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Description
SYNOPSIS
The Super-Man is the story of a quest.
A quest for answers to ones own beginnings. The ultimate search for knowledge, and the means to know where the ultimate man ever came from.
Some say he's a god. Others say he is an alien. All Clark Kent knows for sure is that he certainly wasn't originally born in his home town of Smallville. Yet, as he may forever be a stranger in a strange land, the abilities given to him still stir up a strange need to help those who cannot help themselves. When danger arrives, Clark is willing to change himself into the man who was always destined to be Earth's Greatest Champion.
A Super-Man.

ORIGINS:
Decades ago, an young farm couple named Martha and Jonathen Kent were out driving in the small city of Smallville, Kansas. Without warning, meteorites began to fall to the earth below. Hundreds were injured in the destruction, two of which were the Kents. Narrowly missing one of the impacting astroids, the Kents' truck crashlanded upsidedown inside a near by ditch, carbon-monoxide immediatly filling the truck. The woozy Kents were moments away from death.
That's when the miracle arrived.
A small child, no more then 10 months old, walked up to the truck and was somehow able to rip the door off the truck, allowing the Kents to gain conciousness and free themselves. Once free, the Kents couldn't find anyone nearby to claim the child. The only clue to his identity was a large red blanket near his person with a strane symbol on it. With nowhere else for the child to be, the Kents were able to get their truck back on the road and took the boy with them. Along the way, they were flagged down by a terrified man by the side of the road. He said that his son was standing in the middle of a cornfield where one of the meteorites struck.
The man's name was Lionel Luthor. His son's name was Lex.
With the Kent's help, Lex was rushed to a nearby hospital. It was deduced that the impact had a psycological impact on young Lex, causing him to lose all his hear at such a young age. Lionel was greatful that Lex was alive and was equally greatful to the Kents, offering them a favor for their help. The Kents took Lionel up on his favor, using his connections to allow them to adopt the mysterious boy without questions of his origins being asked. Lionel agreed to the favor, and days later, baby Clark found his place in the Kent family.
Through his life, Clark began to develop his powers, still trying to learn exactly who he is. With nothing but his old baby blanket to go on, Clark's attempts to put the pieces of his own origins together have proved to be futile. And yet, still, something inside of him continues to drive him. He still has the constant desire to help others and be a type of hero. Following his graduation from Kansas State University, Clark tells his parents that he thinks its time to use his abilities on a grand scale, to use his flight, speed, strength, and other abilites to try and make the world a better place. After all, Clark has been following the stories of 'The Batman' in Gotham City for years. If one man can inspire a town, imagine what he could do for the world. It took a bit of convincing, but finally, Clark's parents understood that being a hero was something that Clark needed to do, and they wanted to help him.
While Martha used the same exact baby blanket Clark was first found with to make a uniform that would stand as an inspiration for the type of hero he would be, Clark and Jonathen made a steel plated shield of his strange S symbol. If it was the only link to his past, then Clark was going to wear it proudly.
Combining the shield with the suit, Clark stood proudly, knowing that he now represented the type of hero he wanted to be. But deep down, he knew that his place wasn't in Smallville. If he was going to be a beacon of light, he needed to be able to shine for the entire world to see.
Clark needed to go to Metropolis.
Once he arrived, Clark was quickly able to get a job as a television reporter for Star City news. A skilled writer and journalist, Clark would have been able to get any position the Star had to offer, but he knew he couldn't. For his alter-ego to succeed, Clark Kent had to be everything he wasn't. Clark Kent couldn't shine. With that in mind, Clark too a modest job as one of the staff's reporters, investigating the news, then bringing it back to the station to report. However, one of the anchors quickly caught Clark's eye. An old friend from his past.
Clark hadn't seen his high-school crush, Lana Lang, since prom. After the two of them were voted prom King and Queen, Lana told Clark how much she loved him, and how she wanted to be with him. But Clark knew what his mission would be. How he couldn't let his emotions keep him from being the defender of truth, justice, and the American way. So, Clark denied Lana and thought that he would never see her again. Lana never forgot that night, though, as she was formal and sweet to Clark in person, but she was hurting deep inside. She wasn't sure if she could ever truly forgive Clark Kent for breaking her hurt.
It was less then a week later when the red-and-blue clad hero made his debut, stopping a LexCorp brand plane from crashing into Metropolis. When Clark made his debut, all of Metropolis looked at him as a hero. As a guardian angel. Lana was immediatly obsessed with the hero and even had the duty of naming the hero:
Super-Man.
Lana found herself actually being the first reporter to have a one-on-one interview with him, forcing Clark to create a new identity for Super-Man. Confident. Collected. Gentle, yet powerful and forceful. And yet, when Lana asked Super-Man about his origins, he simply didn't have a reply. He was honest. He stated that he didn't know where he was born, or how exactly he gained these incredible powers, but he was still looking for the answers. To find his origins has become Super-Man's ultimate quest. Upon discovering that Super-Man arrived to help the people of Metropolis, the city immediatly embraced him.
All except for one single man...
Lex Luthor was the unofficial founder of Metropolis. He built the city. His money funded it. His technology built it. Even 3/4ths of Metropolis actually work for Lex, based on his companies. He was the city's hero...until Super-Man arrived. He had to work hard and dedicate his life to Metropolis to become their hero, and now a man with the powers of a god arrives and takes the limelight from him? Luthor simply sees it as wrong. So, with Super-Man stating that his origins are his own quest, Luthor decides to create his own quest: Super-Man wants to save the world, so Lex will simply have to do it first. Lex Luthor knows that Metropolis can only have one true hero, and Luthor intends on it being him...

