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John Deegan

Current Form
Former Form
Superman

Biographical Information

Aliases

Codenames
Superman (Elseworlds)^[1]

Status

Alive

Physical Information

Species

Metahuman

Gender

Male

Associations

Home

Gotham City; Illinois^[1]

Occupation

Psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum^[3] (formerly)
Professor of the American Psychiatric Consortium^[3] (formerly)
Vigilante^[4] (Elseworlds)
Director of S.T.A.R. Labs^[1] (Elseworlds)

Affiliation

Arkham Asylum^[1]

S.T.A.R. Labs^[1] (Elseworlds)

Appearances

Portrayed by

Jeremy Davies
Tyler Hoechlin (as Superman)

First Appearance	Last Appearance
Elseworlds, Part 1	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four (in the Speed Force)

“	My name is Dr. John Deegan, and I, like most of you, I'm a psychiatrist. Do you know what my patients tell me the most? They feel inferior. I'm here to tell you, whether we admit it or not, some people, they're just born lucky, which leads us to the real problem, imperfection. How can we ever hope to feel like supermen or superwomen without first becoming super ourselves?	”
— Deegan's monologue^[src]

Dr. John Deegan, Ph.D., M.D., is a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and later the wielder of the Book of Destiny. In one of his Elseworlds, he became the vigilante Superman using the only history record of Kal-El while the latter was fighting AMAZO.

Biography[edit | hide | hide all]

Early Life[edit | hide]

Deegan was born and raised in Gotham City and gained degrees of psychometrics. Later, he became a psychiatrist and worked at the Arkham Asylum. He later used excessive measures including torture and experiments on his patients. However, he was able to escape from legal actions, but his medical license was eventually revoked in 2013 as well as being fired from the medical board.^[4]

Due to his inability to perform medical procedures, he became a professor at The American Psychiatric Consortium.^[3]

Gaining the Book of Destiny[edit | hide]

In 2018, Deegan gave a presentation about how experiments can turn patients into Metahumans. However, the audiences thought it as an insane idea and left before he could elaborate. He then walked to the parking lot where he was approached by Mar Novu. Deegan thought Mar is a prankster trying to get some laughs until the latter crushed Deegan's car. Deegan asked who he is and Mar told him that he is beyond his understanding. Mar then gave him the Book of Destiny to allow him to alter reality as he sees fit.^[3]

Riot in Arkham Asylum[edit | hide]

"Superman"[edit | hide]

Locked Up[edit | hide]

Powers and Abilities[edit | hide]

Powers[edit | hide]

Powers via the Book of Destiny

Abilities[edit | hide]

High-level Intellect
- Psychology
Peak of Human Physical Condition

Weaknesses[edit | hide]

As Superman[edit | hide]

Kryptonite

Equipment[edit | hide]

Former Equipment[edit | hide]

Book of Destiny
Superman Suit

Appearances[edit | hide]

Appearances
	Elseworlds, Part 1	Appears
	Elseworlds, Part 2	Appears
	Elseworlds, Part 3	Appears
	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One	Vision
	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three	Mentioned
	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four	In the Speed Force

Notes[edit | hide]

It is unknown what happened to Deegan during the Crisis as he and Roger Hayden are aware of the event being moved to December 10, 2019, due to timeline alterations.

Gallery[edit | hide]

Current Form
Former Form
Superman

Promotional Images[edit | hide]

Elseworlds Comic Book Cover
Elseworlds, Part 3
Elseworlds

References[edit | hide]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Elseworlds, Part 3
↑ Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Elseworlds, Part 1
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Elseworlds, Part 2

Other versions of John Deegan
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[Elseworlds,_Part_3-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Elseworlds, Part 3

[Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths:_Part_Three-2] Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three

[Elseworlds,_Part_1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Elseworlds, Part 1

[Elseworlds,_Part_2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Elseworlds, Part 2

