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| Grizzled Superman |
In this version, Superman believes, despite his godlike powers, that he can never be strong enough to defend humanity from the wicked perils of the universe. Knowing that his abilities are dependent on starlight and that Kryptonite renders him as vulnerable as a mortal, he gathers and wears Kryptonite the way that Kung Fu masters wear wrist weights. So shackled, he trains his body and mind so that when he sheds the Kryptonite his powers are redoubled. Resultantly, his healing factor has slowed, he has aged, and his travails have left him scarred and a little bitter, but he has found even greater strength.
