American Comics: I Inherit Superman's Power, and Lex Is My Brother

Gino transmigrates as Lex Luthor's younger brother and awakens a System that lets him copy talents from negative emotions. He plans to lie flat and enjoy life as an ultra-rich trust fund kid. When he touches Clark at the age of five, the seeds of a steel body and super strength are planted inside him. His talent grows slowly over the next thirteen years, but every time he clenches his fist, he's reminded that this world is far more than the cornfields of Smallville. On his first day transferring to Smallville, Gino uses a Bugatti to cut off Clark, then drifts past him in a street race to provoke negative emotions. When he breaks a taunter's arm in the hallway, he spots a green piece of kryptonite hanging around Lana's neck, something that could leave him powerless in an instant. Even worse, Jenomi, who fell into a coma during the meteor shower thirteen years ago, has awakened and is controlling electricity to exact revenge on the Luthor family. The school newspaper's cameras, Whitney's empty seat, and unanalyzed meteor samples in the chemical plant basement: the clues are beginning to connect. Gino must find Jenomi's hideout before he strikes again, while staying clear of the green stone on Lana's chest. When his steel body faces kryptonite radiation, the System's first talent may also become its first crack. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.