STATUS QUO:
Super-Man is currently in his third year as an established hero and has few to little clues as to where he comes from. He has found himself growing stronger due to Earth's yellow son, and has found himself becoming weaker due to a meteorite fragment that has been dubbed by Luthor 'Kryptonite'. Super-Man has also come face to face with an alien-android named 'Brainiac' who has claimed that Super-Man is 'unlike any lifeform ever seen. These seem to point at the conception that Super-Man could very well be alien.
In the last few years, Super-Man has also met individuals with origins that seem fairly related to his own, including the mysterious 'girl from the stars' with powers just like Super-Man's (so much so that Clark found himself helping the mysterious amnesiac girl named Kara by bringing her to his parents, taking him in as his 'cousin', and eventually giving her a costume like his own and giving her the codename 'Supergirl) and his clone, Conner (created by Lex Luthor's science division called 'Cadmus' that made 'Clone 13' out of the DNA of both Super-Man and Lex Luthor. He escaped, came across Super-Man who taught him what it takes to be a hero, named himself Conner, and take on the alias 'Superboy) and even John Henry Irons, a former weapons designer who forged a suit of armor and took up the persona of 'Steel', fighting side by side with Super-Man.
Clark also found himself meeting the world famous 'Justice League of America', and before the 'Crisis' hit and disbanded the League, Super-Man actually stood as the team leader. Today, due to Bruce Wayne and his CHECKMATE organization officially standing as a globally funded metahuman taskforce, the JLA is looked to be reforming, with Super-Man standing as the ideal leader.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
"I wanted to not only make a post-Smallville version of Superman, but I also wanted to follow the rules of the 'Shuster/Siegel' court ruling of half of Superman's properties going to the families, which meant no 'reporter' Lois Lane (more on her later), Daily Planet, red and yellow S symbol, or even the actual name 'Superman' (hence the hyphen). I also wanted to play with the costume a little, adding gloves and a little more yellow to the costume, making it seem more like a uniform then just blue shirt, pants, and underwear look."

Description
SYNOPSIS
The Super-Man is the story of a quest.
A quest for answers to ones own beginnings. The ultimate search for knowledge, and the means to know where the ultimate man ever came from.
Some say he's a god. Others say he is an alien. All Clark Kent knows for sure is that he certainly wasn't originally born in his home town of Smallville. Yet, as he may forever be a stranger in a strange land, the abilities given to him still stir up a strange need to help those who cannot help themselves. When danger arrives, Clark is willing to change himself into the man who was always destined to be Earth's Greatest Champion.
A Super-Man.

