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Connor Kent from a possible future. He has been seen more than once. In this future, the ComicBook/TeenTitans become the ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}} and the ends justify the means. Conner is shown to have pretty much all of Superman's powers and his tactile telekinesis is more developed.
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[[folder:Kal Kent]]
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One of Superman's descendants operating in the 853rd century who has visited the past once and was included in the ''All-Star Superman'' series. Basically like Superman but even more powerful having a fifth dimensional ancestor.

For tropes relating to him, see Characters/DCOneMillion.

A Naltorian-Human hybrid with the power of precognition. She is also a distant ancestor of Nura Nal (Dream Girl) of the ComciBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.

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. His 2016 series is described [[ComicBook/NewSuperMan here.]]

* 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.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: He and his wife raised Power Girl.

* DramaticIrony: While Silver Age Superman tended to identify more with Krypton than Earth, Golden Age Superman did not know he came from Krypton or why he had super powers no one else did. Golden Age Superman is far less prepared for kryptonite and other off planet shenanigans as a result, though he does go out of his way to find out the source of these "new" woes after they pop up.

* PointyHairedBoss: Sometimes.

* AdaptationalWimp: In John Byrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' and ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton'', Lara is portrayed as a librarian and historian who has little to do with Jor-El and sending Kal-El to Earth with her final moments invovling her freaking out while Jor-El saves their son and calms her down. However Pre-Crisis Lara was a trained astronaut, survived several dangerous situations with her husband and when given the chance to survive with her son she chose to die with Jor-El since she loved him and knew her extra weight could cause the ship to fail. Jor-El also suffers this to a lesser extent, as he is a far cry from the BadassBookworm from the Pre-Crisis continuity.

* {{Retcon}}: How he came into existence in the first place. During MediaNotes/TheInterregnum the original versions of ComicBook/GreenLantern, and ComicBook/TheFlash simply disappeared and were replaced with new versions who were explicitly not of the same continuity, yet ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and ComicBook/WonderWoman had remained active. This version of Superman was introduced to officially be the character those early adventures were about. The creation of Earth-Two itself springs from a Flash story.

* TraumaCongaLine: Put simply, everything between ''Crisis'' and ''Infinite Crisis''. First, his universe gets destroyed and his beloved wife apparently killed, leaving him an un-person. Then Alex Luthor reveals Lois is alive, so they get a happy ending, yay! ... and then they, and Alex, watch as the Dark Age of Comic Books sets in, disenheartening him. Then, Lois starts dying of old age, and while she's okay with that, he emphatically isn't. Which Alex uses to manipulate him into helping Alex recreate the multiverse. Then Lois dies anyway. Agreeing to stop Alex, Kal-L and Earth-0 Superman fight against Superboy-Prime, which ends with Kal-L being beaten to death. Yay?

%%* DamselInDistress

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In ''Superwoman''.

%%* FirstEpisodeTwist: ''Superwoman'' #1, as noted above.

%%* GirlNextDoor

''Krypto the Superdog'' is ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s pet canine, a white dog of indeterminate breed who like his owner also survived the explosion of Krypton. He was created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan, first appearing in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #210: ''ComicBook/TheSuperDogFromKrypton'' (March, 1955). In the original [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin story, Krypto was the El family dog on Krypton, and was used by Jor-El as a test subject for his work on the escape rocket he was building for Kal-El. The experimental rocket Krypto was put in, however, got knocked off-course, and Krypto drifted ([[HandWave presumably in some sort of suspended animation]]) for years before eventually winding up on Earth, reunited with the now-teenaged ComicBook/{{Superboy}}. Being from Krypton, of course, gave Krypto a dog-sized version of Superboy's/Superman's powers and roughly human-level intelligence (albeit with a dog's sense of priorities), which he used to help his owner fight crime.\\\

* BigSisterInstinct: Otho is the older of the twins and fiercely protective of him. While this kept them both relatively safe on Warworld, Otho's belligerance becomes problematic on Earth, as she's prone to picking fights with anyone she thinks is bothering Osul. [[spoiler:At the climax of Kennedy's run, Osul shows that the feeling is mutual when he flies off to face Sister Shadow alone after she kidnaps Otho.]]

->''"Yip! Yip! Arf!"''

->''"Idyllic Planet Krypton. The visitor. Journey between dimensions. Earth. Fortress. Kelex. Learns LOYALTY, OBEDIENCE and RESPECT FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY. Faster than a Streaking Cat. Stronger than a Comet. A Dog can fly. Woof."''
-->-- ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #789\\\

WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF GRRRRRRRRRRRR!\\\

Wait... this is one of those where [[SelfDemonstratingArticle writing the article as the character just won't work]]. [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Unless you can speak animal]].\\

The commissioner of the Metropolis Police. Originally ''Inspector'' Henderson, Bill was an occasionally-appearing supporting cast member in UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks who acted as Superman's liaison with the police. ComicBook/PostCrisis, he became the city commissioner. He was a mentor and close friend to Maggie Sawyer. His cousin, Mike Henderson, is the head of the Metropolis Metacrimes Division.

* {{Retcon}}: Around 2010, a retcon claimed that he is the grown-up version of "Brooklyn" from [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the Boy Commandos]] (another [[Creator/JackKirby Kirby]] tough guy character with a derby hat and a Brooklyn accent).

