Clark Kent (Earth-38)

"Look, the fact that I'm Superman means that I've been gone a lot in your lives. Now, I always told myself that you'd both be fine and that it wouldn't affect you, but I was wrong. I know it has. Now, I can't just abandon the world, but I can't abandon you two, either. It's gonna take me some time to figure out how to be better at both, but I will, okay?"

- Clark on parenting

Clark Kent (born c.1987 as Kal-El), is the superhero known as Superman. He is a member of an unnamed team and an assistant coach for the Smallville Crows. He was previously a reporter for the Daily Planet, but was fired due to budget cuts made by Morgan Edge.

Evacutation from Krypton
Kal-El was born around 1987 as a member of the House of El in Kryptonopolis on the planet Krypton to the well respected scientist, Jor-El and an unnamed woman.

Not long after, the planet's resources began to reach exhaustion and as people learned of its impending destruction, it fell into a state of war which only accelerated the planet's destruction. Jor-El, learning of Krypton's fate, placed his son in a pod on a course for Earth.

Life in Smallville
The pod crashed on the Kent Farm in Smallville, Kansas as Martha and Jonathan Kent Sr. were heading to church. They approached the apparent meteor at which point the pod opened and revealed there to be a baby inside. They then decided to adopt him under the name, Clark Kent.

When he was four years old, Clark was playing with a toy rocket ship when he threw it too hard and it went through the Kent family home which shocked him. When he was six years old, his adoptive parents finally told him about his alien heritage.

At some point when Clark was a teenager, he started to attend Smallville High School and became the team manager for the Smallville Crows. He would also meet Kyle Cushing, become friends with Pete Ross and begin dating Lana Lang.

When Clark was in ninth grade, he asked his father if he could join the school baseball team but he said no due to his superhuman powers. He showed up to the field regardless but at the last minute realised that he only wanted to join for a girl and so he went home, a decision which he has regretted for over twenty years.

Clark, Pete and Lana later attended a Soul Asylum concert. As Pete was driving back, he fell asleep at the wheel which caused the car to go off the side of the road. Lana passed out during this incident but Clark managed to save the three, though the car was destroyed. He and Lana eventually broke up.

He was later hanging banners for the Smallville Harvest Festival with his adoptive parents when Jonathan died of a heart attack in the middle of the street. He and Martha Kent later attended a funeral service for Jonathan at Smallville Cemetery.

A year later, Clark was struggling with discovering his purpose on Earth and so he began using his powers to fight crime as "Ski Mask Guy". In one encounter, he confronted several men who were robbing a store, making them put the items back after showing off his super strength and invulnerability. This led to a conversaton with his mother which ended with her giving him the Sunstone Crystal that was in his pod. He soon left Smallville for Metropolis after saying goodbye to Martha, a decision he would come to regret years later after her death.

Becoming Superman
After leaving home, Clark discovered the Fortress of Solitude where he would meet the AI of his Kryptonian father, Jor-El.

Some time later, he begin operating as the superhero known as Superman. In his first heroic act, he saved a young boy from being hit by a green car after it had fallen from a bridge above him by grabbing it mid-air and safely putting it on the ground below, before handing the child his baseball cap back. The boy then complimented Superman on his costume to which he responded that his mother made it for him.

He would also fight and defeat Thaddeus Killgrave at some point.

Relationship with Lois Lane
At some point, Clark was hired as a reporter for the Daily Planet by Perry White who introduced him to his co-worker, Lois Lane. The two would fall in love and Clark eventually told her about his Kryptonian heritage. During their relationship, Clark listened in on a conversation Lois was having using his super hearing and she caught him. This led to her almost leaving him, with Clark spending two weeks' salary on flowers just to get her to talk to him again while also making her a promise to never do it again.

Clark later proposed to Lois outside of the Fortress of Solitude, with her nodding her head in approval and the pair then flew into the sky while kissing. They soon after got married in a ceremony, that was attended by Martha Kent and Sam Lane, before making out in Jonathan's old truck with a "Just Married" sign attached to the bumper.

They then moved into their own apartment and soon after discovered that Lois was pregnant with two twin boys, before travelling to the Kent Farm to show the ultrasound picture to Martha Kent.

The twins were born after 27 hours of labor and they decided to call them Jonathan and Jordan Kent after Clark's biological and adoptive father respectively. According to Clark, Jonathan was easy to raise as he was always happy and smiling, although he did once shock them when playing outside after he threw a baseball at a tire on a rope which caused the rope to snap, suggesting he has inhereted his father's superhuman strength. Jordan on the other hand, was more complicated as he was prone to throwing tantrums and having night terrors which was diagnosed as social anxiety disorder years later.

Clark would later take Jonathan to the Fortress of Solitude to test him for superhuman abilities but they came back saying it was unlikely.

Working with Batman
At some point, Superman met and worked alongside Batman and came to trust him so much that he gave him a shard of green kryptonite for safekeeping in case he ever turned evil.

The Crisis
A day after the creation of Earth-Prime, J'onn J'onzz visited Clark to restore his memories from the original multiverse and he immediately rushed to help the other heroes in the Battle of Earth-Prime.

Him alongside Alex Danvers, Batwoman, Dreamer, Martian Manhunter, Spartan, Supergirl, The Flash, White Canary and Wild Dog went to fight the hoards of Shadow Demons that were descending on the city when suddenly the Anti-Monitor materialised.

Superman flew overhead with the sky team blasting the Anti-Monitor's dome with his heat vision but it was unable to break through and the heroes were all knocked back by a burst of antimatter.

