Superman: Glossary
- Known Varients
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- Glossary
Known Varients
Superboy (Pocket Universe)
Kal-EL of an alternate time loop fabricated by the Time Trapper in his games with the Legion of Superheroes. He was identical to the pre-Crisis Superboy of Earth-One and was killed on a mission with the LSH. The current Supergirl (Matrix) started off a native of his short-lived timeline.
Superman (Kingdom Come)
This Superman is the inhabitant of the alternate timeline called the Kingdom. His Lois was killed by the Joker and he eventually retired accidentally allowing a new breed of bloody hero to arise. After the "Kansas Tragedy" he came out of retirement as depicted in the Kingdom Come mini-series. He has a son by Wonder Woman called Jonathan Kent II who is one of the few beings capable of traversing Hypertime unaided. A large number of Supermen from timelines almost identical to the Kingdom were killed by the maniac Gog.
Superman I (Kal-L of Earth-Two)
The last of the infinite number of parallel Supermen to exist during the Multiverse. He was always seen as the original being the actual Superman who appeared in ACTION COMICS #1. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths he and his Lois disappeared into a pocket Hypertime dimension. He has recently become aware of the possibility of leaving this pocket dimension.
Superman II (Kal-El of Earth-One)
The most powerful and widely remembered of the Supermen. He was for thirty years the main version of Superman. While he has not been seen since the "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" story the existence of Hypertime means that he's out there somewhere...
Superman Prime
A possible future version of Kal-El seen in the DC One Million mini-series. He is the originator of an entire dynasty of Supermen that lasts to the 853rd century.
Allies
Batman (Bruce Wayne) [More>>]
The Batman and Superman first met in the first year of their professional careers. They were brought together when Kal-El confronted the Gotham vigilante about his extra-legal activities. From that time onwards they have grown to trust each other and in a different world they may even call each other friends. There is an indication that they worked out each others identities years before they actually admitted to one another. As chairman of the JLA Superman can technically give Batman an order, but in reality Batman often acts as the shadow behind the throne.
Hamilton, Professor Emil [More>>]
Superman first encountered the Professor when he stopped him attacking Lexcorp after Luthor usurped his research work. Initially imprisoned he was released into Superman's care and has become an unofficial science advisor. He is the only Earth scientist to have visited the Fortress of Solitude and has developed a working understanding of Kryptonian technology.
Kent, Ma and Pa [More>>]
Martha and Jonathan Kent were the Kansas farmers that discovered the rocket ship that brought Kal-El to Earth. It was their upbringing and support that instilled Clark with the virtues and compassion that would lead to him becoming Superman. To this day they are his grounding to the real world and support Superman when it seems that he has no body else to turn to.
Lane, Lois Joanne
Lois Lane was a born to a career soldier and toured much of the world with him until he retired and settled outside of Metropolis. As a teenager she so impressed the Managing Editor of the Daily Planet, Perry White, by obtaining inside information on Lex Luthor that he gave her a part-time job. Upon graduation she started full-time at the Planet and worked her way up to become the number journalist in Metropolis. Due to Lois's standing she was selected to be a civilian observer aboard the Constitution when it landed at the 250th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Metropolis. The plane was hit by a light aircraft and was only saved by the intervention of a pre-Superman Clark Kent. This was the first time that the two had met and an instant spark passed between them.
Lois reported the story and spent the following days and weeks trying to get the low down on the new visitor, even going to the extent of deliberately driving her car into the river in order to attract his attention. When she finally delivered the interview of the decade to Perry White she discovered that she had been scooped by a new reporter - Clark Kent. Lois would keep up a campaign of baiting Clark over him scooping her for years to come. Her attitude towards Kent would eventually soften to the point were they started dating and eventually got engaged. She never suspected that Kent and Superman were one and the same person, but Clark revealed the secret to her during their engagement. Initially shocked she eventually realised that she had known all along, but her mind would keep dismissing the notion. Sometime afterward Clark and Lois were married and honeymooned in the Hawaiian Islands.
Shortly after they were married Lex Luthor bought out the Daily Planet, asset stripped it, closed it down and replaced it with a new online service called Lex-Com. Clark was fired, but Lois was retained as a reporter. The planet was finally bought by Perry White for a symbolic one dollar from Luthor. Unbeknown to anybody Lois had struck a secret deal with Luthor, she would kill one future story of Luthor's choosing in exchange for the Daily Planet. The future repossession of this Faustian bargain have yet to be seen. Luthor continues to play games with Lois and has appointed her father to his cabinet Defense Secretary.
