Bizarro
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Real Identity: Subject B-1Z
Affiliations: Project Caliban
Appearances: Into the New World and Mobile Suit Toyman
Powers/Skills: Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Impenetrable Skin, and Flight
Voiced By: Jack Quaid
The U.S. government greenlit a secret biotech research program, Project Caliban, designed to clone weapons from Kryptonian DNA recovered from the site of Zero Day. Subject B-1Z was viable and a Kryptonian was successfully cloned. Instead of allowing him to become a weapon, the clone was raised in Caliban's underground facility by lead geneticist Dr. George Binder with love, taught how to nurture and grow, and encouraged to choose to be good and kind. His lessons were recorded and often rewatched by the clone. At some point, Binder passed away. The clone made a grave and buried Binder under an Earth tree they grew. He continued to live in the facilty with a pet alien creature that was also cloned.
One Halloween, a drone sent by Lex Luthor discovered the true Caliban base and broke in. A battle between the clone and the drone played out across the base until all but the head of the drone was trapped in a room. Tipped off by General Lane, Superman, Supergirl, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen investigated the facility. They came upon Binder's grave. Just as Superman reached for Binder's glasses, the clone dropped down from the tree and stopped him. Supergirl decked the clone and called him an abomination.
The sound of the drone pounding the room caused the clone to run off with its pet. Superman unwittingly freed the drone and it reconnected its head then it attacked the clone. Superman came to the clone's defense and repelled the drone's palm blast, realizing the drone was trying to take him. Supergirl realized the truth of the clone's upbringing. The drone wrapped itself around Superman and activated its self-destruct sequence. Due to the explosion, the base determined operational security was compromised and the base was flooded. The clone grabbed the pet and Superman and made it to the surface. He checked Superman's pulse and called him "friend" but was scared by the sound of Supergirl's voice. He made his way to Metropolis and blended in during the Halloween festivities with a makeshift Superman costume. A child gave him a lollipop. He saw an image of Superman displayed on a building and smiled.
Bizarro attended the Superfest at the Metropolis Convention Center in a slightly better Superman costume. A trio of cosplayers took a photograph with him. Bizarro made his exit while everyone was distracted by the public debut of Cyborg Superman.