New 52 Superman (Canon)/Zenniunui

## Summary

Although the origin of **Superman** has been retold many times, his story has remained somewhat consistent throughout. Superman's story tells of his birth as Kal-El to renowned scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara on the alien planet Krypton. When Jor-El discovers that the planet is going to explode, he puts Kal-El in a spaceship heading to the planet Earth, which crashes in a field in the state of Kansas. The ship and its occupant are found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, a farming family, who take him in as their own. As he grows, so do his strength and his strange and awesome abilities, fueled by Earth's yellow sun. As an adult, he moves to the bustling City of Tomorrow, Metropolis, becoming a field reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper, and donning the identity of Superman.

In the New 52, DC's relaunch of it's entire comic book line, Superman is still from Krypton, was still raised on a farm in the American Mid-West, is still named Clark Kent and is still a journalist who resides in the city of Metropolis. In fact much of what has been part of Superman's mythos for decades is still true. However, there have been some changes both minor and major.

In the New 52 Superman is no longer married to Lois Lane and he has once again been established as one of the Justice League's founding members. Superman's costume has went through what some would consider significant changes. He no longer wears red shorts over his blue pants and his yellow belt has been replaced by a red one with just a bit of yellow as part of his super-symbol buckle. His iconic "Super-symbol" itself has been changed ever so slightly, too. It is now metallic and raised off his shirt. The shape of the "S" within the symbol has also been changed. Like the majority of the other DC superheroes during this relaunch, Superman's costume now has lines/seams all throughout it. Lastly, Superman now has a high collar which goes up his neck and sleeves which end in cuffs that extend part way down the back of his hands ending in a red border.

It was also revealed that both Jonathan and Martha Kent have already passed away due to a car accident and Clark has had to grow into the role as Superman without them. This is a stark difference to the Pre-Flashpoint Superman and many other sources, where either both his parents were still alive or Martha lived on as a widow.

## Powers and Stats

Tier: **6-C** | **6-B** | **6-A**

**Name**: Clark Kent, Superman

**Origin**: DC Comics

**Gender**: Male

**Age**: 27

**Classification**: Alien (Kryptonian)

**Powers and Abilities**: Above Human Characteristics, Absorption (Batman tells Superman that his cells absorb 140 gigawatts of solar energy at any given moment:) Flight, Elemental Manipulation via Fire Manipulation (Burns Doomsday via Heat Vision, Superman unlocked a power called the Solar Flare where he unleashes every last bit of his energy stored in his cells in a form of an explosion. This leaves him powerless for 24 hours) Ice Manipulation (Freezes Clayface), Longevity, Body Control (Superman can raise his body temperature) Resistance to Matter Manipulation (Superman can survive against Doomsdays Molecular Aura and survived sub-atomic destruction) Healing Factor (Mid-Low) Non-Physical Interaction (Superman freezes an intangible man) Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Withstood Apokolips Fire) Resistance to Reality Warping (Superman resisted Mister Mxyztplk's realm without physics, gravity, reality as well as fractured space-time. Mxyzptlk also attempted to erase Superman from all of reality and memory)

Attack Potency: **Moon Level** ( Superman Immediately after being beaten up by Batman with a chunk of Kryptonite, Superman could easily change the trajectory of Warworld which was going to crash toward earth:he pushed it into the arctic where it could be teleported away into the phantom zone) **Planet Level** (Superman punches are powerful enough to shake an entire planet, despite not hitting the Earth itself. His punches "can be felt from the very center of the earth to the farthest edges of the atmosphere." Keep in mind that Superman didn't go at light speed. He really did shake an entire planet with just his barehands.) **Large Planet Level** (Superman and Martian Manhunter pushes Brainiac's Mothership The Brainiac's Mothership is many times bigger than earth and it was falling towards our planet at 36.000 miles per hour but Superman and Martian Manhunter could overcome that momentum and successfully pushed back this huge ship.)

Speed: **Infinite** (Superman's Speed is faster than "Instant")

Lifting Strength: **Class Y** (Superman tested his powers into Dr. Veritas's lab which is situated into the core of our planet where he could lift for 5 days straight the equivalent weight of the earth thanks to a graviton matrix without being exposed to the sun’s light and without even reaching the true limits of his strength Shay Veritas wanted to go even further by opening a pandimensional whormhole in order test his real power but they both agreed that this method was too dangerous since it could suck the whole planet.)

Striking Strength: **Large Planet Level**

Durability: **Large Planet Level**, possibly **Solar System Level** (Took attacks from Orion's Post-Flashpoint Avatar and was just fine, despite Orion admitting he was trying to kill him. Regularly takes hits from characters who are comparable to him)

Stamina: Extremely high (bench-pressing the mass of the earth for 5 days continuously in absence of sunlight made him sweat only a few drops) | Extremely High (Capable of engaging in constant physical activity and protracted battles as long as his solar reserves hold out)

Range: At least Planetary

Standard Equipment: None | Near-indestructible Kryptonian armor

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius. He has shown incredible intelligence and computational abilities, seen reading a library of medical texts equivalent to 10 years of medical training in 5 minutes, assembling a mass of data into an image in less than a minute when it would take a supercomputer years, and formulating the unified field equation. Superman's mind works sharply and with extreme speed relative to humans. Depicted to be an expert in various alien technologies (he can invent and build new things with Kryptonian technology rather easily) and multilingual. Good leadership skills and a decent amount of battle experience

**Weaknesses:** Kryptonite (various varieties), he is entirely dependent on the Stellar Radiation of a Yellow Star to sustain his powers (if he's deprived of Sunlight, he slowly loses his powers), the Stellar Radiation of a red star (weakens him due to red Stellar Radiation having less energy than that of a yellow or blue star), Magic (susceptible to it instead of weak against it, since he resisted a magical blast which could destroy a planet to some extent), he cannot see through lead, and is left as vulnerable as a regular human after using Super Flare for 24 hours before being able to use his powers again

**Key: Post-Flashpoint | Pre-Rebirth**