Superman
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Real Identity: Kal-El / Clark Kent
Affiliation(s): The Legion of Superheroes
Appearances: Man of Tomorrow, Timber Wolf, Legacy, Fear Factory, Champions, Phantoms, Child's Play, Lightning Storm, Brain Drain, Substitutes, Chain of Command, Sundown Part One, Part Two, The Man From the Edge of Tomorrow Part One, Part Two, Karate Kid, Who Am I?, Message In a Bottle, Trials, Dark Victory Part One, and Part Two
Powers: Solar Absorption, Flight, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Senses, Enhanced Breath, Laser Projection, and Impenetrability
Voiced By: Yuri Lowenthal
In the 20th century, Kal-El was born on Krypton, a planet that was doomed to explode shortly. His father, Jor-El, placed him in a rocket with a few choice items, including the symbol of his family. Kal-El landed on Earth in Smallville, Kansas. He was discovered and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent. They named him Clark from Martha's maiden name. Clark was raised with a strong sense of ethics and morals and when he came of age, he discovered Earth's Sun radiated him and gave him a range of super powers. Undaunted, Kent was about to move to Metropolis to take a job as a copy boy at the Daily Planet.
While at the annual Smallville Fair, he was approached by Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, and Saturn Girl to help fight the Fatal Five in the 30th century. Although skeptical, Kent went to the future with them after Brainiac 5 promised him he would return to the exact second he left. At Legion Headquarters, he didn't make a very good first impression despite lifting 3000 tons. Kent stumbled upon the Superman Museum and got a glimpse into the legacy he would one day begin. Kent returned to help the Legion defeat the Fatal Five with a stolen costume. He elected to stay in the future and learn to master his powers. The Legion made him a member, as Superman.
Superman learned a great deal about his powers, weaknesses, past, and enemies. He was also able to conquer his lingering fear that despite all his power and determination, he couldn't sae everyone. After an encounter with Zyx, he discovered his weakness to magic and later to Kryptonite and the red sun spectrum. After the destruction of the Sun Eater and the sacrifice of Ferro Lad, Superman returned back to the moment he left in Smallville and took up his job in Metropolis.
Years later, Brainiac 5 summoned Superman for help against Imperiex. He obliged and met his future clone, Kell-El. His outlook on life was renewed when he met a kindred spirit in Karate Kid, an example of hard work, patience, and dedication in a still alien world to him.
Superman learned a great deal about his past when a mission involved the Fortress of Solitude and Kandor. Superman got more than he bargained for and discovered Brainiac 5 was a direct descendant of his worst enemy, Brainiac. To prevent Superman from altering his destined future, Brainiac 5 erased several parts of the mission. However, the threat of Brainiac would resurface. In a moment of sympathy for Brainiac 5, Brainiac impaled a Kryptonite crown onto Superman's skull and left him for dead. The Legion retrieved him too late and he died. The truth of the matter was that his body went into a state of suspended animation to slow the Kryptonite poisoning. After the Legion launched him into a yellow sun as a funeral pyre, his mind reached out to Saturn Girl.
A transfusion of Kell-El's Kryptonite immune blood helped heal Superman. Still not ready to give up on Brainiac 5, he implored Saturn Girl to project he and Kell-El into Brainiac 5's mind. There they fought against Brainiac. On the brink of digitization, Saturn Girl merged them into one being. Meanwhile, Brainiac 5 was inspired to take back control and defeated Brainiac.