Man of Tomorrow


 * This is an article on the roleplay. For the character, see Superman.

Man of Tomorrow was a roleplay that resulted in the public debut of Superman, as the world's first super-hero. Along with the debut of Metallo. This roleplay was the first event after the restart of the timeline caused by Barry Allen to prevent Darkseid's Reign.

Synopsis
Man of Tomorrow is a Superman storyline starring Superman and Metallo. It was written as part of Phase One, following the timeline reboot in Darkseids Reign. It establishes Superman's position in the new continuity.

Employment
Originally in and from Smallville, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis to graduate from college. He was on his way to pursue a journalism career because of his love for mysteries and saw a journalist as a possible extension of his Superman responsibilities - bringing truth to the forefront and fighting for the little guy. Believing that everybody has the right to know what is going on in the world, regardless of who is involved.

The Red & Blue streak
Shortly after Clark moved to Metropolis, he used his powers in-secret to do good, saving people in danger. The world questioned who this good samaritan was and many were skeptical if this was the start of something terrible. He used his super-speed, quickly doing it so he wouldn't be seen, leaving behind a red and blue blur as he moved.

Start of something good
When Clark Kent arrives at the Daily Planet regarding a job interview, Perry White interviews him. After being hired, Perry introduces him to the rest of their employees and staff members. After Clark gets to know them all, White pairs him with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen to interview Lex Luthor at his press conference, to find out what's being unveiled, and ask him questions.

Launch of Project Metallo
Following weeks after this, LexCorp revealed they were working on a project called "Metallo". Metallo would be the start of bringing superheroes to the real world. Beings with a cybernetic exoskeleton and "powers" such as super-strength, flight, power blasts. The world questioned if using artificial intelligence was a good idea but Lex Luthor assured them everything would be fine. Many people were against it and some weren't. One man named John Corben was strictly against it. Believing it was no peace-keeping operation, but instead an excuse for Lex Luthor to spy on the citizens of Metropolis. After Corben returned home, his home shortly caught fire after. Clark, who was at the press conference at the time, heard the building's inhabitants screams and cries for help. He changed into Superman and quickly raced to the scene. After saving everyone, he left the scene and Corben was rushed to a hospital.

Clark returned to the Daily Planet building. He enters the break room and finds Lois and Jimmy talking about the press conference, he joins in with them and they continue talking, getting to know them better. Meanwhile, John Corben was in the hospital, unable to move due to the burns on his body, and is paralyzed from the chest down from the debris. Then Lex Luthor and his assistant, Mercy Graves entered the hospital where John Corben was located. They offer him a second chance at life, explaining to Corben that he can be fixed, but it comes with a cost. Corben ignores the cost and immediately signs the deal. LexCorp gets to work on him immediately. After some time passes, John Corben looks as good new but under his synthetic skin is the Metallo exoskeleton.

Metallo, a force for good
When a shipment of weapons from Carmine Falcone to Bobby Gazzo coming into an alleyway. A weapons deal occurs and both sides are discussing how the peace between gangs is currently kept. But then, John Corben emerges onto the scene and starts confronting them. They all shoot at him but to no avail, John rushes at them with superhuman speed and knocks one out. The fight continues and the mob is defeated. Corben gets the cops to arrive and they thank the man for stopping this, as this was more than just a weapons deal. But John is thinking not about the crime, but how much he's lost when getting his life saved. John makes his way to LexCorp to confront Lex Luthor about this.

Meanwhile, Clark is having a conversation with Lois and how they've worked well as a team. Lois tells her suspicions about John Corben being linked to the blue streak or even Project Metallo. After offering him to help her, his super-hearing kicks in and he hears screams for help. He apologizes and tells her that he has to do this another time. Leaving, he changes into his outfit and makes his way to the scene. It turned out that a robbery was being held at Ace O'Clubs diner. Superman arrives and stops the perpetrator. He returns the money to Bibbo Bibbowski, the store owner. While the police are en-route, Bibbo and Superman have a brief moment talking to each other. Superman leaves the scene and patrols the city. After the conversation, Bibbo had declared himself "Superman's Number One Fan".

However, Lois was contacting Jimmy Olsen to help her find out whats going on with John Corben, the new local hero. Jimmy's interested and joins her, so Lois begins to organize an interview with Lex, but could only manage to get his assistant, Mercy Graves. John Corben, however, was at LexCorp's front desk, furious at Lex. Telling Lex that he cannot feel, smell, or taste anything. Lex assures him that he has people around the world trying to find a fix for that. Corben doesn't believe him and says he's just making excuses. Lex holds his ground in this discussion. After John storms out the building in anger, Lois enters and goes in for an interview. Lex makes his way to his elevators and Mercy starts answering Lois's questions. She mostly just reassures Lex is doing what he can to keep humanity safe.

Confrontation
After Corben left the LexCorp building, he roamed the city, angry and at a boiling point, ready to snap. As he's walking, he sees a LexCorp shipment heading to the LexCorp Docks. Within that truckload were Metallo exoskeletons, so Corben attacks the truck. He tears the truck apart, destroying the Metallo exoskeletons to shreds, and murdering anyone inside. Security at the docks began shooting and trying to stop him, but the bullets couldn't penetrate his exoskeleton.

When Superman sees and hears this with his abilities, he quickly rushes to the scene to put a stop to Corben. Superman had tried to calm him down and talk to him, but Corben makes the first move by punching Superman, which sent him back. The two battle it out and the fight is taken to the streets, where civilians such as Jimmy Olsen watch. Superman has the upper hand and punches Corben in his chest plate, which reveals the green Kryptonite, that's powering Metallo. This causes Superman (who didn't know about Kryptonite at the time) to become weakened and fall to his knees.

Corben begins letting his anger out on Superman by repeatedly punching and hurting him, yelling about how Lex ruined his life. Superman, with the little power he has left, emits a blast of heat vision to get Corben off of him, which burnt half of Corben's synthetic skin. Corben recollected himself and ran off the scene, escaping. Jimmy Olsen ran to Superman and helped him up. Upon doing this, Jimmy asks him if he's the "red and blue streak". Superman weakly nodded before levitating and flying away to his Fortress of Solitude, this time slower and weaker.

Featured Characters:

 * Superman
 * Lois Lane
 * Lex Luthor

Supporting Characters:

 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Perry White
 * Steve Lombard
 * Ron Troupe
 * Cat Grant
 * Mercy Graves
 * Jor-El

Antagonist(s):

 * Metallo

Other characters:

 * Amanda Waller (Cameo) 

Location(s):

 * Metropolis
 * Daily Planet
 * LexCorp Research Center
 * LexCorp Docks
 * Ace O'Clubs
 * Metropolis General Hospital