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!!Super-Man of China



->'''AKA:''' Kenan Kong

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->'''AKA:''' !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kenan Kong
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''New Super-Man'' #1 (September, 2016)



->'''AKA:''' Wang Baixi

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->'''AKA:''' !!Bat-Man of China
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
Wang Baixi
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''New Super-Man'' #1 (September, 2016)



->'''AKA:''' Peng Deilan

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->'''AKA:''' !!Wonder-Woman of China
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
Peng Deilan
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''New Super-Man'' #1 (September, 2016)



->'''AKA:''' Ahn Kwang-Jo

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->'''AKA:''' !!Aqua-Man of North Korea
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
Ahn Kwang-Jo
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''New Super-Man and the Justice League of China'' #20 (April, 2018)



->'''AKA:''' Avery Ho

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->'''AKA:''' !!Flash of China
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
Avery HoHo
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' vol. 5 #3 (July, 2016)

->''"You got all those '''fancy Superman powers''' like X-ray vision and super-strength. All '''I''' do is '''run'''. You really think you can beat me at my '''one thing?'''"''

When a Speed Force storm hit Central City, Avery was one of the citizens granted superspeed. Initially baring an unstable, incomplete connection to the Speed Force, she was unable to stop vibrating. With the assistance of the Barry Allen, she managed to stop and later began her training under Meena Dawhan. However, she reluctantly gave up her powers so that the Speed Force could be made whole again. Unbeknownst to Barry and Meena, Avery actually gained a full connection to the Speed Force after it was made whole. With this power, she found herself working with the China White Triad against Lex Luthor before moving to China, where she was dubbed the Flash of China and joined the Justice League of China.



-> See Characters/TheFlash

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-> See Characters/TheFlashCharacters/TheFlashTheFlashes




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!!Robinbot
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''New Super-Man'' #9 (May, 2017)
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!!Justice League of China

[[folder:Super-Man of China]]
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->'''AKA:''' Kenan Kong

Kong Kenan, like Clark Kent, is a young man of humble means, being the son of an auto-mechanic. He's also a selfish, arrogant jerk. However, an act of bravery lands him on the radar of China's Ministry of Self-Reliance, who enlist him to act as China's Super-Man. Together with China's Wonder-Woman and Bat-Man, the three form the Justice League of China as part of a government attempt to curtail the rise of Western-style supercriminals in China.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:In issue #18, Kenan becomes the embodiment of Yin and Yang.]]
* AttentionWhore: He [[spoiler:publicly outs himself as the New Super-Man in issue #2, and reveals the existence of the Justice League of China]] when a camera crew is put in front of him. He gets better about this with time.
* BookDumb: Despite frequently slacking in his studies, Kenan displays several moments of ingenuity. He even impresses Bat-Man!
* ButtMonkey: Much of the humor in this series comes from the various ways Kenan falls on his face.
* CasanovaWannabe: Kenan flirts with almost every woman he sees. It never works.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kenan goes from a belligerent bully with a noble streak to someone worthy of the title of Superman (or Super-Man, as the case may be).
* TheChewToy: Kenan's many injuries are played for laughs.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Kenan was already a brave young man willing to stand up to supervillains. Now, he has superpowers to help him.
* FlyingBrick: Has all the powers of Superman.
* IronButtmonkey: Takes his shockings, beatings, and laser-shots to the face in stride.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kenan is a cocky, belligerent bully who nevertheless is brave and goes out of his way to save others.
* KiManipulation: Kenan acquired his Kryptonian powers by being infused with Superman's qi. His different abilities are activated by focusing his ki to different body parts related to them.
* MeditationPowerup: His Yin and Yang forms are accessed through meditating on the respective subjects.
* MissingMom: Kenan's mother died in an airplane accident when he was twelve, something which haunts him to this day.
* SmallNameBigEgo: His opening pages have him describing himself as being "broad-shouldered, handsome like a movie star, and tall (but not in a freaky, Yao Ming kind of a way)." He is not broad-shouldered nor tall nor particularly handsome.
* TookALevelInKindness: He gets kinder as his series goes on, and under Superman's influence.
* WellDoneSonGuy: At the end of the day, Kenan just wants his father to notice him. This might be why he latches on quite eagerly to Superman.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: His Yin and Yang forms are very powerful, but come with affecting his mindset. His Yang form leans towards being tyrannical, while his Yin form is apathetic to the point of obliviousness to his surroundings.
* YinYangBomb: [[spoiler:As the embodiment of Yin and Yang, Kenan has control over light and darkness.]]
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[[folder:Bat-Man of China]]
->'''AKA:''' Wang Baixi

