Lysander Sage (Earth-M8)

Origin
Lysander Sage, a descendant from a mystical family of shamans and would-be magicians, was always pre-destined to be a weirdo; his family heritage ensured that. Lysander grew up in Seattle, one of the most modern cities on earth, yet his daily routine would have him practicing these weird and unusual spiritual rituals with the elders of his family. This was a practice that he never really cared for, as all he wanted to do was draw. Lysander always had the amazing dreams and ideas about new worlds and alien life and he could see them in an indescribable way, almost as if they were there as if he was touching them. He tried explaining this to his family, but surprisingly enough, the family of people who thought that every time the wind blew they were receiving messages of the future from their dead ancestors, couldn't fathom the idea that maybe one of their family members was seeing other worlds. These dreams and visions became something else entirely when one day a fourteen-year-old Lysander found himself waking to an alien invasion. He was beyond freaked out, but was even more amazed that it was real, that his visions were more than just lucid dreams. He was there on one of the worlds that he dreamt about, an in the midst of an impending war nonetheless. Lysander somehow managed to get himself out of there by thinking of home and opening a portal there, but his life had completely changed by that point. He would grow up to attend the Rhode Island School of Design for graphic design, obtaining an MFA in graphic design, while also escaping his radical family as well; before heading to MIT to obtain an M.B.A in architecture.



The Portal to Vortex
The world was shaken, the news of the assault n the Northern African country of J'lande that left members of the Russian Spetsnaz dead was still very fresh in the air and the tensions were rising steadily. Lysander felt the energy of the world, figuratively and literally, as the dimension that earth resided in sent out pulsating energy. Something about the world's emotions seemed to affect the actual energy of the planet itself, something that Lysander never really understood. Yet, it was there, and the pressure was on for someone, anyone to step up and do something to prevent the end of the world. Lysander looked out of his Manhattan Apartment and started thinking, what on earth could be done? What could he possibly do to try to stop this? He was lost in his mind, lost in one of the many worlds that he had dreamt about, struggling to find a solution to the situation, hoping that it was a bad nightmare. He knew that he had all the power to escape, that he could just flee to another word but that would leave millions...no... billions on earth at risk and he simply couldn't allow that to happen. He walked over to his closet and pulled out a metal box, inside of it was a suit that he had designed in case he ever wanted to take up heroics. Originally, it was just for fun, but now the world needed him, the feelings of fun were long gone.

Lysander donned the outfit and looked back at his TV, which hit of breaking news, alongside an alert that hit his phone. Russian and American forces were now meeting on opposite sides in Lebanon; for the first time in a long time, the unthinkable was here. The entire world was scared, hell, even with all his power, Lysander too trembled a little at the thought of what this encounter meant for everyone, everywhere. Without hesitating he saw Lebanon in his mind, the tanks that were lined up, and he popped up, right as another person showed up. The two met each other's gaze and remained silent for a few seconds before exchanging greetings. Lysander caught the other individual's name, he went by Judgment. Lysander introduced himself as Vortex. His glance left Judgment and turned to everyone else, the tanks, the soldiers, it was at this moment that he truly realized that he and Judgment were the only things stopping these two sides from signing the earth's death warrant.

Final Five
Vortex and Judgment were quickly joined by three others, Magnus, Velocity, and W.M.D. These five men would be the only thing standing between the earth and doomsday, in the most literal sense possibly. Judgment became the first to address the forces using a simple gesture, however the opposition weren't open to listening as they opened fire on the group. Velocity took off first, catching bullets and removing weapons from soldiers. Vortex looked around as everyone got to work, Magnus was taking out the sabots from tanks and W.M.D had created these nanite harpy creatures. Vortex saw his moment when fighter jets arrived from the American side and fired in their direction, with ease he casually dismissed the ammunition to another dimension as well as the missiles that were fired. The fire kept coming, but he wasn't all too concerned about any of it. He was more so interested in keeping those jets from becoming too much of a nuisance more than anything else. He opened more portals, this time sending the jets in their entirety through them.