Lois's personal life has also been tumultuous, she has replaced by the Parasite for several weeks, watched her husband almost die of radiation poisoning and has begun learning the Kryptonian meditation technique of Torquasm-Rao.
Lois Lane was part of the original Superman cast and first appeared in ACTION COMICS #1 (June, 1939). She was named after a former crush of Jerry Seigel's called Lois Amster. Her middle name is a homage to Joanne Carter (later Joanne Seigel) the artist's model who was the original visual inspiration for the character. Source: SUPERMAN: THE COMPLETE HISTORY by Les Daniels
Lori Lemaris
Lori's family were members of a community of mer-people who had been separated from the Atlantian City of Tritonis. She had began studying at the University of Metropolis in order to try and learn the location of Tritonis from numerous surface legends. While there she met and fell in love with Clark Kent and the two began a romance that was the talk of the town. However when Clark proposed marriage she realised that a relationship between a surface dweller and an Atlantian could never work so she returned to the seas.
Later Clark (as Superman) would learn the location of Atlantis from Aquaman and was able to return Lori to her rightful home. She tried to make a life for herself there and married a Atlantian. He was seduced by magical powers and died but not before using a spell to turn her mermaid's tail into legs while she was dry. This has allowed her to visit Clark in Metropolis and she even tried to resume her relationship with him when his engagement to Lois was temporally called off. She is doing archaeological work in the Americas.
Olsen, James "Jimmy" Bartholomew
Jimmy Olsen first met Superman after he created a watch that emitted an ultra sonic distress call to save a friend. Superman was impressed and let Jimmy keep the signal watch. Before long Jimmy was working as an intern at the Daily Planet. Jimmy became one of the Planet's leading photographers along side reporters Lois Lane and Clark Kent. He was thrust on to the national stage by his photographs of Superman's apparent death. A spring board that led to him gaining his own syndicated TV show as WGBS's Mr Action.
During his time at WGBS Olsen became estranged from his friends as the fame when to his head. In a rating grabbing stunt he planned to reveal Superman's secret identity to the world (a fact that he did not actually know). He had an attack of conscience at the last moment and lost his job in disgrace. To make matters worse he spent the following months being hunted by Intergang who believed that he actually did know who Superman was. During that time Olsen met up and became romantically involved with Misa, a reformed member of the Superman Revenge Squad. Olsen has recently been taken back on the resurrected Daily Planet and his friendship with Superman restored.
Sawyer, Maggie [More>>]
Maggie Sawyer, originally from Star City, first came to Metropolis about the same time as Superman appeared. Looking to move away from Star City she was offered the position as head of the newly formed Special Crimes Unit. In her capacity as head of the SCU (Metropolis's SWAT team devoted to meta-crimes) she has often worked alongside Superman and under Commissioner Henderson she is the forces link to Superman.
Strange Visitor
Sharon Vance was a childhood friend of Clark Kent in Smallville. When the villain Dominus caused the cosmic entity Kismet to retreat into a healing cocoon it became necessary to hide her. Waverider hid her by merging the dormant Kismet with the young Sharon. Sharon would have died in a play ground incident had Waverider not arranged for Clark to save her so that she could be a place of refuge for Kismet. Years later the essence of Kismet exploded within Sharon turning her into an energy being similar to the energy form that Superman once had. Her life was saved by donning a suit created by Professor Hamilton allowing her to become fully solid. She now operates as Strange Visitor, the latest addition to the Superman team.
White, Perry Jerome
Perry White was the original crusading reporter and childhood friend of Lex Luthor. He and Lex later crossed paths when Luthor bought out the newspaper that White worked for (the Daily Planet) and the two often argued about Luthor's business practices. Luthor had White assigned overseas and attempted to seduce White's wife Alice. When White returned Alice returned to him and leaked Luthor's intention of selling the Planet. White gathered together an international consortium to buy the planet led by old friend David Ling. However Ling put a condition out that if he was to buy the Planet then he wanted Perry as the Managing Editor. White was forced to agree to save the newspaper than he loved.
