Monday, December 4, 2023

Character Analysis: DCAU Superman

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Background

The DCAU version of Superman. He hails from the planet Krypton and was sent to Ea by his father Jor-el shortly before said planet was destroyed by an internal instability.  He was found by the Kents, grew up in Smallville and then eventually moved to Metropolis where he became a news reporter. After he took on the role of Superman, he went on to become a founding member of the Justice League.

  • SAS S1ep 1 4:23 Superman with his Kryptonian parents as a baby

  • SAS S1ep 1 17:39 Jor-el sends Superman to Earth. 

  • SAS S1ep 2 2:34 The Kents find superman

  • SAS S1ep 2 8:46 Superman is told  he was found in a spaceship 

  • SAS ep 2 14:10 Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet


Some of the more notable qualities of this incarnation are that the villain Brainiac actually served as an important artificial intelligence for krypton itself. This AI knew Krypton’s destruction was imminent, and escaped on his own shortly beforehand

  • SAS S1ep 1 8:00 Brainiac argues with Jor-el over the fate of krypton.

  • SAS S1ep 1 10:10 Jor-el is suspicious of Brainiac

  • SAS S1ep 1 11:23 Brainiac is revealed to know about Krypton is doomed and attempts to upload himself to a satellite to escape


This Superman is also shown to still be active in the 2040s during the events of Batman Beyond. He still leads that version of the Justice league and also became a firefighter.

Armor 

Protective suites

Superman has received various protective suites from Star labs. These are generally lead lined and protective against Kryptonite radiation.


Eradicator Armor

An armor set Superman uses in the Batman Beyond time period. It replicates his normal powers while shielding him from Kryptonite.

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Beyond-2012/Issue-8?id=48917#20

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Beyond-2012/Issue-8?id=48917#21 


Arsenal

Phantom zone projector

A projector that sends opponents into the phantom zone dimension. The phantom zone in the DCAU is described as being outside of space/time.


Robot duplicates

Robotic duplicates of Superman. They have many of his abilities at lower levels of strength and durability. They act as his backup in situations where he himself is unable to be present himself.


Abilities

Solar energy absorption

Superman has the ability to absorb energy from yellow sun radiation. This gives him a host of general super powers, like super speed, strength and durability.

  • SAS S1ep2 10:00 Superman is told he’ll be given powers from Earth’s sun


Flight

The ability to fly.

  • SAS S1ep2 11:29  Superman floats for the first time

  • SAS S1ep3 4:46 Superman flies while carrying truck

  • SAS S2ep25 16:00 Superman flies while fighting a monster 


X-ray vision

The ability to see through solid objects.


Microscopic vision

The ability to zoom in to see microscopic structures. Superman can see objects as small as nanites.

  • SAS S2ep4 13:25 Superman uses microscopic vision to look inside an armband

  • SAS S3ep2 8:26 Superman uses microscopic vision to see microscopic nanites on Bruce’s desk


Thermal vision

The ability to see thermal radiation.

  • JLU S2ep12 11:12 Superman can see heat signatures inside a building


Super hearing

Super hearing.

  • SAS S1ep2 6:09 Superman hears a distant cars tires break


Heat vision

The ability to create lasers from his eyes.

  • SAS S1ep2 7:46 Superman uses heat vision to burn a metal rod

  • SAS S1ep8 7:29 Superman uses laser vision to cut through some Brainiac robots

  • JL ep25 12:34 Superman uses heat vision to cut through the hull of a machine


Lobotomy

Superman can use heat vision to lobotomize people. Most famously the “Justice Lord” Superman did this to neutralize multiple former villains.

  • JL S2ep11 20:03 Evils Superman heat vision penetrates Doomsdays skull and lobotomize him 

  • JL S2ep12 7:50 A hospital of people Justice Lord Superman had lobotomized


Super breath

The ability to create powerful bursts of air via breathing outward.

  • JL S2ep16 14:38 Superman blows away monsters with super breath


Ice breath

The ability to freeze things solid with a gush of breath.


Survivability

Superman can survive without air or in a vacuum without protection..


Misc


Feats

Strength

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Beyond-2012/Issue-10?id=48872#10 https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Beyond-2012/Issue-10?id=48872#11 


Endurance

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Adventures/Issue-54?id=64665#21

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Adventures/Issue-54?id=64665#22

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Adventures/Issue-54?id=64665#26 


Speed


Scaling


Lobo

Superman fights Lobo on several occasions. 


Wally west

Superman has raced relatively on par with Wally west before in the past.


Livewire

 Livewire is one of Superman’s main villains in the show. He can harm her and keep up with her attacks.


John stewart

Superman has been shown to be able to keep up with and destroy John Stewart’s Green lantern constructs. 


Doomsday

Another major superman villain. Superman can fight on par with and harm him.

  • JL s2ep11 19:55 It’s stated that Doomsdays skin can withstand a nuclear explosion


Misc

  • SAS S2ep19 2:17 It's shown Bizzaro survived the a half kiloton tnt explosion

  • SAS S2ep28 19:11 Kara survives colliding into a meteor headed towards Earth and an explosion that dwarfs Metropolis in size

  • JL S2ep19 3:36 Wonder woman blocks a bolt of lightning

  • JLU S1ep7 10:30 Dr.Brown has become a living black hole that could consume the universe “over time”. Booster Gold survives being near the incomplete version of this black hole 19:30


Experience


Weaknesses

DCAU Superman’s X-ray vision can’t see through lead.

  • SAS S1ep11 15:44 Its stated Superman can’t see through lead


Radiation from a red sun steadily sucks away his powers.

  • SAS S1ep9 18:00 Its stated a red sunlight cancels Superman's abilities

  • SAS S2ep11 6:40 Red sunlight gets rid of Superman's powers

  • SAS S2ep11 8:39 It’s stated Superman is probably down to about half strength after several hours of being drained by the red sun


Exposure to kryptonite weakens him

  • SAS S1ep5 3:18 Superman is first exposed to kryptonite


And he has no resistance to magic
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