The tanks kept firing, now opting for the machine gun attached and fired right at Vortex. However, once the bullets exited the guns, Velocity was right on it and ran to catch them. Vortex interrupted him as he was running though, he spoke to him, however time was essentially frozen where they were. Vortex informed Velocity that he didn't need to worry about him as the bullets wouldn't do any damage to him. Velocity only asked if he was sure, and once Vortex confirmed this, Velocity took off for another part of the battle. The two eventually rejoined time and when the bullets encountered Vortex, they disappeared as they hit him. Apparently, he had surrounded his body with not only a force field but a force field that sent anything that hit it to another dimension. Vortex just laughed the bullets off and his hands started to glow as he fired energy bolts towards the guns, with them too disappearing to another dimension. He made it clear that he wasn't the weak link here, and while everyone else among the five were either flashy or fast, he possessed something unique, which essentially was not only an absolute defense but an absolute offense as well. The battle was going very well for the team until something changed, with a crackle from the clouds, a lightning bolt rained from above and seemingly struck Vortex's force-field; which ultimately sent the attack to another dimension like usual.

Emergence of the Collective: Vortex vs. Cosmic
The lightning bolt had distracted every force on the battlefield, making way for a surprise assault from new threats. Vortex watched as Judgment engaged this one individual in a contest that quickly took the two off-world. He wanted to just dismiss the individual to another world but before he had the chance to, someone stood before him. A winged individual, who was young in appearance but had silver hair, touched down on the earth and chuckled softly. The man was tatted all over and his wings were large a black, yet they quickly turned white with a silver hue to match his hair. His hands began to stretch out and turned sharp, taking up a claw like appearance. Vortex looked bored, and casually disappeared into a dimension before appearing behind the man and creating a bubble around the man which encased him, and Vortex closed it in on him which ended up sending him to another dimension before closing in on itself. Vortex looked around for the others but before he could take a good assessment of his surroundings, the man reappeared in front of him. The man took note of how Vortex's abilities were "kind of cool", yet informed Vortex that his parlor tricks weren't going to work on him. The man then proceeded to literally rip at the space around the two of them, before racing around Vortex and sending the two through space. Vortex found himself somewhere between space and that's when the man said it was time to shed this human guise and display his true self. The humanoid appearance fell apart and all that was left was large white and golden dragon in its place. The dragon spoke and referred to itself as Cosmic, the son of Entropy, heir apparent to realities stemming across dimensions. Vortex raised an eyebrow as he blasted dimensional energy towards Cosmic, however he breathed out literal space which sent the attack elsewhere.

Cosmic then let out a large spatial attack towards Vortex, which Vortex directed into another dimension before running into Cosmic, thus the collision with his dimensional force-field sent the two hovering in the sky back on earth. Cosmic flapped his wings which let out a black and purple energy that began to "eat" away at space, and soon the space around them began to disappear. Dimensional circles formed around Vortex's hands, lined around the circles were squares that showed tiny worlds in them. Vortex was using dimensional energies from other worlds and with that he let out multiple blasts towards the large dragon, which Cosmic responded to by letting out a large beam from his mouth. The explosion from the two attacks continued to tear away the space of their location. Vortex realized the damage that could ensue from their battle so he disappeared somewhere else, and Cosmic followed. The two engaged in an epic fight, Vortex fired spatial blasts off like a machine gun and Cosmic responded by evading them and returning his own blasts. Cosmic flew towards Vortex and placed a large claw on his force-field, but while he couldn’t tear away at it, it also was unable to send him to another dimension. Cosmic's own space-based abilities seemed to stalemate Vortex's. Vortex propelled himself away from Cosmic and rammed his force-field into the dragon, sending them to a beautiful world and thrusting them into a waterfall. Vortex open a dimension above him, which only showed a blue sun on the other side. He fired the portal at Cosmic and expanded it, catching the dragon off-guard, he sent him into the sun.

Cosmic returned from the sun, this time he was clearly enraged. The dragon had transformed into a larger form and flew into a portal that was above the planet that he and Vortex were on. Cosmic roared a large spatial blast towards the planet which eradicated everything in its path and went through the core and to the other side, thus destroying the world. The dragon looked on, not seeing his opponent anywhere in sight. Yet, Vortex emerged and he was angered. That planet had much life and didn't deserve such an annihilation, the respect that he had for Cosmic as an opponent disappeared right then and now Vortex refused to hold back. His eyes lit up and zoomed towards the dragon and his hands hand energy around them as he did a circular motion which transported both he and Cosmic to a crossroads. The place was a location not just between dimensions, but also between realities. Vortex had only been here a few times but he knew he could draw upon the energy of the different dimensions and use it against Cosmic. He formed multi-dimensional force-fields around his fists, which he used to punch Cosmic multiple times, each punch sending the two through different dimensions, into different worlds. Vortex even hit the dragon hard enough to send him crashing into a barren world and he summoned enough dimensional energy to completely eradicated the world and thus bounce the dragon not just through another dimension, but they were traversing different planes. The onslaught stopped once the two found themselves in the nexus of multiple dimensions, Cosmic tried to fire back and was met with a multidimensional blast from Vortex which collided and sent the dragon through an unknown dimension. Vortex, feeling a bit drained, opened a gateway back to earth. Meanwhile, W.M.D had Vortex's readings to be beyond off the charts and so far, the scariest of the group.