Now the Managing Editor of the Daily Planet Perry White has an international reputation for fairness and incorruptibility. White is responsible for hiring almost every journalist currently working for the Planet including Lois Lane, Clark Kent and Ron Troupe. He has a special, almost paternal relationship with Lois, Clark and Jimmy Olsen. However his dedication to his work has created stress in his personal life. Particularly after his son was killed by the demon Blaze. White was forced to take a leave of absence from the Planet when lung cancer (caused by his cigar smoking habit) threatened his life. The disease is currently in remission, he was returned to work and Perry and Alice have adopted the orphan Kevin.
Perry White was not the original editor of the Daily Planet. The Golden Age character was called George Taylor and the prototyle Perry White is listed as first appearing in SUPERMAN (first series) #7 (November, 1940). However Overstreet lists a question mark next to that issue. The middle name of the current Perry White is a homage to Jerome (Jerry) Seigel.
Wonder Woman (Diana) [More>>]
Ever since Diana first appeared on the metahuman scene there has been a chemistry between the two. While their first meeting was awkward they later decided that they should just remain friends. She often serves as his second with the Justice League and the world's media have speculated on their relationship in the past. However she knows that his heart belongs to Lois and has to hide any feelings that she may have towards him.
Enemies
Atomic Skull
i) Movie series. The Atomic Skull was a science fiction movie series produced by National Film Studios. The main storyline was of how the hero Joe Martin, the Atomic Skull, fought his enemy Dr Electron. The Atomic Skull would fight the Rocket Man who was a minion of Electron and the fiancee of the Skull's love interest (Zelda). The series would have remained a hidden classic if it had not been for the tragic events that followed.
ii) Supervillain. A student called Joseph Martin became enamoured with the hero whom he shared a name. When the Dominators detonated their Gene Bomb it showed Martin had the metagene. When he was on the receiving end of a massive energy discharge it activated the metagene transforming him into a likeness of his hero (transparent flesh and skin). Mentally unhinged he now believes himself to be the Atomic Skull from the movie series. He relives the series by fixating on an element and playing out the story (e.g. he once saw Lois Lane as Zelda and battled Superman thinking that he was Rocket Man).
Bizarro
Bizarro's are imperfect clones of Superman. The process that creates them was designed as part of Lex Luthor's early war against Superman. It uses a genetic scanner and a cloning tank to create a fully grown clone of a subject in a remarkably quick time. However problems with the system and the unknown nature of Kryptonian DNA meant that when it was tried on Superman the resulting clone began to crystallise. Escaping the "Bizarro" clone retained a primitive intellect and somehow elements of Superman's memories. During a battle with the real Superman the first Bizarro was destroyed. The second Bizarro was created by Sydney Happerson in an attempt to study a Clone Plague. The third was created by Dabney Donovan using technology supplied by the Contessa. This Bizarro kidnapped Luthor's daughter, Lena, before being defeated by Superman.
Brainiac I/II
Milton Fine was the original Brainiac. A circus performer who used his psychic abilities to entertain. However Fine was plagued by headaches and visions that made him consider his own sanity. The cause of the headaches was the disembodied Vril Dox - a scientist from the planet Colu who was been dematerialised by his own transporter when the ruling computers of Colu had no further use for him. Dox eventually latched onto Fine's mind and began to usurp control of his body. Dox won and repressed the Fine personality combining his own mental powers with those of his new host body.
Afterwards Brainiac took over a Lexcorp facility and used his psychic abilities to control genetics and cybernetics experts from around the world. He used all their resources to mutate and alter his new body into a likeness of his original and to further extend his already powerful abilities. He escaped after a brief battle with Superman.
Superman and Brainiac would repeatedly clash. The high point of their war came when Brainiac used Warworld to attack Earth alongside an enthralled Supergirl, Maxima and Draaga. He was defeated by Superman and the assembled heroes of Earth. In his search for further power Brainiac tried to possess the body of Doomsday, but only managed to loose both the bodies of Fine and Doomsday. He only managed to survive by falling back to an android body - Brainiac II.
Brainiac found himself surpassed by his own upgrade - Brainiac 13 and was forced to team-up with Lex Luthor by possessing Luthor's daughter Lena. While Brainiac 13 overtook Metropolis the villainous duo made use of a retro-engineered Warsuit to turn the battle. Superman was eventually able to defeat Brainiac 13. Before he vanished Brainiac 13 offered Luthor technical data on the new Metropolis in exchange for Dox in Lena's body. Luthor accepted the offer. The location of either Brainiac is currently unknown.
