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Jason White
Jason White
Debut Superman Returns
Created by Bryan Singer
Michael Dougherty
Dan Harris
Portrayed by Tristan Lake Leabu
Statistics
Classification Half-human, Half-Kryptonian
Relatives Superman (biological father)
Lois Lane (mother)
Richard White (adoptive/step-father)
Abilities Super Strength

Jason White is the son of Lois Lane and Superman, and the stepson/legal son of Richard White. He appears in the film, Superman Returns.

History[]

Jason White is presented as the son of Lois Lane and her fiancé, Richard White. When first seen, Jason has asthma and is a "fragile" child according to his mother, who at one point rattles off a list of the different medications her son has to take.

While investigating Lex Luthor's yacht with Jason, the two are abducted by Luthor himself. When Luthor brings out some Kryptonite, Jason appears faintly weak, inspiring Lex to ask Lois who the child's father is. Lois informs him that it is Richard. Luthor then holds the kryptonite much closer to Jason, but it produces no apparent effects on Jason. Luthor seems to shrug off his suspicions.

Not long after, Luthor's henchman Brutus brutally attacks Lois, only to be suddenly crushed to death by a grand piano which flew horizontally across the room, yet was several steps down and not on wheels. The camera pans over to Jason who has his hands extended. Jason had thrown the piano, proving that he is really Superman's son. He had been frightened and out of breath just moments before, but afterwards produces his inhaler only to realize he doesn't need it.

When informed of his henchman's rather odd death, Lex realizes that Jason is Superman's son. Lois and Jason are then thrown into a locked pantry, when Lois asks if he can help with the door, Jason says, "I'm sorry". After Lois tries for several frantic minutes to break the door open, Jason approaches the door as she watches with bated breath. At that moment, Richard arrives and opens the door from the other side. Before they can escape however, the yacht breaks and is about to capsize and drown them, but Superman successfully saves them and helps them get back to the mainland while he deals with the Kryptonite island Luthor built. Superman successfully pulls the landmass out of the ocean and hurls it into space, but the prolonged Kryptonite exposure leaves him badly weakened and comatose.

While Superman is recovering in the hospital, Lois confesses she has something to tell him, and whispers in his ear while glancing at Jason, telling Superman about Jason's true father. After recovering, Superman visits Jason late one night while the boy is sleeping in his bed, and, standing over him, delivers the familiar soliloquy that his own father (Jor-El) gave to him in the original Superman film, slightly modified. This speech ends with the line "the son becomes the father, and the father becomes the son."

In the 2019 Arrowverse crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jason is briefly mentioned by his father. In the time that passed by since Luthor's scheme, Clark and Lois eventually got back together and revealed the truth of his parentage to Jason, though tragedy struck when a criminal from Gotham City named The Joker attacked the Daily Planet building with deadly gas that killed Lois, Jimmy, and Perry. However, the efforts of the Paragons and the defeat of the Anti-Monitor resets the Multiverse and brings them back to life.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Jason possesses super strength as well as enhanced vision.

Family[]

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