4/7/2023 0 Comments Superman godfall![]() Injustice: Gods Among Us begins with scenes of Metropolis utterly devastated by a nuclear blast, with the Joker being held in an interrogation room by Batman in Gotham. Still grieving the loss of Lois and their unborn son, Superman maintains that peace can only be achieved through subjugation-But as a new threat looms, can old enemies forge new alliances? He now rules as High Councilor of Earth, killing all who oppose him.Īfter the Regime's fall, Superman now remains a permanent resident of a prison built to contain and suppress the Man of Steel. Adopted by a kindly farming couple in Kansas, he went on to become Earth's most powerful and respected superhero.Ī deeply troubled dictator, Superman was drugged into killing his wife Lois, their unborn son, and all of Metropolis by the Joker. The last son of Krypton was sent to Earth to escape his birthworld's destruction. Clark moved to the city of Metropolis, where Clark also kept tabs on the happenings of Metropolis to discover crime to fight as Superman, by applying for a job at the Daily Planet as a journalist.įrom there, he developed a reputation as a respected superhero and protector of Metropolis, and amassed some allies such as his lover, Lois Lane, assistant photographer Jimmy Olsen, and his boss, editor-in-chief Perry White.Īlthough Clark’s powers gave him an advantage, he did make quite a few enemies in the process, such as Braniac, Zod, and most notably, his archnemesis, Lex Luthor.Ĭlark would later go on to help found the Justice League, with other heroes such as Batman and Wonder Woman, along with others. To protect his identity, Clark donned a colorful costume, with the symbol of the house of El to inspire hope, and set out to fight crime. Eventually, his adoptive parents discovered his abilities and encouraged Clark to use his unique abilities for the greater good. As he grew older, he discovered that he had special abilities, such as heat vision, super breath, super strength, and bulletproof skin which could absorb radiation from Earth’s sun. Kal-El’s name was legally changed to Clark Joseph Kent in order to make his identity more in keeping with that of other humans, in spite of his alien identity.Ĭlark Kent spent his childhood and much of his youth in Smallville, raised on the Kent farm, unaware of his true origins. Upon his space capsule’s arrival, crash landing in the township of Smallville, Kansas, an infantile Kal-El was discovered by farmer Jonathan Kent and his wife, Martha Kent, who took the baby in as their own. Desperate to preserve their race, Jor-El sent Kal-El away from Krypton to planet Earth, after which Krypton was completely destroyed. Thus begins the hunt for Kal-El, child murderer.Kal-El was born on the distant world of Krypton to gifted scientist Jor-El and his lover, Lara Lor-Van, in the midst of his home planet’s destruction. ![]() He flees the scene of the crime, leaving it to be discovered by the C.P.C's most alien-hating employee, Sargent Preus, a proud Kryptonian who wears the "S" on his gold-plated chest. Kal screams at the alien to leave him alone, but in doing so releases his freeze-breath, turning the husband, wife and son next door into icy statues. He blasts one of them off their bike using heat vision, shocking both the attackers and himself.Īfter several more confrontations, he tackles their leader at super-speed, crashing into his neighbors' house. ![]() In an attempt to fight this injustice, a group of revolutionary aliens attempts to kill Kal, who only survives because a ray of yellow sunlight hits him, giving him immense power. Much like Michael Shannon's Zod in 2013's Man of Steel, the ruling elite of the planet are extremely fixated on the purity of Krypton, and therefore distrusting of the aliens who live among them, using the Citizen Patrol Corps to keep them in line. Firstly, the structure of Krypton in this story must be understood.
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