The Batman of China.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Chinese Bat-Man looks out of shape but can still do most of Batman's acrobatics.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Wang Baixi earned the cowl of Bat-Man of China, but he was outdone at the training school by his own little sister. [[spoiler:And then she turns out to be a supervillain in the making.]]
* AscendedFanboy: Baixi geeks out over Batman and asks him to autograph his cape. Batman isn't amused.
* BadassNormal: Bat-Man has no powers unlike the others Justice Leaguers, but like his U.S. equivalent, is not portrayed as less effective of a fighter for it.
%%* CainAndAbel: Baixi with [[spoiler: his sister]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each member of the Justice League of China is assigned a different colour, which is prominently displayed in their respective uniforms: Bat-Man's is Blue.
%%* CrazyPrepared: Well, Wang Baixi ''is'' a Batman, after all.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Though Bat-Man tries to be TheStoic to counterbalance Super-Man's immaturity, he behaves like an excited child while meeting his American counterpart, even annoying Bruce by requesting him to autograph his cape.
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[[folder:Wonder-Woman of China]]
->'''AKA:''' Peng Deilan

The Wonder Woman of China.
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* AffectionateNickname: Peng Deilan calls Kenan "Dummy" even after she's bonded with him.
* {{Animorphism}}: Deilan [[spoiler:is injured during the battle against Fahai and Superman Zero, causing her to return to her original form as a giant green snake]].
* CaptainEthnic: Wonder-Woman replaces the original's stars-stripes-eagle motif with a dragon-themed AnimeChineseGirl look [[spoiler: not to mention being Xiaoqing from ''Legend of the White Snake'']]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each member of the Justice League of China is assigned a different colour, which is prominently displayed in their respective uniforms: Wonder-Woman's is Green.
* CrossoverCosmology: Peng Deilan is actually [[spoiler:Xiaoqing, aka the Green Snake in ''Legend of the White Snake''. She and Wonder Woman are friends, both with each other and mutually of Hanuman.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Deilan casually mentions to Baixi how he knows [[spoiler: she spent two centuries living inside a rock before she was found by the Ministry.]]
* Really700YearsOld: Deilan had been turned into a stone statue for 200 years.
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[[folder:Aqua-Man of North Korea]]
->'''AKA:''' Ahn Kwang-Jo

The Aquaman of North Korea. Later known as Dragonson.
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* EyeScream: Kwang-Jo loses his left eye during a confrontation with the North Korean army. The injury is covered by an eyepatch made out of coral upon his transformation into Dragonson.
* ForeignCultureFetish: Ahn Kwang-Jo has a predilection for a cartoon about a family with yellow skin - and no, we're not talking about racist asian caricatures. He has to resort to illegal means to watch it in his home country, though.
---> "The s-son is always telling his father, "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Don't have a cow, man]]!"
* InNameOnly: Discussed in-universe. The media labels Kwang-Jo as the "Chinese Aquaman", even though he is North Korean and actually possesses a completely different powerset.
* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Subverted. Kwang-Jo starts sweating profusely while being taken away to be interrogated by the North Korean army. However, this turns out to not be a sign of stress, but the first manifestation of his latent hydrokinetic powers.
* PolitenessJudo: Kwang-Jo roasts Kenan after trouncing him in a fighting game several times by thanking him for going easy on him.
* TreatedWorseThanThePet: Kwang-Jo is initially a fervent believer in the ideals of North Korea, having been indoctrinated into the nation's CultOfPersonality from an early age. But after living on little for so long, Kwang-Jo is stunned when the Justice League of China takes him to China to recover, as even the dogs in China eat better than the commonfolk of North Korea.
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[[folder:Flash of China]]
->'''AKA:''' Avery Ho
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-> See Characters/TheFlash
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robinbot]]

A robot designed after robin.
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* RobotMe: Robinbot is one for Robin.
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