Kal-El, legally named Clark Joseph Kent is the last son of the House of El and the only son of scientists Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, who, after fleeing from the destruction of the planet Krypton as an infant and arriving on Earth, was discovered and subsequently adopted by a couple of farmers, Jonathan and Martha Kent, raised in the small rural farming town of Smallville, Kansas. After discovering his Kryptonian heritage, he decided to use his array of superhuman powers to fight crime and protect the people of the city of Metropolis as the world's most powerful superhero known as Superman. As a hero, Superman faced many enemies such as the cybernetic mercenary Metallo, as he formed alliances with fellow superheroes such as the local LordTech sponsored superhero team the Justice Gang while working at the Daily Planet in his civilian life, where he befriended his co-worker Jimmy Olsen and fell in love with reporter Lois Lane, who soon became aware of his alter ego