Conduit (DC)
Conduit is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Kenny Braverman was a male human who was born the son of Al Braverman and his wife Beryl Braveman. His mother was pregnant with him when she was ready to give birth but a powerful snowstorm affected their journey to the hospital as it made the roads icy and slick. Whilst travelling in their truck, their vehicle skidded on the ice and his mother had to give birth in that moment. Shortly afterwards, a meteor passed over the Braverman's where unknown to them this contained the infant Kal-El to Earth. This caused the newborn Kenny Braverman to be exposed to the Kryptonite radiation on the ship resulting in his health failing him from time to time though he always managed to recover. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #0)
During a camp trip, Kenny got some food in a frying pain when it caught on fire and panicked everyone. This was until Clark Kent remembered that throwing sand could smother a fire and stopped the danger from progressing. Several of the kids on the scene got injured from the sputtering fires but the incident was stopped before the entire woods could catch on fire. Though Kent was praised for his efforts, Kenny's father scolded him for not being able to do anything right. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #0)
After taunting Clark Kent for weeks with messages that 'he knows', Conduit finally comes after his one-time friend. Kenny was even more enraged at Kent, as he was convinced that Kent 'cheated' during all that time in high school with his super powers. He blew up Kent's apartment and captured Jimmy Olsen, who was there. He then attacked Lana Lang and blew up the Kents' farmhouse. (Superman v2 #100) Conduit calls in some allies, such as Metallo, to fight Superman while he goes after the other people in his life. He attacks Lois Lane and convinces himself and Superman that he succeeded in killing her in a bomb blast. (Action Comics v1 #710) He continuously hounded Superman and the Kents as they went into hiding. All this caused Shadowdragon to rethink what he had done, and he unleashed a computer virus that destroyed all the data Conduit had on Superman. Conduit finally managed to capture Superman, though the Kents eluded him. (Adventures of Superman v1 #524) Superman awoke in a mock version of Smallville that Conduit had built somewhere in a remote area of the Dakotas. He filled the town with automatons designed to look like Smallville's residents when he and Kent were young — including a football stadium completely filled with robots that all looked exactly like his father, only now they were all cheering for Kenny. Superman and Conduit faced off man-to-man in the arena, but Kenny's madness got the best of him and he supercharged himself with his Kryptonite until it 'overloaded', burning him to a crisp. Even in his final moments, he still blamed Superman for everything that had happened to him. (Action Comics v1 #711) After Conduit's death, Superman dismantled Pipeline — where he learned that Conduit had not shared his secret with anyone — and rescued Jimmy Olsen. He also returned Kenny's body to his father, but the elder Braverman was as dispassionate towards his son in death as he had been in life. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #46)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Kenny Braverman
Psycho-Pirate used his Medusa Mask to make Superman relive his history where one of his teenage days has him picked on by Kenny Braverman. (Action Comics v2 #24)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He used to get sick as a result of exposure to the radiation of the meteors. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #0) The radiation he could generate was dependent on his mood where it grew to greater levels when he was angry. He could generate it to such levels where it could burn the flesh of a human and leave their skeletal remains behind. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #38)
The suits wrist gauntlets were able to help him channel the radioactive energies his body was able to generate. Braverman had said that he was strong without them but their use made him much more powerful. (Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #38)
After leaving the CIA, Braverman as Conduit established a freelance intelligence outfit called Pipeline. (Action Comics v1 #0)
Notes
- Conduit was created by Dan Jurgens and made his first appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel v1 #0 (October 1994).
In other media
Television
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Kenny Braverman appeared in the setting of the DC Animated Universe television series in the episode "New Kids in Town" where he was voiced by actor Scott Menville.
Films
- In Man of Steel, Kenny Braverman appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe where he was portrayed by actor Rowen Kahn.
Appearances
- Superman: The Man of Steel v1: (1994)
- Action Comics v1:
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