Conduit
Kenny Braverman was born in Smallville at the precise time that Superman's rocket ship passed overhead. Embedded within the tail section of the craft was a chunk of Kryptonite (the only recorded sample on Earth). Radiation from this element had a lasting effect on the Braverman child. Kenny excelled at sports between bouts of radiation sickness but he was always in second position behind Clark Kent (who did not yet know of his own powers). Kenny was always the second fastest in Smallville, the silver medal holder and runner up so over time he began to resent Clark. The final straw came when Kenny found that Lana Lang had turned down his invitation to the school dance to go with Clark instead. Kenny snapped and began a hatred and quest for vengeance against Kent that would plague the rest of his life.
Braverman volunteered for military experiments to fully explore his meta-gene while conducting foreign assignments for the security services. While on one of these assignments he encountered Kent again (mere months before he became Superman) while in Paris. In due course Braverman's meta-gene (which had been activated by the Kryptonite radiation years ago) allowed him to radiate and shoot powerful beams of Kryptonite radiation. Becoming the supervillain Conduit he staged a carefully laid plan of attack against Clark Kent attempting to destroy everything that Kent held precious. After repeated failures to kill Kent Braverman deduced that Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same. This only prompted Conduit to further attack Superman. During the finally battle with Superman his powers overloaded and killed him.
Cyborg II [More>>]
Hank Henshaw was a scientist on a disastrous space mission. He watched as his crew-mates were consumed by strange mutations that killed them before his own apparent death. Unbeknownst to NASA he had survived as a sentient electronic entity able to possess computers and machines turning them into puppet bodies. Unhinged by his transformation he blamed Superman for his condition, stole Kryptonian technology and teamed up with the alien Mongul to destroy Earth. He was defeated by Superman and the two have repeatedly clashed. After a conflict with an alien from another dimension he was seemingly rendered inert.
Dominus
Dominus was originally a mortal priest on a distant world. One of the five highest of their order was destined to become Kismet, the Illuminator of the Ways. He, Tuoni, was believed by most and by his lover, Ahti, to be the most devoted and deserving. However when ascension came it was Ahti that the universe picked. Angered Tuoni unleashed terrible magic against his former lover, he would have been destroyed had Ahti, now Kismet, not placed his non-corporal form in the Phantom Zone. There he remained alive on some vague level. His wraith like form was found by the holographic Kem-L who used Kryptonian science to give him a physical presence again.
When the Eradicator openned the Phantom Zone to get materials to build the Fortress of Solitude Dominus escaped and destroyed his former homeworld, casting the souls of its inhabitants into the Phantom Zone. He then went after Kismet. She was nearly destroyed before escaping. Knowing Superman's link to her Dominus began to manipulate his dreams throwing him into four divergent realities before being defeated by Superman and the Linear Men. Dominus attacked shortly afterwards slowly taking control of Superman via his dreams and manipulating him into becoming king of the world. Only with the help of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor could Superman cast Dominus back into a Phantom Zone.
Doomsday [More>>]
Doomsday was a genetic construct created by Kryptonian scientists in their quest to break the secrets of cloning. Instead they created a monster capable to returning to life immune from the cause of death that had previously killed it. It killed its creator and rampaged across the galaxy until it was entombed deep within the Earth by an alien culture. Centuries later it was awakened when it sensed the presence of Kryptonian DNA, it attacked and seemingly killed Superman. After his rebirth he has twice faced Doomsday with the help of Waverider and the New Gods. Presently Doomsday is stranded in a complex teleporter prision on the moon.
Draaga
Draaga was the greatest gladiator on Warworld and would fight all comers for the enjoyment on Mongul. He eventually met defeat at the hands of Superman. However the Kryptonian would not kill his opponent. Draaga then set out on a quest to force his opponent to do the honourable thing and kill him. In due course he allied himself with Brainiac (who was then controlling Warworld) and joined in an attack on Earth in the hope of making Superman kill him. He was greatly impressed by the determination and heart of the younger Supergirl (even to the extent of awaking his own heart) and gave his life to stop one of Brainiac's weapons.
Gog
Gog was Minister Matthew from an alternate universe where Superman had retired. He was one of the sole survivors of the destruction of Kansas and devoted his entire life in a cult of Superman who he saw as the saviour. When Clark set him straight Matthew was overcome, his purpose in life had vanished. It was filled when the Quintessence benignly tried to make him their agent. Instead he was transformed into a powerful monster who believed that Superman was in fact the devil and it was his purpose to cleanse all Earths of his presence. He set off across Hypertime killing legions of Supermen before Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman of Earth-Zero and Earth-Kingdom managed to stop him.
