Clark Kent | Superman (Tyler Hoechlin)

Clark Kent, also known by his birth name Kal-El or superhero alias Superman, is a superhero in the 2021 The CW television series Superman & Lois; originally developed as a part of the Arrowverse franchise of television series, first mentioned in the 2015 pilot of Supergirl, based on the character of the same name created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,[1][2] and adapted for television by Glen Winter, Greg Berlanti and Todd Helbing from the previous Arrowverse adaptation of the character by Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Jessica Queller.[3][4] Clark Kent had been portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin in the Arrowverse since 2016 prior to the development of Superman & Lois as a spin-off of Supergirl, in which Hoechlin reprised his role as co-headliner, initially said to be playing the same incarnation of Superman he had played in Supergirl, before the series was retroactively established to be set in its own continuity, on an Earth other from Earth-Prime, in its second season finale.

Full name Kal-El (birth) Clark Kent (adoptive) Alias Superman Species Kryptonian Occupation Journalist (former) High school football coach Superhero Family Jor-El (father) Lara Lor-Van (mother) Jonathan Kent (adoptive father) Martha Kent (adoptive mother)

Children Jordan Kent (son) Jonathan Kent (son)

Home Smallville, Kansas, United States Origin Krypton Abilities Invulnerability Superhuman strength, speed, sight, and hearing Frost breath Heat vision X-ray vision Flight As commonly depicted in most media featuring the character, Clark is a humanoid alien refugee from the planet Krypton who lands on Earth, developing superhuman abilities and becoming Superman, Earth's only superhero, while also working as a journalist for the Daily Planet newspaper journal in Metropolis, eventually marrying and then divorcing his colleague Lois Lane and having two children — Jordan and Jonathan — with her. In Superman & Lois, after he and Lois are fired from their jobs at the Planet after it is sold to Clark's secret half-brother Tal-Rho (under the alias of Morgan Edge), and Clark's adoptive human mother then dies of a stroke, the Kent family elect to move back to Clark's childhood home in Smallville. After subsequently realizing that one of their sons have also begun to develop superpowers, Clark revealed his identity as Superman to them.

Prior to starring in Superman & Lois, Hoechlin played various Supermen living in alternate universes depicted throughout multiple Arrowverse series, such as Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Batwoman, and Legends of Tomorrow, in particular a version from Earth-38 who has a cousin, Kara Danvers / Supergirl (the main character of Supergirl, in which Hoechlin had first portrayed Superman), a character who does not exist on the as-yet-designated Earth seen in Superman & Lois.

Early life edit Clark was born in 1979, on the planet Krypton, and his pod crashed in Smallville, Kansas, and was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, after the destruction of the planet. He attended Smallville High School, where he befriended Kyle Cushing and Lana Lang. At some point his father died due to a heart attack. A year after his father's death, Clark struggled with finding his purpose on Earth and began using his powers to help people in secret, concealing his identity by wearing a ski-mask. After leaving Smallville, he discovered the Fortress of Solitude where the AI version of his biological father, Jor-El, was waiting for him. After their discussion and a period of training with Jor-El, he returned to Smallville, where he talked to his mother about his discoveries, and she encouraged him to become a hero, wearing a hand-made suit she created for him. Clark decided to move to Metropolis and work for the Daily Planet. Clark adopted t2o twins, Jonathan and Jordan.

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Battling Tal-Rho edit Further information: Superman & Lois season 1 After the death of his mother, he and Lois decide to stay in Smallville and raise their teenage sons there. He also reunited with his childhood friends, Kyle Cushing and Lana Lang Cushing. Clark took the job of coach of the local High School football team, while continuing his superhero activities. After his son, Jordan, showed signs of Kryptonian abilities, he revealed his identity, and took him to the Fortress of Solitude to meet his biological grandfather, Jor-El. Their peace in Smallville was interrupted when a stranger with a power suit appeared and battled Clark. It turned out his name was John Henry Irons, and arrived on Earth-Prime after an anti-matter wave destroyed his. Irons's goal was to kill Clark, as in his universe he killed his wife Lois Lane Irons. Eventually, Clark convinced Irons he was not a threat and the two made peace. While Clark's and Irons's conflict was unveiling, Morgan Edge was exploiting X-Kryptonite from the underground of Smallville. He eventually met with Clark, revealing that he is his maternal half-brother, Tal-Rho. He and Tal-Rho fought, with Clark losing and having General Zod's consciousness implemented in his brain through the X-Kryptonite. Clark managed to overcome Zod and took back control of his body. After stopping an invasion of Kryptonians inhabiting human bodies, with the help of Irons, he stopped Tal-Rho and sent him to prison.

