Hmmmmmm... an Alien ship from New Krypton. That would work, too. But if that's the case, earth is darn lucky that Lois showed up when when she did *and* that Clark is Clark. Someone else going through what Clark went through just might find themself tempted to side with the New Kryptonians over the earthlings.

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