Pete Ross

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Real Name

Peter Joseph Ross

Current Alias

Pete Ross

Aliases

Mr. President

Relatives

Lana Lang (ex-wife); Clark Ross (son)

Affiliation

United States Government

Base Of Operations

Smallville, Kansas; formerly Washington, D.C.

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Public Identity

Race

Human

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Divorced

Occupation

Politician; former President of the United States; Vice-President of the United States during the Luthor administration, Senator

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

175 lbs (80 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Blond

Origin

Universe

New Earth

Place of Birth

Smallville, Kansas

Created by

Robert Bernstein, George Papp

First appearance

Superboy #86
(January, 1961)

HistoryEdit

Pete was a childhood friend of Clark Kent in Smallville.

Pete eventually married Lana Lang, with the two having a son, Clark Ross. The two are presently divorced, even after briefly reuniting. Pete was Vice-President of the United States under Lex Luthor and briefly served as President following Luthor's impeachment but quickly resigned.

Pete was not initially aware of Clark's secret. However, the secret was known by the villainous Manchester Black, who informed then-President Luthor of the secret, only later to wipe his memory of it. Prior to losing the knowledge of Clark's secret, Lex informed Pete that his close friend Clark Kent is in fact Superman. While Pete initially refrained from telling Clark about his knowledge he did eventually tell him.

Recently it appeared that Ross had become a villain named "Ruin", but it was later revealed that he had instead been kidnapped by the real Ruin, Professor Emil Hamilton. Hamilton also kidnapped Pete's wife and child. Superman defeated the insane Professor Hamilton, rescued Pete, Lana, and their child, and exonerated Pete of the charges against him.

After the divorce Pete returned to Smallville without Lana to raise their son. Pete and Lana both decided that they wanted to give little Clark the benefit of a good solid Smallville childhood, like they had. The two share custody of their son. Since the divorce Lana told Kara that things between her and Pete are awkward. However, she accepts that's how things usually are with Exes. Pete currently lives in Smallville and owns a General Store.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

Skilled Politician, who would later became the President of the United States.

NotesEdit

• Height and weight from Superman: The Man of Steel Sourcebook.
• Only in the New Earth universe has Pete Ross and Lana Lang been romantically involved.
• In the new Superman Secret Origin Pete was one of Clark's closes friend. However, he wasn't Clark's best friend and confidant, his future ex-wife Lana Lang was.

Related

• 82 Appearances of Peter Ross (New Earth)
• 12 Images featuring Peter Ross (New Earth)
• 3 Quotations by or about Peter Ross (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Peter Ross (New Earth)

LinksEdit

• Peter Ross (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

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