▁There ▁was ▁no ▁Super man ▁in ▁this ▁reality ▁( his ▁younger ▁self , ▁Super boy , ▁having ▁died ▁before ▁the ▁crim inals ' ▁escape ), ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁Lex ▁L ut hor ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁turned ▁evil . ▁Using ▁an ▁artificial ▁life - form ▁called ▁the ▁" pro top las mic ▁matrix ", ▁Lex ▁created ▁a ▁red - head ed ▁woman , ▁Matrix , ▁who ▁res emble d ▁his ▁true ▁love , ▁the ▁dece ased ▁alternate - re ality ▁L ana ▁Lang . ▁Matrix ▁possessed ▁all ▁of ▁L ana ' s ▁mem ories , ▁due ▁to ▁L ana ' s ▁syn apt ic ▁path ways ▁being ▁copied ▁into ▁Matrix . ▁Lex ▁had ▁also ▁pattern ed ▁her ▁phys i ology ▁to ▁res emble ▁Super man ' s , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁by ▁using ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁many ▁invent ions ▁to ▁look ▁into ▁the ▁main stream ▁universe . ▁ ▁Like ▁Super man , ▁Matrix ▁was ▁super human ly ▁strong ▁and ▁fast , ▁and ▁could ▁fly , ▁but ▁she ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁powers ▁of ▁shapes h ifting , ▁tele k ines is , ▁and ▁clo aking ▁( including ▁in visibility ). ▁Matrix ▁wore ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁Super man ' s ▁uniform , ▁shapes h ift ed ▁into ▁a ▁young ▁bl onde ▁woman , ▁and ▁fought ▁the ▁three ▁crim inals ▁as ▁Super g irl . ▁However , ▁her ▁powers ▁were ▁no ▁match ▁for ▁their s . ▁Des perate , ▁Lex ▁sent ▁Matrix ▁into ▁the ▁main stream ▁universe ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁Super man . ▁Her ▁efforts