Derek Powell (Arrowverse: Superman & Lois)

Derek Powell
Arrowverse‎‎: Superman & Lois
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Real Name	Derek Powell
Relatives	Sharon Powell (mother)
Affiliation	Morgan Edge · Leslie Larr
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Miner · Henchman
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Arrowverse: Superman & Lois
Creators	Greg Berlanti · Todd Helbing
First Appearance	"The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower" (March 9, 2021)
Appearance of Death	"The Best of Smallville" (March 23, 2021)

Derek Powell was an employee of Morgan Edge who was granted superpowers by exposure to X-Kryptonite.

History

Derek lived in New Carthage, a town suffering from widespread unemployment and economic depression. Morgan Edge bought and reopened the disused mines in the town and Derek began working as a miner. At some point he began a romantic relationship with Edge's assistant Leslie Larr.

Edge offered Derek the “opportunity of a lifetime”, later revealed to be superpowers granted by exposure to X-Kryptonite. Derek called his mother to tell her that he believed he was in trouble, and subsequently disappeared.

Months later, Derek would reappear, claiming to have accidentally suffered a head injury in the mines and lost his memory. He went with Sharon to the Smallville Harvest Festival to donate some old clothes, but lost control of his heat vision, setting the building on fire.

He went to Leslie, who exposed him to the X-Kryptonite again, granting him greater power. He was followed by Chrissy Beppo, who reported back to Lois Lane. Lois' husband Superman went to the facility and Derek lead him away, demonstrating strength and speed equal to Superman. The two fought an aerial battle over the corn fields around Smallville until they were both shot down by Captain Luthor. When Superman tried to question Derek, his powers overloaded and he self-immolated.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Heat Vision
• Flight
• Invulnerability
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Strength

Weaknesses

• Power Instability: Derek's powers eventually overloaded his body, killing him.

Notes

• Derek's body appears to have been possessed by a Kryptonian consciousness when he was exposed to X-Kryptonite a second time.

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Footnotes

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