Clark Kent (UE-2)

"225 pounds... Faster than a speeding bullet... Draws his power from the sun, invulnerable to anything but kryptonite... And he never lies."

- Lois Lane on Kal-El to Richard White

Kal-El, also known as Clark Kent, was the superhero known as Superman, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet and a former reporter at the Daily Planet.

He was the biological son of Jor-El and Lara, the adoptive son of Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent, the husband of Lois Lane and the biological father of Jason White.

Early life
Kal-El was born to Jor-El, a member of the Science Council, and Lara on Krypton. Shortly after his birth, the Kryptonian Science Council debated Jor-El on his theory of Krypton's destruction. Jor discovered that Krypton would explode in 30 days, and begged the council to evacuate the planet immediately. As they ruled against his theory, he developed a pod made of holographic crystals and a single crystal of Kryptonite. He and Lara argued over his safety on Earth, the planet that Jor had chosen as a destination. Lara argued that Earth was a planet of primitives, with Jor rebutting that his powers and the information he would gather from the holographic crystals would keep him safe. Jor-El placed Kal onto the pod and gave a speech to the baby, telling him that he would act as he and Lara's living legacy on Earth. Right as Krypton began to collapse, Kal-El's pod was closed above his parents. They watched as the pod lifted off of the planet's surface, allowing Kal to escape right before Krypton's explosion.

In the span of several hundreds of days, Kal's pod traveled across six galaxies, with his father's messages playing from the holographic crystals that formed the pod. He eventually made it to Earth, whose atmosphere caused the pod to warp inward and crash onto the surface. He landed in Smallville, Kansas, causing the nearby Martha and Jonathan Kent to pop a tire in their truck. When they discovered the young child, Martha believed he was God's gift to them, whereas Jonathan was more interested in alerting the authorities. When Jonathan almost drops his truck onto himself during a repair, he and Martha are amazed when the young Kal-El picks up the truck with only his arm strength. Fearing of what the government might do to him if they discovered his power, they adopted him as their son. They named him Clark Kent, the name he would use for the rest of his life.

Daily Planet attack
At one point, a criminal from Gotham felt that the Daily Planet didn't cover him enough, so he played a "practical joke" on the company, gassing their building. Due to this, Clark lost his wife, Lois Lane, and many of his close friends. The tragedy also caused him to add black to the crest of his suit to show that even in the darkest of times, hope still cuts through.

Former Equipment

 * Superman Suits: Clark wore a series of suits whilst operating as Superman.

Trivia

 * During his conversation with his doppelgänger, it was revealed that Kal does not have gluten sensitivity, at least not that he know of.