Stopping the merging of worlds edit Further information: Superman & Lois season 2 After some time, he started having painful visions that weaken him. A while after, an armored being was able to escape Smallville's mines, and he and John Henry Irons / Steel, tried to stop him from destroying the town, but failed as he escaped. Later, Clark and John located him in Bolivia and attacked him, but he managed to run away. The same day, the armored man tried to kill Ally Allston, but Clark stopped him; they had a brief fight that led them to the mines and knocked him unconscious with a shard of X-Kryptonite. He took him to Lara Lor-Van's hologram, and communicated with him, revealing he is an alternate version of Clark from another universe. He also told him that he was after Ally and wanted to destroy the pendant, a weapon able to merge universes. When Mitch Anderson found an excuse to capture him, he threw him in prison, with his brother, Tal. The two managed to escape, and were just in time to fight with the alternate Clark. Mitch, who was also present, killed the Bizarro Clark. Eventually, Clark ended up in the Bizarro World, where he learned about his counterpart's life. There he fought the Bizarro versions of Lana Lang / Superwoman. He escaped it, but lost his energy. Tal helped him and took him to the Sun, where he absorbed the energy he needed and stopped Ally from merging the two worlds. Tal left his nephews some vehicles and gave Lois and Clark access to his villas and other residences for different trips. After Tal went to live on Bizarro World, Clark established another version of the Fortress of Solitude somewhere in the ocean for his family to also make use of.

Battling Intergang edit After discovering that the head of Intergang, Bruno Mannheim, was responsible for the death of their Earth's John Henry Irons, Clark and Lois began investigating Mannheim, hoping to put him away. Around the same time, Lois received a terminal breast cancer diagnosis, something which took its toll on the entire Kent family. Lois decided to have her cancer treatment at Mannheim's hospital in Hobb's Bay so she could get a closer look at his files, in the process meeting and befriending his wife, Peia. Superman would eventually cross paths with an assassin who could manipulate sound into a weapon, who was Peia in disguise, along with other terminally ill convicts with Kryptonian powers from Superman's blood which Mannheim had stolen from the Department of Defense, along with Bizarro's body, all as a plan to find a cure for Peia's cancer. While investigating Mannheim, Clark and Lois discovered the truth regarding the death of Mannheim's former employer, Moxie, who had actually been murdered by Peia, who herself then falsified a taped confession from Lex Luthor which had sent Luthor to prison, leading them to realize that Luthor was innocent of the crime. After Peia eventually lost control of her powers and died following a confrontation with Superman, Mannheim confessed to all his crimes in exchange for his son Matteo not being charged as an accessory. The confession led to Luthor's release, who began seeking revenge against the Kents. Clark furiously told Luthor to back off the first time, but he returned a month later with a resurrected and mutated Bizarro, who he ordered to remove Superman's heart. The subsequent battle took its toll on both Kryptonians and led them to the moon.

The Death of Superman edit Superman was eventually killed by Bizarro and his corpse delivered to his family, though Jordan took his body to the Fortress to be placed in suspension. He was brought back to life a few days later via heart transplant by Lois's father, Sam, who had just been killed by Bizarro. Clark's powers were severely limited by his new human and elderly heart, however. Remembering that the source of Luthor's anger was his estranged relationship with his daughter, Elizabeth, Clark and Lois arranged a meeting between Lex and Elizabeth for them to reconcile, which failed due to Luthor's obsession with revenge on Lois. Lois managed to locate Bizarro and help him remember his past and his family and implore him to stop listening to Luthor. Clark later reached his breaking point with Luthor after he tried to have Lana killed for interfering with his plans; after a brutal fight in Smallville's streets, Clark ordered Luthor to leave and never return. Luthor instead retaliated by forcing Clark to reveal his identity to the world as Superman, and hijacking John Henry's suit for his own use, and used it to locate Bizarro in the mines as he was trying to return to the Inverse World. Superman was too late to stop Luthor killing Bizarro again, this time mutating him into the monstrous Doomsday. With Superman now outclassed, Doomsday beat him severely in the streets until Jordan and Jonathan (the latter's powers having since appeared) intervened and helped John Henry knock Doomsday out with a blow to the head. Superman carried Doomsday towards the sun, but the blow had fully awoken Doomsday's memories and he surrendered, allowing Superman to push him peacefully into the sun, atomizing him. Superman returned to Earth and defeated Luthor, subsequently sending him back to prison for life.

Reign of the Supermen edit Over the next thirty-two years, Clark used his and his family's newfound status to start charities to help people around the world. He made his sons, John Henry and Natalie Irons into members of the Super Team, and witnessed Jon and Jordan grow up, get married and have children of their own.

At some point, Lois's cancer returned and she died with Clark by her side. Clark subsequently adopted a dog who he named Krypto and lived out the rest of his days until he suffered a heart attack and died later with his sons beside him. Experiencing death a second time, Clark walked through his house and was visited by images of his sons, grandchildren, Krypto, Chrissy, Kyle, John Henry, Lana and even a repentant Luthor, before being reunited with Lois in the afterlife.