10 DC Superheroes With Tortured Pasts

It may seem strange to see the Man of Steel here. After all, he seems quite happy defending truth, justice, and the American way, but let's look at the facts.

Yes, he was raised by loving parents in Martha and Jonathan Kent but they were his adopted parents and poor Kal still mourns for his true blood family. And it's not just the loss of Jor-El and Lara that he has to deal, but that of his home planet as well.

After the true Clone Wars finally ends, Krypton is a scarred world. The once beautiful land is now mostly desert and its people are isolated from the rest of the universe. When it becomes unstable due to geological conditions, the young child who becomes Clark Kent is fired into space in an attempt to save his life, as his home explodes into a billion tiny pieces.

He may go on to be the Big Blue Boy Scout when he grows up, but there can be no doubt that the events that lead up to this still weigh heavily on his shoulders, even to this very day.