Hello, and welcome. Today we're tackling the Man of Tomorrow, the Last Son of Krypton, the Metropolis Marvel, Big Blue himself, Superman.

Now while this isn't the first time someone has attempted to reboot Superman to their vision, this is less about reinventing and more reestablishing and reinterpreting several key facets that have existed across the multiverse and from various other versions into a singular Superman. With that out of the way, let's get started.

The basic origin, Krypton, Smallville, etc, is all intact. The difference is that Clark's adventures as Superboy are still in effect... The difference being he's more like an urban legend and designed the costume as a kid with the big S-shield to stand for "Superboy", using the design from a small memory of seeing it on Jor-El's chest as an infant, and did so when he was roughly 10 years old. Keep in mind, he's a kid and WOULD think of something like that. I'd like to tackle the costume, it's the most basic thing. The costume is more or less? Darwyn Cooke's take

Now it may seem like the classic Superman costume, the big difference here is the briefs or lack there of. Yes, those are not briefs they are shorts pure and simple. The simple truth of the matter is Superman's costume needs them to really break up blue it's just a requirement and a red belt does not help at all in that area. A lot of people have pointed out Captain Marvel Jr's costume as proof Superman without the briefs can work as for the longest time they had the same color scheme, but notice this little exercise

The center option almost seems to have neutered Superman with its lack of definition. While option three might be acceptable in this panel, in some poses or in very small panels in the comics his legs might overlap the groin area and the entire pose might loose definition. You literally might not be able to tell his leg from his a-hole. Old time wrestlers, particularly the show wrestlers that preceded the modern day spectacle of the NWA, WWF, WWE, WCW, ECW, TNA and other similar leagues would often wear tight shorts or briefs over top of their stockings, as the stockings tended to be see through and would slip around as they wrestled. Even plenty of MODERN wrestlers wear them. The tight little shorts they wore were not really underwear, but closer to modern day swimwear, it just looked like underwear because it was so tight and form fitting. Whatever the profession, a male character wearing small shorts implies a man of action and athleticism.

The shorts variant of Cooke's design is more of a happy medium and it's a small touch I like. But as I said, Clark's career as Superboy largely consisted of secret rescues and encounters with the Legion of Superheroes who would call him to the future to aid them, but not wipe his memory of the events, instead should Clark learn something he isn't SUPPOSED to know yet Saturn Girl carefully editing that out.

Clark throughout his life would have an innate sense of adventure, actively enjoying the situations he finds himself in. Not disregarding any lives at stake however, his main priority is making sure no one is hurt, but the action and the twists and turns it can take is something he loves. He loves being Superman, but that's not to say he was ALWAYS Superman. Becoming Superman officially when he's 25, Clark would spend the time when he was 15 acting as sort of a secret superhero, not really wearing the costume though as he wants to make sure no one sees him too easily as he is still working out the best possible disguise. Clark's main goal is to help people in anyway he can and loves to feel useful to the people around him, to the point when he feels he isn't useful he can take it quite hard for sometime but will always bounce back to his cheery and upbeat personality rather quickly.

Clark's powers would be largely a mix between physical and not so physical. Kryptonians can naturally lift in excess of 10 tons under optimal conditions as part of a genetic trait, which is due in large part to the fact while Krypton's gravity is similar to Earth's, Kryptonian materials are by and large far denser and add in prehistoric Krypton's dangerous forms of wildlife and predator's this physical supremacy would be invaluable under such circumstances.

Under the light of a yellow or blue son however, Kryptonians gain several powers not available otherwise. As they grow and their natural solar absorption abilities mature(Along with their physical abilities), they gain greater levels of power. The most powerful of these is a small psychokinetic field that permeates their bodies and provides the basis for greater strength, speed, and near total invulnerability to all physical assault and most forms of energy attacks. For Clark this means his strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is this act of conscious will that enables him to perform physical feats that are beyond the mere application force, from something as large scale as moving an entire mountain without it crumbling under its own mass or holding someone by their hand while flying and supporting them effortlessly

The exact limits of Superman's speed are very high, though it can be assumed it is far less than those who have a connection to the Speed Force

And is capable of surviving a supernova explosion

Though such a taxing of his invulnerability will leave him unconscious for sometime. As a general note, Kryptonians do not grow more powerful due to absorbing more yellow sunlight but rather it is more or less a catalyst for these powers to kick in and any and all examples of Superman appearing more powerful than other Kryptonians comes from him being able to focus his powers to greater levels than them, having had years to hone and control them, such as being able to focus his psychokinetic field in such a way to allow him to increase his strength to any level he needs for a given task.

With this in mind, Superman is as strong as he needs to be. Powers such as his so-called "X-Ray" Vision are a combination of his telescopic and microscopic vision, allowing him to clearly see past an object. He can also discharge heat beams from his eyes, which is a by product of using not just starlight in general to facilitate this. His ability to hear even in the vacuum of space has less to do with hearing and more to do with being able to pick up radio signals. Jimmy's Signal Watch can emit both a high frequency sound and a specialized radio signal that is so faint yet distinct only Clark could actually hear it.

He is of course not without weakness. Magic which is a force that defies all known scientific understanding and physics can bypass his invulnerability. Also Kryptonite, a radioactive mineral that made up the entirety of both Krypton's core and its two moons(Both of which shattered when Krypton exploded) ended up following the gravitational pull from his ship's gravity engine which sent him to Earth. Thus the Earth has small chunks of it laying in various places all over the world, in some cases infecting local radioactive minerals with the radiation but at smaller levels to where it is not harmful... But can weaken him.

Other small facets are that Clark would actually have had eye trouble for the longest time, needing to wear glasses as his alien eyes are not adapted to Earth's atmosphere. Upon learning how to focus his senses he no longer NEEDS to wear glasses, but does so for disguise purposes when out of the costume. Clark puts up a more nerdy front, playing up his admittedly more nerdy interests when not in costume, as well as wearing suits two sizes too big and speaking in a more nervous or less poised and confident manner. He is also quite fond of fedoras and you would be hard pressed to find him without one when he's not Superman.

So yeah that's just my take on my favorite superhero. Feel free to comment!