When a spacecraft is headed towards Metropolis, it is diverted to a relatively safe landing by Superman. After its crash, Superman is very surprised to discover a young boy inside. Echoing his own arrival in his youth years before, Superman sees that the boy is completely unharmed. The Kryptonese writings on his ship states that his Kryptonian name is "Lor-Zod". He is taken to the east coast lab of the Department of Metahuman Affairs for observation.The boy exhibits super-human strength and can only speak Kryptonese. He does not know his name or where he is from. As with Supergirl, Superman instinctively knows the boy is Kryptonian before the tests are complete. After he is confirmed as a Kryptonian, he is immediately taken to the Department of Metahuman Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. without informing Superman. He removes the boy from their custody, and he decides, with Lois Lane, to raise the boy. Clark then contacts Batman, who uses his resources to create the identity Christopher Kent.Afterwards, Superman holds a press conference to inform the world that the Kryptonian child is under his care. At this time, Bizarro, sent by Lex Luthor, attacks in an attempt to kidnap Chris, but he fails. Later, it is revealed that Chris is the biological son of General Zod and Ursa. His arrival released General Zod, Non, and Ursa from the Phantom Zone. He was apparently conceived and raised there within a prison structure that is immune to the "timeless" effects of the zone, and Christopher himself was specially immune as well. It is insinuated by Phantom Zone resident Mon-El that Zod and Ursa were abusive towards their son before sending him out of the Zone. In a battle with Superman, Zod and Ursa reclaim their son and capture Lois. After sending Superman to the Phantom Zone, General Zod's army invades Earth. Superman escapes with Mon-El's aid, and then seeks an alliance with Lex Luthor to defeat Zod, who has captured a large portion of Earth's superhero population. In Zod's custody, Chris uses his powers to prevent Lois from being harmed.Chris remains in the custody of Lois and Clark as their foster son. He attends the Ellsworth School, an elite private school, where he has some trouble concealing his powers, particularly during P.E. To aid him, Superman works with Batman to develop an implant, concealed within a wristwatch, that uses red sun radiation to block Chris' powers while in school until he learns how to control them. Eventually, the wristwatch fails, due to his being calibrated on the metabolism of an adult Kryptonian, and the built-up energies explode wrecking Clark and Lois' apartment. Clark reassures the young boy that he wouldn't be sent away, and they'll cope with his growing powers in some way.
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