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-{{Quote|My name is Dr. John Deegan, and I, like most of you, I'm a psychiatrist. Do you know what my patients tell me the most? They feel inferior. I'm here to tell you, whether we admit it or not, some people, they're just born lucky, which leads us to the real problem, imperfection. How can we ever hope to feel like supermen or superwomen without first becoming super ourselves?|Deegan's monologue|{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 3}}}}
+{{Quote|My name is Dr. John Deegan, and I, like most of you, I'm a psychiatrist. Do you know what my patients tell me the most? They feel inferior. I'm here to tell you, whether we admit it or not, some people, they're just born lucky, which leads us to the real problem, imperfection. How can we ever hope to feel like supermen or superwomen without first becoming super ourselves?|Deegan's monologue|Elseworlds, Part 3}}
-Dr. '''John Deegan''', Ph.D., M.D. (died December 10, 2019), was a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and later the wielder of the [[Book of Destiny (Pre-Crisis)|Book of Destiny]]. In one of his [[Elseworlds (Event)|Elseworlds]], he became the vigilante '''Superman''' using the only history record of [[Kal-El (Earth-38: Pre-Crisis)|Kal-El]] while the latter was fighting [[A.M.A.Z.O. (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|A.M.A.Z.O.]].
+Dr. '''John Deegan''', Ph.D., M.D., is a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and later the wielder of the [[Book of Destiny (Pre-Crisis)|Book of Destiny]]. In one of his [[Elseworlds (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Elseworlds]], he became the vigilante '''Superman''' using the only history record of [[Clark Kent (Earth-38)|Kal-El]] while the latter was fighting [[AMAZO (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|AMAZO]].
 ==Biography==
 ===Early Life===
-Deegan was born and raised in [[Gotham City (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City]] and gained degrees of psychometrics. Later, he became a psychiatrist and worked at the Arkham Aslyum. He later used excessive measures including torture and experiments on his patients. However, he was able to escape from legal actions but his medical license was eventually revoked in 2013 as well as being fired from the medical board.<ref name="Elseworlds, Part 2">{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 2}}</ref>
+Deegan was born and raised in [[Gotham City (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Gotham City]] and gained degrees of psychometrics. Later, he became a psychiatrist and worked at the Arkham Asylum. He later used excessive measures including torture and experiments on his patients. However, he was able to escape from legal actions, but his medical license was eventually revoked in 2013 as well as being fired from the medical board.<ref name="Elseworlds, Part 2">{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 2}}</ref>
 Due to his inability to perform medical procedures, he became a professor at [[The American Psychiatric Consortium (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The American Psychiatric Consortium]].<ref name="Elseworlds, Part 1"/>
 ===Gaining the Book of Destiny===
-In 2018, Deegan gave a presentation about how experiments can turn patients into [[Meta-Humans (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Meta-Humans]]. However, the audiences thought it as an insane idea and left before he could elaborate. He then walked to the parking lot where he was approached by [[Mar Novu (UE-10)|Mar Novu]]. Deegan thought Mar is a prankster trying to get some laughs until the latter crushed Deegan's car. Deegan asked who he is and Mar told him that he is beyond his understanding. Mar then gave him the [[Book of Destiny (Pre-Crisis)|Book of Destiny]] to allow him alter the reality as he see fit.<ref name="Elseworlds, Part 1"/>
+In 2018, Deegan gave a presentation about how experiments can turn patients into [[Metahumans (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Metahumans]]. However, the audiences thought it as an insane idea and left before he could elaborate. He then walked to the parking lot where he was approached by [[Mar Novu (UE-27)|Mar Novu]]. Deegan thought Mar is a prankster trying to get some laughs until the latter crushed Deegan's car. Deegan asked who he is and Mar told him that he is beyond his understanding. Mar then gave him the [[Book of Destiny (Pre-Crisis)|Book of Destiny]] to allow him to alter reality as he sees fit.<ref name="Elseworlds, Part 1"/>
 ===Riot in Arkham Asylum===
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 ===Abilities===
-*'''High-level intellect'''
+*'''High-level Intellect'''
-*'''Expert psychiatrist'''
+**'''Psychology'''
-*'''Peak of human physical condition'''
+*'''Peak of Human Physical Condition'''
 ===Weaknesses===
 ====As Superman====
-*'''[[Kryptonite (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Kryptonite]]'''
+*'''[[Green Kryptonite (Earth-38)|Kryptonite]]'''
 ==Equipment==
@@ Line 67: / Line 76: @@
 }}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes==
-*It is unknown what happened to Deegan during the Crisis as he and [[Roger Hayden (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Roger Hayden]] are aware of the event being moved to December 10, 2019 due to timeline alterations.
+*It is unknown what happened to Deegan during the Crisis as he and [[Roger Hayden (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Roger Hayden]] are aware of the event being moved to December 10, 2019, due to timeline alterations.
 ==[[:Category:Images of {{{images|John Deegan (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)}}}|Gallery]]==
 <gallery>
-John Deegan (Earth-1) (Original Multiverse) 001.png|Current Form
+John Deegan (Earth-1) (Pre-Crisis) 001.png|Current Form
-John Deegan (Earth-1) (Original Multiverse) 002.png|Former Form
+John Deegan (Earth-1) (Pre-Crisis) 002.png|Former Form
-John Deegan (Earth-1) (Original Multiverse) 003.png|Superman
+John Deegan (Earth-1) (Pre-Crisis) 003.png|Superman
+</gallery>
+===Promotional Images===
+<gallery>
+Elseworlds 009.png|Elseworlds Comic Book Cover
+Elseworlds 012.png|{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 3}}
+Elseworlds 013.png|{{Cross|Elseworlds}}
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Other version}}
+{{Other Version}}
+[[Category:The Flash (2014) Characters]]
+[[Category:Arrow Characters]]
+[[Category:Supergirl Characters]]
+[[Category:Doctors]]
+[[Category:Scientists]]
+[[Category:Villains]]
+[[Category:Vigilantes]]