Conduit (Kenny Braverman) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Conduit first appeared in Superman: The Man of Steel #0 and was created by Dan Jurgens and Louise Simonson. In the 1995 story arc "Death of Clark Kent" spanning four Superman titles, Conduit tried to murder everyone important to Kent. Fictional character biography On the night Kenny's mother gave birth, a powerful snowstorm made the roads frosty and slick. On the way to the hospital, the car Mr. Braverman was driving skidded on ice. Moments later, Kenny was born in the car and infant Kal-El's starship passed over the Braverman's automobile. Kenny suffered a high level of radiation poisoning due to Kryptonite exposure from the Kryptonian ship and during his infancy, with his health failing from time to time, yet always managing to recover a little while after. Kenny even became a remarkable athlete at Smallville High School, but he always came in second place to Clark Kent. In order to learn how to manage the changes his body went through, Kenny volunteered to be thoroughly examined by the CIA. Afterward, they recruited him to do a covert operation in France, but Clark ultimately thwarted Kenny's efforts. This, coupled with years of being outdone by him in their youth, caused Kenny to grow to despise Clark. Once he developed inherent superpowers due to the events of his birth, Kenny focused them through a special high-tech suit. He also wears metal gauntlets on each arm that house coils that enable the suit to emit Kryptonite radiation beams. Kenny then tried to kill Clark and Lois Lane. While he failed, he ended up dueling Superman. When Conduit discovered Superman was secretly Clark, he began to stalk Clark, sending Clark notes saying "I KNOW" and planting bombs intended to kill Clark's friends and co-workers. Kenny concluded that when they had competed as children, Clark had possessed all of the powers he possesses as Superman, and thus had cheated, refusing to believe Clark's insistence that his powers only fully developed when he was an adult. Seeing no other option, Superman attempted to forsake his identity as Clark Kent and go into hiding, but Kenny eventually tracked him down and knocked him unconscious. Kenny then proceeded to place Clark in a fake Smallville set twenty years in the past, filled with android versions of its citizens programmed