Given how much I liked the old TV series I thought I’d do a write-up on the original 1950s version of Superman from the B&W days of television from what I can remember of him, so hope you all enjoy.
Super-hero ID: Superman
Name: Clark Kent (Note, he is unaware of his actual Kryptonian name or history.)
Power Category-Alien
Height: 6’ 2”
Weight: 388 lbs (Due to his dense molecular structure Clark Kent weighs far more than outward appearances suggest)
Sex: Male
Age: 30ish
Fighting: Remarkable (30)
Agility: Incredible (40)
Strength: Amazing (50)
Endurance: Unearthly (100)
Reason: Excellent (20)
Intuition: Monstrous (75)
Psyche: Unearthly (100)
Health: 220
Karma: 195
Resources: Good (Given his superhuman nature and his wholesome upbringing has little need of material wealth, and may create diamonds as desired from coal if he wishes)
Popularity: 100
POWERS
True Invulnerability: Due to his dense molecular structure Superman has Incredible protection from all attacks save those of a Psionic or magical nature.
True Flight: Shift X
Enhanced Senses (All): All of Superman’s senses operate at the Unearthly level of sensitivity.
Protected Senses (All): Superman’s alien nature and superhuman resiliency provides him with Unearthly protection from sensory attacks
Penetration Vision (X-Rays): Superman may see through virtually any substance with Unearthly ability, with only dense metals like lead that can block X-rays being able to impede his vision. Note that due to the intensity of his X-Ray Vision prolonged exposure could lead to radiation burns or cause death due to cellular necrosis. They may also transform certain metal alloys via transmutation into radium.
Heat Emission (Eyes): By concentrating he may emit beams of pure heat from his eyes of up to Amazing damage and range.
Self-Duplication: As a result of his dense molecular structure by an act of extreme concentration (red psyche feat), Superman may split himself into two otherwise identical beings, possessed of roughly half the strength of the original, and may later rejoin by a similar act of concentration.
Phasing: Also as a result of his unique molecular structure and willpower he may on a Red Psyche feat phase through solid matter with Unearthly ability. He may engage in nothing else but a slow walking pace while doing so.
Hyper-Leaping: CL1000
Super-Hypnosis: More of a unique talent than a power Superman is capable of hypnotizing a willing subject with Unearthly ability and granting them limited superhuman abilities in the process. He has been shown hypnotizing Lois Lane and causing her to levitate and become sufficiently rigid to prevent a compression-wall trap from crushing them both while he was weakened due to exposure to kryptonite.
Hyper-Running: Monstrous
Hyper-intake/expulsion: By taking a deep breath Superman may engage in a number of stunts with Monstrous ability; including inhaling a deadly gas to protect others or cause sufficient drop in oxygen to cause others to collapse, blow out fires or attack/knock-down others, as well as freeze objects.
Self-Sustenance: Superman has no need for food, water, or air in order to survive, although does eat for the sake of appearing normal as well as for the general pleasure/enjoyment of it.
LIMITATIONS
Kryptonite: Left over from the original destruction of Krypton the radioactive material known as kryptonite gives off radiation that due to his dense molecular structure is severely debilitating to and will eventually kill Superman from extended exposure. Initial exposure will see Superman immediately begin to lose strength and durability, dropping to human normal strength and endurance and loss of virtually all other powers save for his Super-Hypnotism after coming within 10 feet of the substance. While the length of time required to kill him is unknown it is unlikely he could last even an hour under such exposure. It is also possible to synthesize artificial kryptonite if one knows what one is doing. It appears as a solid silvery metallic material and no other version of kryptonite appears to exist in this continuity.
Extreme Cold: It has been shown that exposure to temperatures close to absolute zero will turn Superman snow-white (including his hair) and completely eliminate his powers and reduce him to Poor FASE stats. Only extreme heat on the order of a blast furnace is capable of restoring him to his original capabilities in this event.
EQUIPMENT
Costume: Superman wears a costume made from material native to his home planet that is apparently indestructible; as such it is a CL1000 material for any attempts made to damage/destroy it.
Glasses: Appearing as normal glasses and worn only in his Clark Kent guise they appear to grant Unearthly protection from recognition as Superman in his human appearance.
TALENTS
Journalism; Leadership; Engineering; Chemistry; Physics; Safe-Cracking;
HISTORY
Rocketed to Earth from the doomed planet Krypton and adopted by an elderly couple in Kansas Clark Kent left home as a young man after the death of his father and the revelation that he was not from earth he received from his mother. Seeking to put his strange abilities to good use he went to the great city of Metropolis where he used his own revelation of his first public appearance as Superman to earn himself a spot as a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper as a means of keeping up on the flow of activities in his new home and best act to save the regular public from evil.
CONTACTS
Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen;
ENEMIES
Pretty much anyone of a criminal nature or intent.
PERSONALITY
Clark Kent is the ideal that humans reach for, a caring and compassionate man of the strongest moral fiber thanks to his humble upbringing on the farm by his adoptive parents. Due to his upbringing as a result he never lies (anyone asking him questions that would require him to lie he skillfully diverts with distractions or statements that seem so outrageous that only an outside viewer of things know are in fact completely honest and accurate, such as when he occasion says he is Superman in response to a question how he managed to do something unbelievable) and always works within the law to the best of his ability, although as he is a champion of justice he will never allow anyone to suffer an injustice like imprisonment or death simply because the law having failed in its duties says that they must. He has however on at least one occasion to protect his secret identity transported several gangsters to a remote icy mountaintop to imprison them lest they reveal his identity, where they died trying to scale down the icy cliffs to escape.
"A shared universe, like any fictional construct, hinges on suspension of disbelief. When continuity is tossed away, it tatters the construct. Undermines it."
-- Peter David
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