Killgrave, Thaddeus
A typical scientist who operates around the Metropolis area. He has often battled Superman with his weaponry and frequently ends up back in prison. In the past he has supplied technology to the Joker and Intergang.
Lex Luthor [More>>]
Lex Luthor was born in Suicide Slum and worked his way up the ladder of industry by fair means and foul to become owner of Lexcorp and its many subsidiaries. In the process he become the third richest man in the world and the most powerful man in Metropolis. When Superman appeared Luthor's schemes to get him on the pay roll ended up with Luthor being charged with reckless endangerment. Since then he was waged a covert war with Superman for the hearts and minds of Metropolis. Recently Luthor has increased the stake in their war by becoming the head of the Injustice Gang and President of the United States.
Mannheim, Ugly
One time supremeo of Intergang he was Morgan Edge's right hand man in running the criminal cartel under the control of Apokolips. He was taken into police custody after a series of articles in the Daily Planet exposed Intergang to the police.
Metallo
John Corben was a small time thief who was involved in a serious car accident, his mangled body was found by Professor Emmett Vale who had tracked Superman's rocket ship to the Kent's Smallville farm. He placed Corben's still living brain into a robotic body powered by Kryptonite in order to create an agent to get revenge at Lex Luthor and to kill the "invading" Superman. Corben had other plans, killed Vale and almost killed Superman before Luthor stole his "Kryptonite heart." Metallo as he was now called himself was left inert without a power source. Time after time Metallo's head (with Corben's brain) has been transplanted to more and more powerful bodies until currently he is able to merge and create new robotic bodies from surrounding machines at will. Unfortunately for him Corben was never the cleverest criminal and Superman is often able to out think him.
Millennium Giants
A lot of mystery remains about the origin of the Millennium Giants Sekhmet, Cerne and Cabraca they appeared in response to the transformation of Superman in the twin energy beings Superman Red/Superman Blue. According to legends the Giants purpose was to eradicate harmful energies from the planet Earth by manipulating and purging Earth's leylines. Mindless and unstoppable the Giants created massive devastation with Earth's heroes powerless against them. Only by the twin Supermen expending their entire energies could the Giants be stopped. It is unlikely that they will be seen again.
Mister Z
The individual known as Mister Z is a long lived person of unknown origin he possessed a mystical gem stone which he used to collect the souls of prominent individuals as a collector. He was first encountered by Superman (who had travelled backwards in time) in Nazi Germany as head of a German atomic facility, its destruction by Superman almost ended the Nazi's involvement with atomic weaponry. Mr Z later showed in present day Metropolis looking for Superman's sole but he was easily defeated and his gemstone shattered. The reconstructed gem was later used to temporally dissipate the energies of the Eradicator.
Mongul I
The yellow skinned alien Mongul was ruler of Warworld when Superman first encountered it. His forces captured Superman and forced him to fight in the gladiatorial arenas. Superman refused to kill the champion Draaga. The up roar caused by his actions started a revolt that saw Mongul removed from power. Exiled from Warworld Mongul found himself ruling a minor back world before be was found by Hank Henshaw, Cyborg II. They teamed up to get revenge on Superman and to transform Earth into a new Warworld. However when they reached Earth they found that Superman had been killed by the monster Doomsday.
Henshaw then impersonated Superman as a cover for their operations. As a first stage Mongul destroyed Coast City killing seven million people and replaced it with a self constructing engine designed to push Earth out of its orbit. The construction of a second Engine in Metropolis was stopped by Superboy, Mongul was defeated by Hal Jordan (who used to live in Coast City) and a resurrected Superman defeated Henshaw. In the aftermath Mongul tried to escape Earth, but was stopped by the Flash (Wally West). Shortly afterwards he was summarily killed by Neron for disobedience. He was outlived by his son, Mongul II.
Mongul II
The son of the original Mongul I. He aided Superman in defeating a common enemy and schooled Superman in effective use of his abilities. He later doubled crossed Superman when the common danger was removed.
