Clark Kent (Earth-38)

Clark Kent, born as Kal-El, is a Kryptonian refugee sent to Earth moments before Krypton's destruction.

Landed in Smallville, Kal-El was raised as Clark Kent and eventually moved to Metropolis and became the vigilante Superman, stylized as the Man of Steel.

Evacuation from Krypton
Kal-El was born around the 1980s on the planet Krypton as a member of the House of El to well respected scientists, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van.

Not long after he was born, Krypton's resources began to reach exhaustion. Upon learning this, Jor-El and Lara put Kal in a pod on a course for Earth.

Kal was accompanied by his older cousin, Kara Zor-El, who was sent by Zor-El to protect him, but her pod was knocked off course which led to her being trapped in the Phantom Zone for years until eventually finding her way out.

Superman's Adventures
During his superhero career, Superman would fight work alongside Batman, coming to trust him so much that he gave him a shard of green kryptonite for safekeeping in case he ever turned evil.

In 2009, Superman fought against Naxim Tork who came to Metropolis to capture him and put him in his menagerie, but he was able to escape, eventually changing Tork's target to Kara Zor-El.

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

He 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 materialized.

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 in 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 in 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 eighth 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.

Powers

 * Kryptonian Physiology: Kent's Kryptonian physiology grants him a variety of superpowers when exposed to a yellow sun.
 * Solar Energy Absorption: Kryptonians are able to absorb solar energy and use it to fuel their powers.
 * Accelerated Healing Factor: Kent is able to heal at a superhuman speed.
 * Flight: Kent has the ability to fly at supersonic speeds as well as levitate while flying.
 * Heat Vision: Kent can fire blue energy beams from his eyes that will burn almost anything it touches.
 * Invulnerability: Kent is invulnerable to most forms of physical damage except for green kryptonite.
 * Cold Resistance: Kent is able to endure freezing temperatures.
 * Heat Resistance: Kent can endure extremely hot temperatures.
 * Superhuman Breath: Kent is able to freeze objects using his breath.
 * Superhuman Hearing: Kent is able to perceive sounds from miles away, requiring him to focus one sound at a time to truly comprehend the sound.
 * Superhuman Leaping: Kent is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
 * Superhuman Speed: Kent is able to fly so fast that he can break the sound barrier and can run at mach 10. Kent is also able to run at a superhuman speed and stop, sending a wave of wind towards his enemies and knock them unconscious.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: Kent is able to perceive and respond to attacks much faster than the average person.
 * Superhuman Strength: Kent is incredibly strong and can lift extremely heaving objects such as a space shuttle.
 * X-Ray Vision: Kent is able to see through almost any material except for lead.

Abilities

 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Kent is an expert in hand-to-hand combat.
 * Journalism: Kent is an expert reporter due to working for the Daily Planet for many years.
 * Multilingualism: Kent is able to fluently speak English, Spanish, Cantonese and Kryptonese.
 * High Pain Tolerance: Kent can tolerate extreme levels of pain without giving up on his goal.

Weaknesses

 * Kryptonite: Like all Kryptonians, Kent is susceptible to most forms of Kryptonite with it being one of the few things that can kill him.
 * Green Kryptonite: Green Kryptonite is a form of Kryptonite that will make Kent, and all other Kryptonians, sick and eventually kill him when exposed to it for a long enough amount of time.
 * Lead: Kent is unable to see through lead.
 * Solar Energy Depletion: Kent does not possess his powers when his body is depleted of yellow sun energy.

Current Equipment

 * Superman Suits: Kent wears a series of protective suits whilst operating as Superman.
 * Glasses: Kent wears a pair of glasses to conceal his identity.
 * Items in the Fortress of Solitude: Kent and his cousin, Kara, have recovered various items over the course of their superhero careers which are kept in the Fortress of Solitude.
 * Bottled Earth: An undesignated earth that survived the crisis by being bottled by Brainiac 5 is stored in the Fortress of Solitude
 * Myriad: Myriad is a program that can change peoples memories that's stored in the Fortress of Solitude.
 * Phantom Zone Projector: A projector that can send people to the Phantom Zone is stored in the Fortress of Solitude.
 * Solar Hammer: A weapon called the Solar Hammer is stored in the Fortress of Solitude.

Former Equipment

 * Rama Khan's Rings: Rama Khan's rings were stored in the Fortress of Solitude before being stolen by Lex Luthor.

Trivia

 * Kent is presumed to be born between 1982 and 1987.
 * In, Kara Zor-El claims to be 17 years old in 2009. In , she was said to be stuck in the Phantom Zone for nearly a decade. This places the escape from Krypton in 1982. As Kal left moments prior to Kara as an infant, Kal's is presumed to be born during or prior to 1982.