Shrunken by Brainiac and imprisoned in a bottle, the Kryptonian city Kandor is eventually recovered by Superman. In UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, Kandor was stuck in this state with Superman able to go back and forth into the city but unable to re-enlarge them for a long time (since Brainiac's technology was not designed to work in reverse.) He finally managed to do it in 1979, and the whole Kandorian population settled in the planet Rokyn.\\\

First appearing in ''ComicBook/SupermanNumber1'', Jonathan and Martha Kent (or John and Mary, depending on the version) were simple farmers who found a crashed spaceship by the side of the road; examining it, they found a baby alien inside. Raising him as their own (and naming him Clark after Martha's maiden name), they instilled in him their simple virtue and respect for all living things. Their status has varied from decade to decade. In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, they both died before Clark became Superman; ComicBook/PostCrisis, they were both alive and well. Lately, Jonathan has passed away, leaving Martha and Clark behind. In The ComicBook/{{New 52}} Universe they both died before Clark became Superman once again. However with ComicBook/DCRebirth, they are brought back to life as supporting characters for Clark again.

Lana was first introduced in ''Superboy'' #10 (September/October 1950). As Clark's next door neighbour in Smallville she was mostly depicted as equal parts close friend and nuisance, being determined to prove Clark and Superboy were one in the same. In keeping with the tradition set by Lois she was attracted to Superboy but had little time for the timid Clark (romantically anyway.) During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Lana would prove nearly as much a WeirdnessMagnet as [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] himself, going through many transformations and gaining or losing powers as the plot demanded. After gaining a "bio-genetic" ring from an alien she even had a few adventures as a superheroine using the name "Insect Queen" and ended up a reserve member of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.\\\

Meanwhile Lana had started to appear as an adult in ''Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane'' (while still appearing as a teenager in ''Superboy'' stories). Many Superman tales of the 60s dealt with the Lois/Superman/Lana triangle. Later, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks 70s and 80s]] she was Clark's co-anchor on WGBS-TV's evening news.\\\

* GeniusDitz: Overlapping with {{Guile Hero}}ine. Silver Age Lana was notoriously reckless and lacking in common sense ''even'' for UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} but in her quest to prove Superboy was really Clark Kent she could be incredibly cunning and inventive.

* SmallNameBigEgo: As a teenager in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, with shades of a KnowNothingKnowItAll.

* ZanyScheme: In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, mostly to get Superboy to reveal his real identity. They didn't tend to work out.

The original, 1940's Newsboy Legion was a quartet of orphaned inner city kids who became the wards of police officer Jim Harper, the original Guardian (see below), and they bravely combatted local injustices in Metropolis's [[WrongSideofTheTracks Suicide Slum]] in the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. Their GenerationXerox children, however (with the addition of SCUBA diver Flippa Dippa), became the sidekicks of Jimmy Olsen, and helped Jimmy and Superman deal with the likes of Darkseid, Victor Volcanum, and the Hairies from the Mountain of Judgement. Post-Crisis, their uncanny resemblance to their fathers was explained by declaring them to be clones, like the modern Guardian. Created by Creator/JackKirby, they were mainstays of his run on ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen.'' For more info on the Post-Crisis version of the team, see Characters/DCComicsMiscellaneous

The original ComicBook/{{Guardian}} was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] crime fighter and policeman. As Guardian he joined the ComicBook/AllStarSquadron and as Jim Harper he became the legal guardian of the quartet of street urchins known as the Newsboy Legion.\\\

''Krypto the Superdog'' is ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s pet canine, a white dog of indeterminate breed who like his owner also survived the explosion of Krypton. He was created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan, first appearing in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #210: ''ComicBook/TheSuperDogFromKrypton'' (March, 1955). In the original [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin story, Krypto was the El family dog on Krypton, and was used by Jor-El as a test subject for his work on the escape rocket he was building for Kal-El. The experimental rocket Krypto was put in, however, got knocked off-course, and Krypto drifted ([[HandWave presumably in some sort of suspended animation]]) for years before eventually winding up on Earth, reunited with the now-teenaged ComicBook/{{Superboy}}. Being from Krypton, of course, gave Krypto a dog-sized version of Superboy's/Superman's powers and roughly human-level intelligence (albeit with a dog's sense of priorities), which he used to help his owner fight crime.\\\

* AlternateUniverse: The original continuity from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* {{Retcon}}: How he came into existence in the first place. During UsefulNotes/TheInterregnum the original versions of ComicBook/GreenLantern, and ComicBook/TheFlash simply disappeared and were replaced with new versions who were explicitly not of the same continuity, yet ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and ComicBook/WonderWoman had remained active. This version of Superman was introduced to officially be the character those early adventures were about. The creation of Earth-Two itself springs from a Flash story.

''Krypto the Superdog'' is ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s pet canine, a white dog of indeterminate breed who like his owner also survived the explosion of Krypton. He was created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan, first appearing in ''Adventure Comics'' #210 (March, 1955). In the original [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin story, Krypto was the El family dog on Krypton, and was used by Jor-El as a test subject for his work on the escape rocket he was building for Kal-El. The experimental rocket Krypto was put in, however, got knocked off-course, and Krypto drifted ([[HandWave presumably in some sort of suspended animation]]) for years before eventually winding up on Earth, reunited with the now-teenaged ComicBook/{{Superboy}}. Being from Krypton, of course, gave Krypto a dog-sized version of Superboy's/Superman's powers and roughly human-level intelligence (albeit with a dog's sense of priorities), which he used to help his owner fight crime.\\\

[[Characters/SupermanCentralRoguesGallery Central Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday]], [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]], [[Characters/SupermanMisterMxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] [[[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]])\\

->'''AKA:''' Kristen Wells

* CanonImmigrant: Both Kristen herself, and the Miracle Monday holiday which we learn in Superman #400 will indeed be celebrated for centuries afterward.

* MeaningfulName: A time traveler whose last name is [[Literature/TheTimeMachine Wells.]]

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