Parasite
Rudy Jones was a petty crook and janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs until he became an unwitting pawn in Darkseid's war with Earth's heroes. Darkseid caused a barrel of radioactive waste to explode over Jones - transforming him into the inhuman Parasite. He no longer fed like normal people and instead had to drain the life energy out of other living things to survive. When he used that power on a superhuman he temporally gains a portion of their power. Over the years the Parasite has battled numerous opponents, but found that Superman was his most useful source of food. Recently the Parasite kidnapped and replaced Lois Lane. However he died before he could reveal her location to Superman. She was finally freed when Superman called in Batman to help with the search.
Tolos
Tolos was an alien body swapping sorcerer who use a extra-dimensional bottle city to hold aliens that he used as sources of bodies. He tried to add Superman to his collection, but was ultimately dissipated in his own bottle's dimensional barrier. Superman now looks after the city, Kandor, in the Fortress of Solitude.
Toyman
Winslow Percival Schott was one England's premier toymakers until a Lexcorp buy-out of the company he worked rendered him surplus to requirements. Enraged he started killing the company's shareholders with increasingly bizarre toy themed death traps. He managed to defeat the superheroine Godvia before escaping to the US to kill the final shareholder, Lex Luthor. Superman managed to save Luthor's life, but Schott was spirited away by Intergang to help them study weapon systems from Apokolips. When Clark Kent exposed Intergang Schott tried kidnapping the children of Lexcorp executives before being stopped by Superman.
While in prison the Toyman suffered a mental brakedown, now a more sullen figure he announced his deadly transformation by murdering Adam Morgan, the son of report Cat Grant. He was apprehended and sent back to prison. He subsequently escaped and was responsible, with the Cyborg II, for splitting the energy Superman into Superman Red and Superman Blue.
U.L.T.R.A. HUMANITE
The U.L.T.R.A-Humanite (as opposed to the Ultra-Humanite) first appeared during the early years of Superman's career in Metropolis. He was an independent scientist Professor Morgan Wilde who was working on studies into the body's "ectoplasmic mass", an energy field that some likened to the human soul. He had discovered a way to isolate this field and if necessary remove it from a body and transfer it to another. When Lexcorp heavies pressed him for his research he refused and they murdered his wife. In desperation he set off an explosion that destroyed the lab making it appear that he was dead.
In reality he had shifted his "mind/soul" into another body, the body of a high ranking Lexcorp executive, Edward Carlisle. From within Lexcorp he began a campaign of sabotage destroying factories, production lines, and any Lexcorp equipment he could discover in effort to ruin Lex Luthor. When discovered he merely sacrificed that body and shifted into the body of Drake, head of Lexcorp security and the fledgling Team Luthor. Superman stopped Wilde from killing Luthor, but in the process Luthor's new headquarters were destroyed. Wilde escaped and jumped bodies. His current body and location are unknown.
Vale, Professor Emmett
Vale was an astronomer and physicist who detected the approach of Superman's rocket ship to Earth. He was able to witness its landing and after further research was able to steal the remains from its crash site on the Kent farm in Smallville. He was able to learn a fair amount from the ships computer banks, in fact his tampering activated the psionic reordered that revealed to Superman that he was an alien from the planet Krypton. Vale believed that Superman was the scout for a larger invasion force and to this end he used the badly injured petty criminal John Corben to create Metallo using a fragment of Kryptonite. Frustrated by Vale's schemes Metallo killed his creator and attacked Superman on his own. Superman later placed Vale's entire lab in orbit to keep the potentially incriminating evidence safe. It could be assumed that he later transferred the lab's contents to the Fortress of Solitude.
Glossary
Bottle City of Kandor
An extra-dimensional city maintained with a bell jar like device created by the alien sorcerer Tolos. Its purpose is both as a prison for his enemies and as a source of bodies for the body hoping sorcerer. Tolos was defeated by Superman who took over responsibility for the city in his Fortress of Solitude. Following the death of Tolos the city's political structure became unstable allowing Cyborg II (Hank Henshaw) to usurp the civilian authorities and kill the political leader Cerimul. Cerminul's son (who was living in Metropolis as Scorn) helped Superman defeat the Cyborg and Cerminul's daughter Cerizah assumed the leadership.
Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude is a relic of the planet Krypton hidden in tesseract sphere in the Andes mountains. It was created by the Eradicator when Superman first brought it to Earth as a base from which to turn the world into a new Krypton. Eventually Kal-El was able to defeat the devise and was left with a hidden base of operations in which to story artefacts from his life as Superman. The original location of the Fortress was under the Antaratic ice-sheet. The Fortress is overseen by a squad of Kryptonian robots and is home to the Bottle City of Kandor. Few people have been to or seen the Fortress, these include the Legion of Superheroes, Lois Lane and Professor Emil Hamilton. The bounty hunter Lobo and Bibbo invaded the Fortress while in a drunken haze and remember nothing of the encounter.
Recently the location of the Fortress was revealed to the world as Superman used it as the base of operations for his Superman Robots while under the control of Dominus. It was then seemingly destroyed by Lex Luthor in an explosion of artificial Kryptonite. While the exterior structure to the Fortress was destroyed, a large part of it was shifted sideways into some sort of dimensional rift called a trace singularity. Superman was able to save the Fortress with the help of Steel. They created a tesseract to hold the Fortress and rebuilt it using a combination of Earth and Kryptonian technology.
Kismet
Kismet is the Illuminator of the Ways. She is part of the fractal boundary between the Lords of Order and Chaos. She could well be an agent of Destiny and exists to show people the paths that their lives could have or might take. She was originally a mortal priestess called Ahti who was the lover of Tuoni. When she became Kismet he was angered and became her enemy Dominus. He tried to kill her and she was saved by Superman and Waverider. She retreated into a protective cocoon to heal and was hidden inside a young girl from Smallville. She later transformed the young girl into the heroine called Stange Visitor.
Outburst
Mitch Anderson was a child who Superman saved from the path of Doomsday. Before Mitch was something of a looser and did not rate Superman very highly. Afterwards he became a fan of Superman. When his meta-gene activated he adopted the identity of Outburst to copy Superman. He was recruited by Lex Luthor to be the leader of the Supermen of America and helped Superman defeat Dominus.
Pocket Universe, The
The Pocket Universe is a dimension created by the Time Trapper in his manipulations of the Legion of Superheroes. It had been pruned of most life and contained merely duplicates of Earth-One and its companion Krypton. On that Earth-Pocket a Superboy grew up and travelled to the future to participate with what he thought was the LSH. In truth they were an alternate LSH created by the Time Trapper as he shifted realities around the real LSH. The Earth-Zero Superman once travelled to Earth-Pocket. When that Superboy was killed in a mission with the alternate-LSH the Time Trapper apparently lost interest in his creation.
In the aftermath of the loss of Superboy an accident by that world's Lex Luthor set free three Kryptonian criminals from the Phantom Zone. They proceeded to rampage across the planet killing most of the native population. Luthor became leader of the resistance and sent an artificial Supergirl across the dimensional barrier to contact the Superman that had once visited their world. Despite their best efforts Superman and Supergirl were unable to stop the complete extermination of all human life on that Earth. Superman was forced to use Kryptonite to kill the there criminals rather than risk letting them escape to his own world. The psychological affect of that act would had repercussions on his psyche for years.
Now Supergirl is all that survives of that dead desolate dimension.
Superman Robots
A corps of robotic Supermen created using Kryptonian technology to extended Superman's global reach during the time that he was controlled by Dominus. Each robot has a certain amount of self awareness and is programmed to protect humanity at all costs. The majority of the robots were destroyed in the battle with Dominus but a few remain in the Fortress of Solitude.
Supermen of America
The Supermen of America are a Youth Movement started by Lex Luthor in his effort to control Metropolis's young metahuman population and street-gangs. They have a uniform of a blue cap, white t-shirt and jeans. In effect they act much like a vigilante group with no real connection with the Man of Steel. They are led by a core meta-human group with Outburst as their leader.
Warworld
Warworld is a planet sized engine of destruction that roams the galaxy under its own power. It has its own system of orbiting materials including asteroids, small moons, warships and stations. The slave population of the world is vast and its automated systems allow it to be controlled effectively by a single dictator. When Superman originally encountered Warworld it was controlled by Mongul who used its arenas to pit powerful contestants against each other. When he forced Superman to fight Draaga Mongul created a situation where Superman steadfastly refused to kill his opponent. This upset the balance of Warworld causing Mongul to be exiled. The next major dictator was Brainiac who used the planet's resources to attack Superman and Earth. he was defeated and the New Gods Orion and Lightray were installed as a caretaker government. It is not known what the current status of Warworld is but it is known that its ruler at the turn of the 11th millennium, Scourge, was defeated by Chronos II.
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