First Appearance: Earth 2 (2012) #16 (Thought to be Superman)First Appeared as Brutaal (See Brutaal's page)
Brutaal was one of the Hunger Dogs of Apokolips. He is actually a clone of the original Superman, although the process created a varient that was not identical to the original copy.
Brutaal witnessed Steppenwolf's speech to the world, who declared himself to be his ruler. He is suddenly killed by a blast of heat vision that slices Steppenwolf in half, and Brutaal calls him an idiot and a fool. He snarls that Steppenwolf thought himself a god and called him "Dogs", yelling he is noones pet and he had only one aim in conquring the Earth. He makes his status clear, being in it for Darkseid and not himself, his steel mask braking to reveal he was Superman.
In #26, Superman and Val Zod (the second Superman) fought for a second time, where Superman comments on Val being stronger than the last and barks at him to stand, fight and stop sniveling. Val tells him to shut up as he is being boring with the talk of violence, rage and death, claiming himself to be a better person than Superman, when he questions if he was affraid. Val gets up stating he won't let Superman stop his freinds from saving the world. As Superman mulls this over, he realises that Batman's allies are going to the Boom Tube and speeds off to stop them.
He is stopped by Red Tornado, who he demands to get out of his way, but she questions if he will kill her like he killed Jonathan Kent. He begs he wouldn't, but she tells him that if he is who he said he is then he should let them save the world. He asks if he really thinks it's that simple, which she replies that he hopes he does but a part of her is just stalling. Val arrives and knocks him down, holding on to stop him from escaping as they crash towards the ground.
Superman attacks him, demanding to know why he wears the House of El symbol, but Val reports why is Superman. He says he knew his mother and if she could see him, she would be appalled.
After the Boom Tube is closed and the defeat of Bedlam, Superman and Val are still fighting. He asks how he is stronger. He crunches his arm and it does grey and cracks. When Val questions what is wrong, Superman pulls back and asks whta he had done to her. He attacks Val again, repeating the question. Val takes his hands and headbutts him. Val tells him he is making it worse as he is falling apart. Red Tornado blows the rest of the old skin away to reveal a being with an inverted House of El badge on his chest. He begins to speak, but all he can say is "me... am" and Red Tornado states that it is not Superman, but he thinks he is. He tries to beg that he is Superman to Lois, but he calls him a "sick perversion" and blasts him into the dust stating the world is too dark and dangerous for him to be in it.
This page only shows Earth 2 #16 and Earth 2 #26. This will be updated at a later date to feature all his crimes and horrors he commites.
