Zor-El (Robot)

**Zor-El ,** also known as **Cyborg Superman,** is a rouge cyborg that was created to eradicate aliens of all kinds. After his first confrontation with Superman, he hit him so hard that he put the man of steel into an indefinite coma.

## Biography

#### Creation

20 years ago, Cyborg Superman was built to eradicate alien kind, most specifically Kryptonians. His main programming is based on the original Zor-El.

#### Erased Future

Cyborg Superman becomes such a big threat that it impacts the 31st Century as he eradicates Earth's heroes.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Cybernetically-enhanced physiology:** Through unknown means, Cyborg Superman was born and the cyborg physiology grants him extraordinary physical powers. When he is exposed under the earth's yellow sun, his powers are greatly improved.
	+ **Solar energy absorption:** It's enhanced 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.
		- **Superhuman Strength:** As a cyborg**,** he is much stronger than a normal human; he was even stronger than Superman, although he did manage to hold his own against it.
		- **Heat vision:** As a cyborg, C.S's left eye has been replaced with a cybernetic version and can now shoot red energy bolts with similar effect to heat vision, allowing him to physically repel Kryptonians and inflict wounds on normal humans.
		- **Superhuman durability:** As a cyborg, his can take much more damage than a normal human; he took a couple of physical blows from Valor and was completely unfazed.
		- **Flight:** Cyborg Super 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.
* **Abilities via Legion Ring:** After stealing Jon Kent's Legion Ring, it granted him several other capabilities.
	+ **Flight:**
	+ **Telepathy immunity:** The ring that Brainy invented for the legion has been seen to give Zor-El the ability to resist telepathic abilities.

## Appearances

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 3

* Legionaries
* Man or Machine
* The Light is in
* It takes Humanity
* Dominator (mentioned)
* The Kryptonian Way
* Electrical Tension (pictured)
* The speed of thought
* Red Faced (mentioned)
* Superboy lives
* Back to the 31st century (mentioned)
* Role Reversal (mentioned)
* Stronger Together
* Legends
* Spark the light (mentioned)
* Till We Collapse
* Golden Ring
* Superfriends Forever

#### Season 4

* Dancing with the Luthors (mentioned)
* Dawn of Injustice (mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* Hank Henshaw debuted in *The Adventures of Superman* #466 (May, 1990), as a crew member of a doomed NASA space shuttle and later primarily featured as an antagonist of Superman. In *Reign of the Supermen* storyline, he was given the alias Cyborg Superman, with which he would become mostly known as in the years to come. Following the DC Comics New 52 reboot of the DC Universe, Cyborg Superman was no longer Hank Henshaw, but instead Supergirl's own father, Zor-El, given cybernetic enhancements and altered slightly to look more like his nephew, Kal-El/Superman. Following the *Superman Reborn* storyline in DC Rebirth however, as both the Pre-Flashpoint and New 52 versions of Superman and Lois were both merged into a single character with a shared history, this also included restoring Hank Henshaw as Cyborg Superman which was first seen in *Action Comics #979* that was released on May 10, 2017.