Superman (Super Friends)

• Superman
• Clark Kent

“	Up, up and away!	„
	~ Superman taking flight

Summary

Kal-El (named Clark Kent by his adoptive parents) is a superhero known as Superman. He is an extraterrestrial hailing from the doomed planet Krypton, sent to Earth as a child to escape his home planet's destruction. He was found in his ship in a field outside of Smallville by Jonathan and Martha Kent and raised with high moral ideals, which he uses to fight evil and protect the innocent. In his civilian identity, he is a mild-mannered reporter working for the Daily Planet in Metropolis.

He is a founding member and the leader of the Super Friends, as well as its most powerful member. He is based on the Silver Age version of the character.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 5-A

Name: Kal-El, Clark Kent, Superman

Origin: Super Friends

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Kryptonian, Leader of the Super Friends

Powers and Abilities:

• Base
• With the Supermobile

• Abilities
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Solar Radiation Absorption and Empowerment (Superman's abilities are derived from the rays of Earth's yellow sun)
• Flight
• Time Travel (Can break the time barrier)
• Self-Sustenance (Type 1)
• Enhanced Senses (Super Hearing, X-Ray Vision, Telescopic Vision, Infrared Vision)
• Heat Vision (Can emit beams of intense heat from his eyes hot enough to instantly melt blocks of ice and evaporate large masses of water)
• Super Breath (Can expel gale force winds and inhale large amounts of air)
• Frost Breath (Can freeze large masses of water)
• Underwater Breathing (Type 2; Can breathe and even clearly talk underwater with as if he was above water)
• Non-Physical Interaction (Grabbed and balled up an electric forcefield)
• Underground Mobility (Can tunnel through the ground at super speed)
• Limited Radiation Manipulation (Used his X-Ray Vision to alter radioactive energy and reverse its effects)
• Attack Reflection (Deflects a laser. Deflected Lord Darkon's planet busting laser-beam and a blast from Sinestro's Qwardian Power Ring)

Resistance to:

Radiation (Unaffected by the cosmic radiations of space. Was unaffected by radiation that had mutagenic effects on his teammates, stating no radiation can affect him aside from Kryptonite radiation)

Extreme Temperatures (Can submerge in lava without sustaining injury, endure his own Heat Vision, and survive in close proximity to the sun. Endured a solar flare. Survived being frozen at Absolute Zero temperatures)

Flight

Attack Potency: Brown Dwarf level (Moved the Earth at relativistic speeds. Moved half the moon at massively hypersonic speeds. Pushed the Earth. Casually deflected a full power blast from Lord Darkon's flagship, which would've destroyed the planet Exxor. Stated to be the most powerful member of the Super Friends, making him more powerful than Green Lantern)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Flew to the planet Exxor, which is stated to be located in a distant galaxy. Flew past numerous planets in seconds. Flew from Earth to the sun in seconds. Explicitly stated by narration to be faster than the speed of light. Reacted to an attack from the Solar Robot that was fast enough to intercept him mid-flight. Reacted to a blast from Sinestro's Power Ring), Immeasurable by flying through time

Lifting Strength: Class Y (Pushed the Earth)

Striking Strength: Brown Dwarf level

Durability: Brown Dwarf level (Can clash with the likes of Bizarro, whose strength equals his own. Tanked Lord Darkon's planet-destroying laser beam)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with Heat Vision and Frost Breath; Thousands of Kilometers with Super Hearing (Heard a signal from The Flash while thousands of miles away)

Standard Equipment: His Super-Suit

• Optional Equipment: The Supermobile

Intelligence: Above Average (Superman is a highly experienced crime-fighter and skilled photojournalist in his alter ego)

Weaknesses: Vulnerable to the various varieties of Kryptonite. Red sunlight will depower him and orange sunlight will cut his power in half. Cannot see through lead.

Feats:

• Pushed the Earth and part of the moon.
• Flew interstellar and intergalactic distances.

Note: Not to be confused with the adaptation of Superman that appears in the multiple series produced by Filmation Adventures or his DCAU counterpart.

Gallery

Clark Kent

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