The Anti-Monitor then enlarged himself, towering above the heroes while Superman and the sky team flew up and continued to blast him with heat vision but to no avail. He was then grabbed and crushed in his hand before being shrunk by The Atom which allowed him to escape.

Atom then handed a bomb made by him, The Flash, Nash Wells and Ryan Choi to Supergirl who threw it at the Anti-Monitor which trapped the villain in a perpetual state of shrinking. After the battle, Ray returned him to normal size.

A few hours later, Superman was on patrol when Lois called him and said that he was needed Metropolis to deal with an issue regarding his sons, which surprised him as he was not aware that the crisis had changed his past so that he has two children instead of one.

Superman was later present at a memorial for Oliver Queen alongside Batwoman, Black Lightning, Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, The Flash and White Canary at the Hall of Justice where Barry proposed the formation of a team to prevent future threats to the planet.

He reassured Barry that it was a good idea at which point he said that the team wasn't even the best part and then revealed a table with chairs that had each heroes logo on them with an eigth chair that had the Green Arrow logo on it in memory of Oliver Queen. They then sat down before being interrupted by the sounds of some sort of wild animal.

Return to Normal
At some point, Clark was mentioned to have recommended funnel cake from the Kansas State Fair by "Barry Allen" during a dinner with Iris West, although this was likely made up due to them being in the Mirrorverse at the time.

In Autumn 2020, Superman raced towards an explosion at Ace Chemical to put out a fire, assisted a space shuttle in launching and saved the residents of a town by prevent the collapse of a smoke stack after an earthquake, all of which was reported by the Daily Planet Network.

He also dealt with a nuclear meltdown at Oyster Creek, which unbeknownst to him was caused by the Captain Luthor who was watching him through the lead walls.

He was later summoned by General Lane using an ELT device to prevent another nuclear meltdown caused by Captain Luthor at the Elison Nuclear Power Plant. He rushed to the sight so fast that he broke the sound barrier before landing insde. Using his x-ray vision, he discovered a crack in the reactor and used his heat vision to seal it but this was not enough to stop the meltdown and so he flew outside and used his freeze breath in the ocean to create a giant iceburg which he then lowered into the reactor which stopped the meltdown.

Powers

 * Kryptonian Physiology: Clark's Kryptonian physiology grants him a variety of superpowers when exposed to a yellow sun.
 * Solar Energy Absorption: According to Jor-El's A.I. in the Fortress of Solitude, Krytonians are able to absorb solar energy and convert the energy as strength for powers.
 * Accelerated Healing Factor: Clark is able to heal at a superhuman speed as shown when he quickly recovered from being stabbed with a kryptonite blade by Captain Luthor.
 * Atomospheric Adaption: Clark is able to breath in space.
 * Flight: Clark has the ability to fly at supersonic speeds as shown when he broke the sound barrier on his way to the Elison Nuclear Power Plant.
 * Levitation: Clark has the ability to levitate while flying.
 * Freeze Breath: Clark is able to freeze objects using his breath as shown when he created a massive iceburg to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
 * Heat Vision: Clark can emit blue or red energy beams from his eyes that will burn almost anything it touches.
 * Invulnerability: Clark is invulnerable to almost all forms of physical damage with the exception of kryptonite.
 * Cold Resistance: Clark is able to endure extremely cold temperatures as shown when he flew into the ocean after using his freeze breath on it.
 * Heat Resistance: Clark is able to endure extremely hot temperatures as show when he was inside a 2000 degree nuclear power plant during a meltdown.
 * Superhuman Leaping: Clark is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: Clark is able to respond to attacks much faster than the average person.
 * Superhuman Smell: Clark is able to smell things at a superhuman level, although he does not regularly use this power. He was also able to smell the alcohol scent from Jonathan Kent's body.
 * Superhuman Speed: Clark is able to move and fly so fast that he can break the sound barrier. He is able to run at mach 10
 * Superhuman Stamina: Clark is able to fly for long periods of time without being tired.
 * Superhuman Strength: Clark has superhuman levels of strength as shown when he lifted a massive iceburg into a nuclear power plant to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
 * Thunderclap: When Clark claps his hands, he sends a strong shockwave in all directions and knocks Humans unconscious.
 * Superhuman Vision: Clark has hightened eyesight with both telescopic and x-ray vision.
 * Telescopic Vision: Clark is able to see things at long distance.
 * X-Ray Vision: Clark is able to see through almost any material with the exception of lead.

Abilities

 * Bilingualsim: Clark is able to fluently speak English and Kryptonese.
 * Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Clark is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and was able to take on Captain Luthor while wearing his exosuit that was specifically designed to counteract his abilities.
 * Expert Reporter: Clark is an expert reporter due to working for the Daily Planet for many years.
 * Indomitable Will: Clark is known to never give up and was even able to pull a Kryptonite dagger from his chest out of sheer force of will.
 * High Pain Tolerance: Clark has been known to tolerate extreme levels of pain and still not give up such as when he was facing Captain Luthor.

Weaknesses

 * Kryptonite: Like all Kryptonians, Clark is susceptible to all forms of Kryptonite with it being one of the only things that can kill him.
 * Green Kryptonite: Green Kryptonite is a form of Kryptonite that will make Clark, and all other Kryptonians, sick and eventually kill him when exposed to for a long enough amount of time.
 * Lead: Clark is unable to see through lead.

Current Equipment

 * Superman Suits: Clark wears a series of protective suits whilst operating as Superman, the first of which was designed by Martha Kent.
 * Glasses: Clark wears a pair of glasses to conceal his identity.
 * Items in the Fortress of Solitude: Clark has recovered various items, mainly from Krypton, over the course of his career as Superman which he keeps in the Fortress of Solitude.