John Corben (Smallville)

John Corben
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Real Name	John Corben
Other Aliases	Metallo
Relatives	Rebecca Corben (sister, deceased)
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Race	Cyborg
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	former Reporter
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Smallville
Creators	Alfred Gough · Miles Millar
First Appearance	"Savior" (September 25, 2009)
Last Appearance	"Upgrade" (April 16, 2010)

History

John Corben was a reporter who lived with his sister Becca before she moved to Metropolis. He was sent to cover a mission in Afghanistan and from there he kept in touch with his sister through video messages and reminded her to be careful because she was alone in the city. During this time, a truck carrying prisoners had a mishap and was rescued by the Blur but amid the commotion, a murderer managed to escape and ended up killing Becca.

John was shattered by this news and returned from his trip to buy the building in which his sister lived. He blamed the Blur for what happened and since then he has been determined to expose him to the world.

During Upgrade John had a change of heart and by saying to Clark that he didn't blame him for attacking him in the past but someone who cared about Clark sent him to help. Grinning madly, Clark said he didn't need saving, as Corben knelt down next to him saying from experience that sometimes people don't know when they need saving before stabbing Clark with the shard, freeing him from the Red K.

Now back in the right state of mind, Clark lept backwards carefully, observing the cyborg. Corben picked up the removed control chip so no one could control him again and waved off Clark's suspicion of him by saying Clark could thank him another time. He pulled out the Key to the Fortress and placed it in the console, disappearing in a flash of light.

After that, John met Lois on the streets of Metropolis. She gave him a new Kryptonite heart, this one being powered by Red Kryptonite instead of green. Corben said that he was going to go underground and wanted Lois to come with him. Lois told him that there was someone else in her life (Clark) and that he was the one. After saying their goodbyes, Corben left.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Invulnerability: He also has a high level of endurance and invulnerability as he was able to survive being blown up by Zod, survive having part of the fortress roof being dropped on him and being frozen by Clark and Zod's super breath.
• Super Strength: John's strength seems to be on par with Kryptonians as he was able to pick up Clark and throw him and kick Zod straight into a wall in the Fortress. He was easily able to throw Lois and knock her unconscious. He was also able to smash his way through a block of ice which containing him. (Upgrade) Just to note that he is only capable of effecting Kryptonians with his level of strength when they are weakened in the presence of his green Kryptonite heart.
• Super Stamina: Increased because of bionic enhancements.
• Super Speed: Increased because of bionic enhancements.
• Super Leaping: Increased strength in legs means than John could jump higher and farther than normal humans.
• Formerly Green Kryptonite heart: Corben's heart was replaced with a kryptonite like battery. His heart emits massive amounts of kryptonite radiation making him almost unbeatable to Kryptonians. Both Zod and Clark had to fight Corben from a distance using only ranged powers as both would have been severely weakened by his presence. John's heart can also shoot blasts of kryptonite radiation which was useful against Clark and Zod.
• Red Kryptonite heart: At the end of Upgrade, Lois gave him a new red kryptonite heart.

Abilities

• Unknown

Weaknesses

• Electromagnetic pulse grenade disabled him, but he restarted instantly and was prepared to kill Lois.
• Clark heated a lead plate and slammed it into his chest. Realizing the weakness of the Blur, He tried to expose his kryptonite heart by ripping the lead plate from his chest, but in the attempt, the meteorite rock stuck to the plate, leaving him without power and shutting him down.
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• None

Transportation

• None

Weapons

• None
• formerly a Green Kryptonite heart used as a weakness against the Blur and Major Zod.

Notes

• Actor Brian Austin Green plays the role of John Corben on Smallville.

Related

• 6 Appearances of John Corben (Smallville)
• 8 Images featuring John Corben (Smallville)
• 1 Quotations by or about John Corben (Smallville)
• Character Gallery: John Corben (Smallville)

External Links

• Brian Austin Green at Wikipedia.org
• Brian Austin Green biography page at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

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