Kal-L (Earth-10)
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History
Rocketed to Earth as a baby from the dying world of Krypton, Kal-El landed in the occupied Sudetenland in 1938. From the rocket that carried him, Nazi scientists reverse-engineered the technology to win the war, and Overman became the hero of "a utopia built on human suffering" [1] . He became affiliated with the JL-Axis. However, his love of his duties was tempered by the guilt he carried. Eventually, Nazi scientists succeeded in seeding Overman's genetic material with two human children. One of them became a monster called Antihuman, but the other became Overgirl. Overman became fond of Overgirl and came to regard her as his cousin.
During the Final Crisis, Overgirl went missing. In the course of looking for her, he was contacted by Monitor Zillo Valla with an offer - if he helped her find a way to save the universe, she would help him find his cousin. He accepted her terms.
On the adventure that followed , he helped save several worlds from the crashing form of the Echo of Midnight. When Zillo Valla's craft crashed on Earth-51, she asked him to take her to her quarters. However, this was a ruse, and she used his blood to revitalise herself and her craft.[2]
Overman survived and attempted to attack Valla, but was stopped by Billy Batson, who told him that Valla had acted only to save the ship. Shortly after, he joined his fellow Supermen in attacking Mandrakk's destroyer.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Kryptonian Physiology: Overman's cellular structure is more dense, resilient and biologically more effective than human tissue. Overman's body also stores energy actively within his bio-cellular matrix as an energy pattern that is linked to his body's electromagnetic field.[citation needed] This energy powers most of Overman's electromagnetic capabilities such as flight and heat vision.[citation needed] It also supplements his physical strength.
- Solar Energy Absorption: Technically, this is the main source of Overman's powers. Because Overman's powers are greatly due to exposure to Earth's yellow sun, his powers have been affected by extreme absorptions of solar power, whether voluntary or involuntary.[citation needed] However, Overman has used this to his advantage in battle in many instances, and to his detriment at certain times.[citation needed]
- Superhuman Strength: While the exact magnitude of Overman's strength is unknown, it is generally accepted that Overman is sufficiently strong to lift several thousand tons.
- Invulnerability: Overman's body is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces ,In addition, his immune system protects him from toxins and diseases.
- Superhuman Stamina: Overman has the ability to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an undefined period.
- Flight: Overman can defy the forces of gravity. Under one Earth gravity, Overman is capable of Mach speeds in Earth's atmosphere. His control of his flight is very precise and he can perform aerobatic feats such as hovering, flying backwards and even lifting great weights while flying. Overman has repeatedly demonstrated he has the ability to achieve escape velocities , fly in outer space and land safely down to a planet's surface from outer space.
- Superhuman Speed: Overman is capable of enhanced reflex action and the ability to move at incredible speeds by sheer force of will. Overman can match most other speedsters in their ability to perform super-fast movements, reactions, and processes. He can use this power to disarm opponents who do not have heightened reflexes, catch bullets or shrapnel or cross vast distances in seconds.
- Super-Breath: The ability to create hurricane force winds by blowing, and to chill his breath in order to freeze a target (this latter ability has also been called "freeze breath" and "arctic breath"). Overman can also breathe in large amounts of air, an ability used when dealing with and disposing things like clouds of poison gas.
- Superhuman Hearing: The ability to hear any sound at any volume or pitch.[citation needed] He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency. He can identify a person by their heartbeat, or pick out a single voice in an entire city.
- Heat Vision: The ability to fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it with the conscious act of activating this power. Visually, the power is typically depicted as two beams of red light firing from his eyes. These beams can be made invisible, allowing Overman to work undetected. The area of effect can be consciously determined by Overman, down to the microscopic level. Recent stories imply the precision is so exact it can bypass a target's outer shell (not causing damage to a person's skull for surgical purposes) or even defenses (such as invulnerability or intangibility).[citation needed]
- Superhuman Vision:: He also possess a superior sensory arrangement of microscopic, telescopic, infrared and ultraviolet visual capabilities. He is able to see the entire spectrum. Abilities include:
- Electro-magnetic Spectrum Vision: can see well into most of the EM Spectrum. He can see and identify radio/television and any and all broadcast/transmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods. Overman can see the aura that every living thing generates.[citation needed]
- Telescopic Vision: The ability to "zoom in" his distance to see something at a great distance.
- X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. He can see things behind a wall as if the wall were not there, or can "peel back" layer after layer of matter in his mind. Opponents sometimes used lead-lined constructs in an attempt to hide things from Overman.
Strength level
Class 100+; Overman can easily lift 100 tons.
See Also
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