The Collective: Repercussions
As Vortex returned to earth, there was a lot to answer for and the public had some questions about the actions of Vortex and his comrades. Vortex met up with the other four, and after Judgment made it known that he had a research facility that he wanted them to head to, Vortex quickly opened a portal there. Whilst inside the gentlemen watched the news and each of them took the feedback of their actions bad. Vortex himself was upset about the fact that humanity seemed quick to the assumption that these five individuals were the actual threat and that they needed to be "checked". Velocity was mumbling off about how humans did what humans do best, blame any and everyone other than themselves for the problems that they inflict amongst one another. He agreed to a degree, however it felt strange to be on the outside looking in from this point of view. To no longer be considered a "human" that had been foreign to him but he was just starting to take it in. It was clear that the rest of the world saw them as monsters, even though they effectively saved the planet and humankind, they were the bad guys that needed to be locked up. Yet, humanity made some good arguments, they weren't oblivious to the interstellar destruction that had taken place and wanted everyone responsible to be held accountable for their involvement in the situation. Vortex even spoke aloud about how Judgment, Magnus, and W.M.D did destroy three individual planets, which didn't make their situation any better. W.M.D quickly rebutted that he had footage from the ear piece/scanner of Vortex also wiping out a world in his fight against Cosmic. Vortex did note that his planetary destructive behavior didn't take place anywhere where humanity could see it and condemn him for it.

He went on that maybe the five of them did go a little overboard, but he was met with resistance from Magnus, who suggested that each of them did what they had to do to get the job done. Magnus mentioned how clearly these five people/things that they faced weren't your typical run of the mill bad guys. No, they were high leveled super powered threats that could not only take what each of the five of them could dish out, but also return it as well. Judgment inquired about how exactly the five of their opponents met and formed such a formidable team, noting that he had heard that "Stormbringer" was simply a world renown arms dealer. Vortex pondered on the idea as well, as they faced a team of extremely powerful beings capable of checking each of them to a degree. Before he could really finish thinking about it, Judgment had just asked Vortex and the others about the details of their encounters. So, Vortex took this moment to go ahead and tell everyone about how he faced off against an opponent that could turn into a dragon but also possessed similar abilities to his own and could manipulate the space around him. He told them that his name was Cosmic and that he was the son of Entropy, heir apparent to realities stemming across dimensions. He let them know of the battle and how he banished him to another dimension. They all seemed intrigued as Magnus went on to tell his story about his fight with someone named Theron.

A Return to Normal
After much deliberation, the five men decided it best to conceal their identities and activities from the world, basically trying to wait for this to blow over. The world leaders wanted heads, and the five of theirs looked ripe for the taking. Vortex immediately inquired about how exactly they would hide their identities, or the fact that none of them knew who one another were anyway. WMD and Judgment thought that perhaps it was best that things remained that way for the time being. There was no reason for them revealing themselves to one another, at least not at the current moment. Judgment stated he’d investigate what Zeus had told Velocity and see if there were any myths or records tied to some fabled “god-killer”. Meanwhile, WMD gave them all a homing beacon/communication device that would allow all of them to keep in touch when needed. After that, Vortex opened a portal to New York City, where all but Judgment would enter to continue their previous lives, but not before Velocity gave the group the moniker of “Overseers”, some type of protector of earth group.

