Kal-El is the last survivor of the planet Krypton who was raised in Apokolips under the rule of Darkseid.
His father Jor-El realized that the planet was on the brink of destruction, so he placed his son in a spaceship to escape certain death. Rocketed to Earth, the space ship was intercepted by Metron who gave the child to Darkseid, raising him as his son to become the most powerful warrior of Apokolips.
Finally revealed, the Superman quickly defeated Kalibak and became the new champion of Apokolips, gaining fame across the planet. His true mission at hand, Kal-El led a battalion against the God planet New Genesis in order to plant the Omega Warhead in the heart of the planet, finally destroying the home of the New Gods. As the planet died, Kal-El approached the Highfather who revealed him the truth about his origin and The Source's prophecy for him, ultimately transporting him to Earth.
He fell on the planet and nearly drowned to death by his heavy armor, forcing him to remove it before falling unconscious and being saved by a woman called Lane.[1]
Confused, Kal started to wonder where he was when Ms. Lane abandoned him to his luck, unaware that he followed her and unexpectedly saved her from a mob group. He was taken into custody but managed to escape with his newfound strength, wandering alone until coming across a man called Bibboand a kid calledJimmy who gave him a helping hand.
After he saved a group of people from a building destroyed by a battle between New Gods, Kal realized that their war was brought to Earth, coming across with Lois Lane once more before encountering the surviving New Gods. As they were about to destroy him for retribution, Barda's arrival saved Kal from the Genesisians who retreated soon after, with Barda ordering Kal to return to Apokolips, reluctantly agreeing.
As he looked for his armor, Kal and Barda were ambushed by human soldiers using New God technology to successfully lead him into a trap, transporting him toLex Luthor and Scott Free who immobilized him and were about to experiment on him when Darkseid arrived to take him back to Apokolips. was decoding the Anti-Life Equation from him when Darkseid told Kal the truth about his purpose, but Kal nonetheless defied him and his father before Desaad finally completed the Anti-Life Equation for Darkseid, now ready to invade Earth.[2]
Fortunately, Kal managed to escape Desaad's grasp and returned to Earth thanks to Barda's help, but his arrival was nearly in vain since Apokolips already took over the entire planet. Thus the New Gods joined forces with Kal and the remaining humans with free will as a last effort to defeat Darkseid, a nearly futile effort until Orion joined the fight and equaled the odds between the two sides. But Darkseid was too strong, easily defeating both Superman and Orion until Scott Free returned to aid them with his new knowledge.
Lightray gave Superman a portion of his power for him to stand and fight again, but was fatally wounded before he ultimately gave Superman the last of his life force to finally defeat Darkseid once and for all.
With the war over, Kal and Orion were unsure of what to do now, but Scott told them that their journeys were just beginning before bidding them farewell, with both warriors deciding to find new paths.
Kal returned to Apokolips to dismantle the battle-torn war machine and started to rebuild the planet into a free world, releasing the lowlifes from Darkseid's previous tyranny and terraforming the surface into life-giving land. With Barda at his side, Superman became the new peaceful ruler of Apokolips, and once their work is done they will reseed New Genesis.