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Legendary Hollywood Icon Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. His family history includes a strong lineage of actors, radio personalities, and models. Ford attended public high school in Park Ridge, Illinois where he was a member of the school Radio Station WMTH. Ford worked as the lead voice for sports reporting at WMTH for several years. Acting wasn't a major interest to Ford until his junior year at Ripon College when he first took an acting class. Ford's career started in 1964 when he travelled to California in search of a voice-over job. He never received that position, but instead signed a contract with Columbia Pictures where he earned $150 weekly to play small fill in roles in various films. Through the '60s Ford worked on several TV shows including Gunsmoke, Ironside, Kung Fu, and American Style. It wasn't until 1967 that he received his first credited role in the Western film, A Time for Killing. Dissatisfied with the meager roles he was being offered, Ford took a hiatus from acting to work as a self-employed carpenter. This seemingly odd diversion turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Harrison's acting career when he was soon hired by famous film producer George Lucas. This was a turning point in Ford's life that led to him be casted in milestone roles such as Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Since his most famous roles in the original Star Wars trilogy and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ford has appeared in over 40 films. Many criticize his late-career work, saying his performances have been lackluster, leading to commercially disappointing films. Ford has always worked hard to protect his off-screen private life, keeping details about his children and marriages quiet. He has a total of five children including one recent adoption with third and current wife Calista Flockhart. In addition to acting, Ford is passionate about environmental conservation, aviation, and archeology.
The first entry in a 1990s style DCU. Here we see a retelling of Clark's origin, his first few years as The Man of Steel in a more grounded, yet faithful to the character style than its 1970s/80s counterpart. This will be the springboard to which the DCU jumps off of and will also see Lex Luthor become the man which we know today. During Superman's first year as the caped crusader, Luthor is creating a program through LexCorp that allows for US Military service members to volunteer to be next in line for a new, state of the art, robotic suit, powered by kryptonite. John Corben is first to sign up and in his first battle with Superman, a bullet shot at Supes by Corben, bounces off and hits the suit in such a way that sets off a chain reaction, almost killing Corben. Superman then flies his mangled body and suit to the nearest hospital, where Luthor intercepts him, claiming that he (Luthor) will take it from here. Through this first trial run, Luthor is able to save Corben with his Kryptonite now operating as his heart, and also make a new suit specifically for Luthor that is able to team up with the newly formed Metallo.