Arriving in New York City, Lysander watched as the others went their separate ways. He had decided to stay in the city for a bit and catch up with some old friends from design school. Vortex had made a nice name and career for himself in design, as well as architecture. He provided contract work for numerous companies, with much of his work being advertised all over the world; from company logos, to art work, to full on buildings that he had designed and overseen the construction of. To say his every day life was busy would be an understatement, so trying to balance this new role was a bit much for him. Back home he had to deal with his family who were unsupportive of his career choice, and while his work garnered much attention and praise, the mystique that comes with his line of work often kept people at a distance. Something about the lone creative type sells better than their gregarious counterparts.

He ended up at The Eerie Inn, an uptown club that he had done the design for. His friends were there waiting for him, Kate, a slender late 20’s Caucasian female with striking auburn hair, Lisa, a voluptuous mid 20’s biracial female with alluring hazel eyes, and Daniel a shorter Hispanic male in his early 30’s that enjoyed showing off his muscular physique. The group started with hugs, followed up by drinks as they engaged in talks about what they’ve all been up to. Kate was apparently doing big league work with a major fashion label, Lisa had her own business in locating and acquiring rare antiques/items, while Daniel was the executive produce of multiple shows on an up and coming network. Lysander enjoyed hearing of their success and he reminisced on their days back in school when these were distant dreams. Soon, the conversation took a turn to these new heroes and villains that showed up in Africa.

Kate had plenty to say, mostly about their interesting outfits, of which she liked Vortex’s the best, much to Lysander’s delight. Lisa and Daniel didn’t have much to say about them, other than what has already been said, they caused the destruction of multiple celestial bodies which makes them inherently dangerous. Lysander, while he agreed with them fundamentally, he posed the question of what would have happened if they hadn’t showed up? Yes, a few planets and the moon were destroyed, but were they realistically going to any of those places, were any human going to those places? Meanwhile, the one place that everyone calls home was under threat by two human lead superpowers, and these guys were the only ones to step up, the only ones that called both parties out and said not today. The destruction for the most part didn’t affect the earth, and the outcome was better than the alternative.

The others all seemed to agree with their friend’s take on that one. They wrapped up their night and each headed their separate way, well except for Lisa and Lysander, who had decided to stay out a bit later. The two walked through Central Park, laughing about the past and what has become of their lives today. Lisa inquired about Lysander’s family, knowing that he always struggled with gaining their approval. He explained that it was an uphill battle as always, but he mostly focused on work to avoid dealing with them. She seemed to understand and didn’t pry further. They ended their stroll in the park and headed back to Lisa’s place. There, they talked all night long, rekindling their romance which was left on a cliffhanger when she left for the city. He stayed the night, waking up early to see her cuddled next to him. He wanted this, in fact it was all he wanted, but he thought it would complicate things at the current moment.

He got up and got dressed, preparing to disappear like a thief in the night. She caught him as he got clothed, telling him that he didn’t have to do this, that he didn’t have to go. She wanted him to stay with her in the city, to continue what they had back in college. Before he could answer she told him he didn’t have a reason to leave, and that she needed him there. He thought on it and decided to stay, his work was mobile, and he did miss her. So, he remained there over the next few months, enjoying their life together, it was all perfect until he got the call for the group to meet up yet again.

Dawn of The Overseers
In the hopes of ridding the world of evil, Pandora tried to have members of the Justice League open her box for her, believing that their virtuousness would prevent the calamity that occurred when she opened it.[30] However, this backfired, and the active Justice Leagues took sides, fighting over the "correct" method to open the box.[31]

While trying to understand the escalating tension of opening the box, Superman and Wonder Woman were ambushed by Dr. Light and, during their fight, Superman accidentally killed Light with his heat vision.[32] Superman asked to be locked away for his outburst but started getting sick in captivity.[33] Upon investigating further, Firestorm, the Atom, and Element Woman discovered that there was Kryptonite in Superman's nervous system, which caused him to attack Dr. Light unintentionally.[34] However, before they could save him, the Crime Syndicate came to Earth from their world and trapped the Justice League inside the Firestorm Matrix.

