Superman Robot

Superman Robot's History

The Earth-Two Superman did not actually have a developed Superman robot but did utilize elaborate puppets and dummies to maintain his dual identity, using his super-speed and ventriloquism to make it appear that his stand-ins were the real Superman. Superman did once start deve

Superman has a wide array of Superman Robots that look exactly like him. They can fill in for him as either Superman and Clark Kent.

Earth-Two

The Earth-Two Superman did not actually have a developed Superman robot but did utilize elaborate puppets and dummies to maintain his dual identity, using his super-speed and ventriloquism to make it appear that his stand-ins were the real Superman. Superman did once start development on a Superman robot, but when it malfunctioned and tried to take Superman's place while still in the prototype phase, Superman scrapped the project.

Earth-One

In this dimension, Kal-El developed and used advanced robotic duplicates of himself since his childhood. But as Superboy, the Superboy robots were specifically made to be known as separate beings to Superboy, not as substitutes for the real Superboy. It was due to the damage of one Superboy robot that led to Pete Ross discovering Superboy was Clark Kent. Kal-El later refined the robots to be used so that Superboy and Clark Kent could appear in the same place simultaneously, thus protecting Superboy's secret identity. In conjunction, he also designed several Clark Kent robots, which fulfilled similar functions. The robots were also ideal in cases where Superboy found himself embroiled in a case involving Kryptonite. As Kryptonite was lethal to the Kryptonian, the aid of robot duplicates became invaluable.

When Kal-El moved to Metropolis as an adult, he converted his Superboy robots to an adult Superman form and began using them as part of his program to maintain his secret identity. He maintained several Clark Kent robots inside of a secret closet at his apartment on 344 Clinton Street, and he also maintained a large supply at his Fortress of Solitude. It was not uncommon of Superman to make use of one of these doubles whenever reporter, Lois Lane came to close to discovering his secret identity. Invariably, the presence of one of these robots would force her to rethink her suspicions that Clark and Superman may actually be the same person. Superman also used these robots as decoys against certain adversaries. They became particularly useful at keeping the likes of Lex Luthor, Brainiac or the Superman Revenge Squad off of his back.

The Superman Robots eventually started malfunctioning due to pollution damage and Superman decided to stop using his robot doubles. However, one rogue Superboy Robot managed to circumvent the pollution-induced corruption of its internal mechanics and operated as the secret guardian of Smallville in the years since the real Superboy's departure, until a hostile encounter with the adult Superman ended in the robot's self-destruction.