Foe
* Bizarro
* Childish Things
* Cadmus
* Dancing with the Luthors
* Justice War Part l
* The Book of Superfriends
* Metropolis Strong
* Project K
* Blood Bonds
* All for Nothing
* Honor Thy Luthor
* New Awakenings part l
* New Awakenings Part ll
* Crossed Wires
* Null and Annoyed
* Dawn of Injustice
* American Hero
* Lose Yourself
* Night at The Fortress
* Think Fast
* Finish Line

#### Season 5

* A world without S (mentioned)
* Rise of Superman (mentioned)
* Steel
* Not-Happy Thanksgiving (mentioned)
* Fight between Supers
* Super Luthor
* Dawn of Rebirth
* Crisis of Two Earths, Part One
* Fighting Live with Wire
* Instant Duality
* Access to Earth Two

### Green Lantern Corps

#### Season 1

* Dominator
* Particular Intellect (indirectly mentioned)
* Loving Lanterns (mentioned)
* Greedings (mentioned)

#### Season 2

* Power of Death (mentioned)
* Justice War Part ll
* Lanterns Reunite Part ll (mentioned)

## Quotes

* "My name is Kal-El from Krypton and i'm here to help"
* "So Jimmy I guess you figured out my secret"
* "I was exposed to some sort of green substance which made me completely weak and that's never happened before"
* "The life I was born with is very complicated and very confusing."- Smallville Reunion
* "When I was in that alternate world, he gave me a sense of peace of remembering who I really am"
* "Why is it that when I was in The Fortress of Solitude my parents never said or mentioned Kara."
* "The world needs Superman"- Phantom Kryptonian

## Trivia

* This is the youngest incarnation of Superman in Live action
* According to Kara, Clark has a birth mark on his right hand
* According to Vril Dox, Clark is the most interesting creature of his "species". Which means he is more will powered than Kara Danvers.
* Clark's favourite movie is Aliens.

## Behind the scenes

* Kal-El debuted in *Action Comics* #1 (June, 1938) by creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
* Man Of Steel marks Kal-El's ninth live-action television appearance; previously appearing in *Adventures of Superman*, *I Love Lucy*, *The Adventures of Superboy*, *It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman*, *Superboy*, *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,* *Smallville, and Supergirl*.

## References

1. ↑ "Pilot"
2. ↑ "The nuclear fight"
3. ↑ "The Worshipers"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "For the Man Who Has Everything"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bug Off"
6. ↑ "The Brave"