After being freed by Lex Luthor and his group of rebellious criminals, Superman was eventually saved by Luthor, who was volunteered to remove the Kryptonite from his brain.[35]

Doomed
SuperDoomAfter discovering Doomsday wrecking havoc and harboring a dangerous toxin within his body, Superman ripped the beast in half and used his super-breath to inhale the toxin to stop it from spreading.[36] After recovering, Superman realized that he was slowly turning into a Doomsday-like creature.[37] Superman's girlfriend, Wonder Woman tried to help him, but the transformation was becoming stronger[38] and Superman had no choice but to turn himself to the authorities.[39] Superman was locked in a special facility but he soon was needed by the Teen Titans to defeat an enemy, which he eliminated ruthlessly.[40]

The military declared Superman an enemy of the state and they sent Metallo and Atomic Skull to eliminate him. Steel tried to help Superman fight the enemies, but, after a suicide attack with kryptonite by Metallo, Superman became weak and his transformation into "SuperDoom" was accelerated.[41] Wonder Woman then took Clark to outer space where he could escape into its depths until they found a way to save him.[42]

While in space, SuperDoom tried to help an alien colony but lost control and attacked their leader.[43] He was then warned about an incoming invasion of Earth by Braniac's forces and he confronted its commander, a cyborg with Superman's appearance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43">[44] After a brief fight between them, SuperDoom returned to Earth and joined the Justice League to fight Braniac's forces and after their victory, the Justice League remove the kryptonite from Earth's atmosphere, making Superman temporarily change back to normal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44">[45] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45">[46]

When Brainiac's forces returned with reinforcements, Superman attempted to turn back into SuperDoom to fight them. Unfortunately, Superman lost control of his body completely to the virus.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46">[47] Once defeating Brainiac, Lois Lane helped Superman steal Braniac's powers and finally cure Superman of the Doomsday virus. Once free, the hero captured Braniac and took him inside a black hole,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47">[48] returning back to Earth sixty days later.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48">[49] Once back, he was reunited with Wonder Woman, and the two resumed their relationship.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49">[50]

Men of Tomorrow
Superman and UlyssesDuring an alien attack on Metropolis, Superman was assisted by a stranger called Ulysses and together they defeated Klerik, one of the alien soldiers. Superman then learned that Ulysses believed himself to be the last survivor of Earth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50">[51] With Superman's help, Ulysses found the truth about his past,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51">[52] but they were soon confronted by "The Machinist", a man responsible for creating destructive robots.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52">[53] The criminal managed to escape and shortly afterwards, Ulysses revealed his plan of taking millions of people to his home planet, "The Great World" in order to save mankind from what he believed was Earth's doom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53">[54] This lead to a confrontation between Superman and Ulysses, with the latter winning and taking Superman prisoner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54">[55]

On their way to Ulysses' home planet, there was another confrontation between Superman and Ulysses<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55">[56] and the fight was brought to Metropolis, where Superman unleashed a new power he didn't know he had: a super flare of solar energy, beating Ulysses for good. Unfortunately, the solar flare drained his powers for a day, leaving him as a normal human until they slowly began to come back.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56">[57]

Final Days of Superman
After his last fight with Vandal Savage in his depowered state, the events of the Darkseid War, and his fight with the Kryptonian god Rao, Superman learned that he was dying and asked for Batman's help to find him a successor.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57">[58] As part of his legacy, Superman told the whole truth to Lois Lane and asked her to publish everything in the Daily Planet in order to have his history and identity revealed to the world before his death.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58">[59] Superman told the truth to Diana, and they shared a moment before they were needed back in Metropolis, where the "Energy Superman" they had caught days earlier had escaped Stryker Island and was destroying everything.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59">[60]

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman together tried to stop the Energy Superman and, while doing so, were assisted by the mysterious "Black Superman", who chose to remain unidentified for the time being. Superman took the Energy Superman to space, where he used his solar flare power to finish the threat and the Energy Superman evaporated in the cosmos. Superman's body fell down to Earth and as he was surrounded by his friends, he asked the "Black Superman" to take his mantle and become the New Superman of Earth. After this, Superman's body died and turned to ashes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60">[61]

Superman Reborn
In order to escape Mister Oz, Mr. Mxyzptlk brainwashsed himself into thinking he was Clark Kent.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61">[62] He harrassed the New Earth Superman and when he was found out, kidnapped Jon Kent and made his parents forget about him. Trapping all of them inside the Fifth Dimension, Mxyzptlk revealed that both the New Earth and Prime Earth Supermen were actually two halves of the true, complete Superman, who was split into two separate people during the Flashpoint incident. The same was true for Lois.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62">[63] Out of love for Jon, Clark and Lois merged with the essences of the other two and each became single, complete Prime Earth version; fixing their conflicting histories and bringing the world back to normal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63">[64]

