Doomsday (born Kal-El; formerly known as Bizarro) is the secondary antagonist of the CW series, Superman & Lois.
He is Clark Kent's Inverse-World counterpart, the husband of Lois-El, the father of Jonathan-El and Jordan-El, the brother of the late Tal-Rho and the brother-in-law of Lana-Rho.
After being killed by Mitch Anderson while trying to save Kal-El and Tal-Rho, Kal was brought back to life by Bruno Mannheim. Killed and brutalized by Lex Luthor, he was transformed into the monstrous being known as Doomsday, a being capable to killing Superman. However, his doppelganger was revived with Sam's human heart transplant. Losing the will to fight, Doomsday would ultimately threw himself into the sun after refusing a fight with Superman. With his demise, the Kryptonian race ended for the Inverse World, with only his half-Kryptonian sons remaining.
He is portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin, who also portrayed his Earth-TUD25 and Earth-38 counterparts from Supergirl.
Like his Earth-TUD25 and Earth-38 counterparts, he is portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin, who also portrays Derek Hale from the Teen Wolf franchise.
In his armored form, Bizarro was portrayed by Daniel Cudmore, who also portrayed David Fuglestad/Subjekt-11 in the same series, Jackhammer in Arrow, William Lang/Gridlock in The Flash, Grodd and a Minotaur in Legends of Tomorrow, Felix in the Twilight films, Thak in the Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Colossus in the first X-Men films.
In his Doomsday form, Paul Lazenby motion-captures the character. Lazenby also portrayed Atom-Man in the same series and Mandrax in Supergirl.
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Personality[]
Powers and Abilities[]
- Reverse Kryptonian physiology: Being a mirror version of Superman, while they both have similar powers, Bizarro possesses reversed Kryptonian physiology. Despite this, they share several powers on common but also differentiate between the two. Green kryptonite strengthens him and x Kryptonite weakens him, which is the opposite for Clark on his Earth.
- Fire Breath: Instead of having ice breath, Bizarro has fire breath.
- Ice Vision: Instead of heat vision, Bizarro has ice vision.
- Superhuman strength: Kal-El is stronger than his counterpart, mostly because of Green kryptonite. He was able to hold down the Supermen of America.
Weaknesses[]
- X-Kryptonite: X-Kryptonite had a similar effect on Kal as Green kryptonite does on Clark
- Yellow sun: Unlike Clark, Kal is weakened under the effect of a yellow sun.
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