Broken Masquerade: After Mastema's hideout is razed, the existence of supernatural creatures is revealed to the world and it appears on the news. Heroic Lineage: Its revealed that Mikey and Brennan's grandfather is one of the five mages that have set up a barrier between Earth and Terrenos, and Mikey's child with Rya is capable of trans-versing both worlds. Superman made his first public appearance by confronting Lex Luthor, who had assumed the "Superman" identity himself as his own way to honor the fallen hero. Though the two Supermen temporarily fought, they were interrupted by the appearance of Doomsday, forcing Superman and Luthor to work together in taking the beast down, learning to share the mantle of Superman. [228] Despite living incognito, Superman never stopped working to protect the world, doing so in secret. He witnessed this new world's Justice League form after their first battle with Darkseid. [222] To further his activities, he constructed his own Fortress of Solitude, and, for the first time on this Earth, was forced out of secrecy to fight the villain Blanque. [223]

Signs began to appear of an impending intergalactic war with Imperiex in which Earth was bound to get dragged into. The Justice League rallied in space, taking on Imperiex's scout drones, but were taken out one by one. Superman watched several of his friends fall and the apparent destruction of Atlantis. [131] The Cyborg Superman and the Toyman joined forces in an attempt to destroy Superman's energy form, but instead Superman was split into a second form - the aggressive Superman Red and the calmer Superman Blue. [105]

Given that the prophecy isn't actually about Mikey, the prophecy likely doesn't refer to her at all, but a different princess who may be Mastema's mother. Superhuman Stamina: He has the ability to maintain continuous physical actions for an undefined period. Clark has unlimited stamina if he is consistently exposed to Earth sunlight. [295] Captured on Purpose: Mikey's reveal at the end of #20 is that he's completely OK with being taken alive and tortured since it will get him into the most heavily fortified complex of the surviving mages. It works out, as he manages to kill another mage (Kylen, this time) and weaken the barrier enough to help Kallista tranverse into Earth. Covers Always Lie: Issue #25 shows Mastema fighting against Mike and Rya in the cover. She never comes close to trading blows with the two, instead she spends the whole issue fighting Lore's right-hand woman Kallista.

Electrokinesis|Lightning Bolt Travel: ability to travel as a bolt of lightning landing with a jolt whenever he landed.

Superman: Secret Identity - A Relatable Man of Steel

Lois and Clark went on a honeymoon in Hawaii, where Clark was kidnapped by terrorists, and Lois had to come to his rescue. [98]

Superman returned to Metropolis and had to convince the city that he was the real Superman - for real this time. Unfortunately, he had to "reacquire" the right to the name and symbol "Superman," but after helping the young Superboy come to terms with his origins as a clone of Clark and accept himself as "Superboy", the kid declared Clark once and for all the real Superman. [67] X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. Since it is passive, this ability would not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as a focused projection of hard X-rays. He saw that the earth had been transformed into a single-cell organism. [331] He also determined when a force field completely covered a spherical area. [332] Hard times fell on the Daily Planet, and the owners reluctantly sold the company to Lex Luthor — who promptly closed its doors and fired nearly everyone. [109] Out of work, Clark decided to resume his book-writing career but was horrified to find that the fictional situations he wrote about were actually coming true. [110] [111] Superman essentially abandoned his life as Clark Kent, patrolling the Earth 24/7, paranoid of his own prophetic thoughts. Believing even this dedication wasn't enough, Superman built an army of Superman robots to help him with his goal.

Superman: Year One - A God Among Mortals

On the advice of the Martian Manhunter, Superman began to have therapy sessions with Dr. Claire Foster. With his therapist, he explored his fear of Zod and the danger he posed to his loved ones. Though he avoided confronting his enemy, nevertheless, he was called to action when he discovered Zod using Bizarro as a punching bag. [144] The group of heroes saved the multiverse, [220] after which Superman, Lois and their son Jonathan ultimately found themselves on Earth 0 9 years in the past. With their chance at a simpler life, Lois and Clark raised their child in anonymity. [221] New World, New Superman When Superman believed that Lex Luthor had been attempting to create synthetic Kryptonite, the Man of Steel sliced LexCorp Tower in half, casting the top half into outer space. The SCU tried to arrest him, but Superman refused to allow them to. The JLA intervened and agreed that Superman crossed a line. [113] The JLA were unable to defeat his army of Superman robots to apprehend him and, during the battle, the truth of Superman's recent behavior were made clear — he has been manipulated the villain Dominus! [114] Face Death with Dignity: In spite of his previous actions and behavior, Kylen has more grace in death than he did in life, not pleading when Mikey is about to kill him and telling him he understands why he would want to do it. Unspoken Plan Guarantee: When Mikey reveals his gambit to Rya, it's by whispering in her ear so quiet the speech bubbles can only show a scribble.