Afterwards, Clark felt the need to investigate the changes to his past<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64">[65] and reach his cousin out to warn her about his unknown enemy, Mister Oz, and ask her help to fight him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65">[66]

Revenge

 * Main article: Superman: Revenge

As Clark and Lois get ready to move back to Metropolis, Hank Henshaw puts together a new Superman Revenge Squad.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66">[67] Stealing a mystical item from Superman's Himalayan backup Fortress, Henshaw turns himself back into Cyborg Superman and allies himself with Metallo, Blanque, Eradicator, Mongul and Zod. Superman tries to stop them, but exposure to the energies of Belle Reve's Black Vault has rendered him blind.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67">[68]

Superman is forced to retreat, taking Lois, Jon and Krypto to the Fortress of Solitude. The group of villains assaults his Fortress before he can come up with a plan, but the Superman Family -Kara Danvers, Lana Lang, John Irons, Kong Kenan- and Lex Luthor turn up, ready to help him.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68">[69] During the ensuing brawl, Zod manages send most of Superman's allies to the Phantom Zone and freeing his wife Ursa and their son Lor-Zod. The trio leaves Earth for the present time. Superman and his family -Supergirl, Lois, Superboy and Krypto- defeat the rest of the Squad and free Superman's friends. However Cyborg Superman got stuck into the Zone, and Superman decides against getting him out of there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69">[70]

Powers
This umbrella ability includes the following: This also confers:
 * Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Superman possesses the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian. These include:
 * Solar Energy Absorption: Under optimal conditions, this is the main source of Superman's super powers as they are contingent upon exposure to solar radiation from a yellow sun star system. His biological make up includes a number of organs which lack analogues in humans and whose functions are unknown. It is believed that between one or more of these and his bio-cellular matrix, "yellow" solar energy is stored for later use. This allows for the use of these powers to fade when yellow solar radiation is not available instead of immediate failure.
 * Heat Vision: Superman can, as a conscious act, fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it. He can vary the heat and area affected.
 * Super-Hearing: Superman's hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, he can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency.
 * Enhanced Vision Superman's vision processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
 * Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision: Superman can see well into most of the electromagnetic spectrum. He can see and identify radio and television signals as well as all other broadcast or transmitted frequencies. Using this ability, he can avoid detection by radar or satellite monitoring methods. This also allows him to see the aura generated by living thing.
 * Telescopic Vision: This is the ability to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. Though limited, the exact extent of the ability is undetermined. In function, it is similar to the zoom lens on a camera.
 * X-Ray Vision: This is the ability to see through any volume of matter except lead. Superman's can see things behind a solid, opaque object as if it were not there. He can focus this ability to "peel back" layers of an object, allowing hidden image or inner workings to be observed. The exact type of energy perceived - such as x-rays, cosmic rays, or some other energy invisible to normal humans - is unclear. This ability perceives an ambient energy source though, it does not involve the eye projecting a concentrated, possibly toxic, beam to be reflected back from objects.
 * Microscopic Vision: This is the ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the atomic level.
 * Infrared Vision: Superman's can see with better acuity in darkness, and to a degree in total darkness.
 * Flight: Superman is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
 * Invulnerability: Due to the interaction of his dense molecular structure and supercharged bio-electric aura, Superman is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. In addition, his extends this protection against toxins and diseases.
 * Superhuman Stamina: Superman is able to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an indefinite period of time. This based on his body converting yellow solar radiation directly to energy, but is limited by physiological and psychological needs to eat, drink, and sleep.
 * Superhuman Strength: Superman's strength is augmented by yellow solar radiation interacting with the greater than human density, resilience and biological efficiency of his musculature. His strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is this act of conscious will that enables him to perform physical feats that are beyond the mere application force, such as moving a mountain top without said rock crumbling under its own mass.
 * Superhuman Speed: Superman is able to move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to his perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid flight as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
 * Superhuman Agility
 * Superhuman Reflexes
 * Super-Breath: Superman is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from his lungs. He can chill the air as it leaves his lungs to freeze targets. He can also reverse the process to pull large volumes of air or vapor into his lungs.

Abilities

 * Intimidation
 * Journalism

Weaknesses

 * Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Superman possesses the same potential weaknesses as an average Kryptonian. These include:
 * Vulnerability to Kryptonite
 * Vulnerability to Magic

Weapons
Yellow Power Ring (formerly)