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The newSuperman , Jon Kent , has found the sodding bane in mad scientist Henry Bendix . InSuperman : Son of Kal - El # 2 , on sale now in photographic print and digital , Jon saves a grouping of refugee from the island Carry Amelia Moore Nation of Gamorra , rein over by Bendix . And while Jon ’s act may have bring through lives now , it has put him straight in Bendix ’s crosshairs .
Henry Bendix first seem in 1993’sStormwatch # 1and was created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi . A cybernetically enhanced human being , Bendix was one of the first leaders of StormWatch , and was responsible for for creating bothMidnighter and Apollo’sgenetic enhancement . Bendix would be a thorn in the side of Stormwatch and their successors on many occasions , When the former Wildstorm fictitious character were incorporated into the DC Universe at the dawn of the New 52 , Bendix was among them , making his debut in 2016’sMidnighter # 9 . Bendix has been lay low since but make his grand homecoming in the pages ofSuperman : Son of Kal - El # 2 , write by Tom Taylor , with art by John Timms , colors by Gabe Eltaeb , and alphabetic character by Dave Sharpe .
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Superman ’s time on Earth is withdraw to a close , and he is passingthe torch on to Jon . Jon is much more proactive than his forefather and is uncoerced to risk political radioactive dust to help hoi polloi — which is what he does in this offspring . refugee fleeing Gamorra , a resourcefulness - full-bodied nation in the Pacific , are attempt to sail to America , but they encounter a monolithic storm that threatens their journey . Other Carry Amelia Moore Nation are unwilling to avail the refugees , as doing so would bring the ira of Gamorra down on them — a peril no one is uncoerced to take , except for Jon . He saves the gravy boat and brings the Gamorranrefugees to Metropolis . afterwards , Jon determine this act of goodness will indeed have dire ramification , as Henry Bendix is revealed to be Gamorra ’s prexy . The state relish a report as a paradise , and refugees pose a threat to this image ; Bendix is willing to do whatever it takes to defend it — even if it means killing Jon .
Bendix is the idealistic foil for the young Superman . Beyond the physical parallel with his father ’s wicked - curse Lex Luthor , both Bendix and Luthor are scientific geniuses with a vast raiment of resources at their garbage disposal . Yet Bendix has take in Luthor ’s visual modality a step further — he now has command over an full body politic , with a traveling bag so close no one break away . The respite of the world fears Bendix and what he can do , to the gunpoint they resist to help anyone who manages to escape . Bendix is the prototype of hyper - capitalism , even more so than Luthor — do him the perfect curse for the more progressive and proactive Jon Kent .
Supermanfans may not know the name Henry Bendix yet , but now he has set his good deal on Jon Kent . Jon is everything Bendix is not , make believe Bendix the stark foe for him .
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