ORIGINS:
Decades ago, an young farm couple named Martha and Jonathen Kent were out driving in the small city of Smallville, Kansas. Without warning, meteorites began to fall to the earth below. Hundreds were injured in the destruction, two of which were the Kents. Narrowly missing one of the impacting astroids, the Kents' truck crashlanded upsidedown inside a near by ditch, carbon-monoxide immediatly filling the truck. The woozy Kents were moments away from death.
That's when the miracle arrived.
A small child, no more then 10 months old, walked up to the truck and was somehow able to rip the door off the truck, allowing the Kents to gain conciousness and free themselves. Once free, the Kents couldn't find anyone nearby to claim the child. The only clue to his identity was a large red blanket near his person with a strane symbol on it. With nowhere else for the child to be, the Kents were able to get their truck back on the road and took the boy with them. Along the way, they were flagged down by a terrified man by the side of the road. He said that his son was standing in the middle of a cornfield where one of the meteorites struck.
The man's name was Lionel Luthor. His son's name was Lex.
With the Kent's help, Lex was rushed to a nearby hospital. It was deduced that the impact had a psycological impact on young Lex, causing him to lose all his hear at such a young age. Lionel was greatful that Lex was alive and was equally greatful to the Kents, offering them a favor for their help. The Kents took Lionel up on his favor, using his connections to allow them to adopt the mysterious boy without questions of his origins being asked. Lionel agreed to the favor, and days later, baby Clark found his place in the Kent family.
Through his life, Clark began to develop his powers, still trying to learn exactly who he is. With nothing but his old baby blanket to go on, Clark's attempts to put the pieces of his own origins together have proved to be futile. And yet, still, something inside of him continues to drive him. He still has the constant desire to help others and be a type of hero. Following his graduation from Kansas State University, Clark tells his parents that he thinks its time to use his abilities on a grand scale, to use his flight, speed, strength, and other abilites to try and make the world a better place. After all, Clark has been following the stories of 'The Batman' in Gotham City for years. If one man can inspire a town, imagine what he could do for the world. It took a bit of convincing, but finally, Clark's parents understood that being a hero was something that Clark needed to do, and they wanted to help him.
While Martha used the same exact baby blanket Clark was first found with to make a uniform that would stand as an inspiration for the type of hero he would be, Clark and Jonathen made a steel plated shield of his strange S symbol. If it was the only link to his past, then Clark was going to wear it proudly.
Combining the shield with the suit, Clark stood proudly, knowing that he now represented the type of hero he wanted to be. But deep down, he knew that his place wasn't in Smallville. If he was going to be a beacon of light, he needed to be able to shine for the entire world to see.
Clark needed to go to Metropolis.
Once he arrived, Clark was quickly able to get a job as a television reporter for Star City news. A skilled writer and journalist, Clark would have been able to get any position the Star had to offer, but he knew he couldn't. For his alter-ego to succeed, Clark Kent had to be everything he wasn't. Clark Kent couldn't shine. With that in mind, Clark too a modest job as one of the staff's reporters, investigating the news, then bringing it back to the station to report. However, one of the anchors quickly caught Clark's eye. An old friend from his past.
Clark hadn't seen his high-school crush, Lana Lang, since prom. After the two of them were voted prom King and Queen, Lana told Clark how much she loved him, and how she wanted to be with him. But Clark knew what his mission would be. How he couldn't let his emotions keep him from being the defender of truth, justice, and the American way. So, Clark denied Lana and thought that he would never see her again. Lana never forgot that night, though, as she was formal and sweet to Clark in person, but she was hurting deep inside. She wasn't sure if she could ever truly forgive Clark Kent for breaking her hurt.
It was less then a week later when the red-and-blue clad hero made his debut, stopping a LexCorp brand plane from crashing into Metropolis. When Clark made his debut, all of Metropolis looked at him as a hero. As a guardian angel. Lana was immediatly obsessed with the hero and even had the duty of naming the hero:
Super-Man.
Lana found herself actually being the first reporter to have a one-on-one interview with him, forcing Clark to create a new identity for Super-Man. Confident. Collected. Gentle, yet powerful and forceful. And yet, when Lana asked Super-Man about his origins, he simply didn't have a reply. He was honest. He stated that he didn't know where he was born, or how exactly he gained these incredible powers, but he was still looking for the answers. To find his origins has become Super-Man's ultimate quest. Upon discovering that Super-Man arrived to help the people of Metropolis, the city immediatly embraced him.
All except for one single man...
Lex Luthor was the unofficial founder of Metropolis. He built the city. His money funded it. His technology built it. Even 3/4ths of Metropolis actually work for Lex, based on his companies. He was the city's hero...until Super-Man arrived. He had to work hard and dedicate his life to Metropolis to become their hero, and now a man with the powers of a god arrives and takes the limelight from him? Luthor simply sees it as wrong. So, with Super-Man stating that his origins are his own quest, Luthor decides to create his own quest: Super-Man wants to save the world, so Lex will simply have to do it first. Lex Luthor knows that Metropolis can only have one true hero, and Luthor intends on it being him...

STATUS QUO:
Super-Man is currently in his third year as an established hero and has few to little clues as to where he comes from. He has found himself growing stronger due to Earth's yellow son, and has found himself becoming weaker due to a meteorite fragment that has been dubbed by Luthor 'Kryptonite'. Super-Man has also come face to face with an alien-android named 'Brainiac' who has claimed that Super-Man is 'unlike any lifeform ever seen. These seem to point at the conception that Super-Man could very well be alien.
In the last few years, Super-Man has also met individuals with origins that seem fairly related to his own, including the mysterious 'girl from the stars' with powers just like Super-Man's (so much so that Clark found himself helping the mysterious amnesiac girl named Kara by bringing her to his parents, taking him in as his 'cousin', and eventually giving her a costume like his own and giving her the codename 'Supergirl) and his clone, Conner (created by Lex Luthor's science division called 'Cadmus' that made 'Clone 13' out of the DNA of both Super-Man and Lex Luthor. He escaped, came across Super-Man who taught him what it takes to be a hero, named himself Conner, and take on the alias 'Superboy) and even John Henry Irons, a former weapons designer who forged a suit of armor and took up the persona of 'Steel', fighting side by side with Super-Man.
Clark also found himself meeting the world famous 'Justice League of America', and before the 'Crisis' hit and disbanded the League, Super-Man actually stood as the team leader. Today, due to Bruce Wayne and his CHECKMATE organization officially standing as a globally funded metahuman taskforce, the JLA is looked to be reforming, with Super-Man standing as the ideal leader.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
"I wanted to not only make a post-Smallville version of Superman, but I also wanted to follow the rules of the 'Shuster/Siegel' court ruling of half of Superman's properties going to the families, which meant no 'reporter' Lois Lane (more on her later), Daily Planet, red and yellow S symbol, or even the actual name 'Superman' (hence the hyphen). I also wanted to play with the costume a little, adding gloves and a little more yellow to the costume, making it seem more like a uniform then just blue shirt, pants, and underwear look."