Tal-Rho was the the son of a late unnamed woman, the brother of the late Kal-El, the husband of Lana-Rho, the paternal uncle of Jonathan and Jordan-El, and a former member of the Inverse Society.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Tal was equally famous as his brother, Kal. By 2005, he was rich and known as "world's most eligible bachelor"; he was rather dismayed by the title, since he was only waiting for the right woman. While visiting Smallville with Kal, they had drinks at the local bar. Kal informed Tal that his wife, Lois, was pregnant, causing a joyful Tal to buy a round of drinks to celebrate becoming an uncle. Kal informed him that he bought a farm to live at with his family, having chosen to make a change of pace; Tal gave his full support, knowing his brother's odd choices paid off. He then met the barista Lana, instantly becoming smitten with her boldness. A year later, Tal and Lana got married though he still thought she was way out of his league. Nonetheless, both were very happy together.[1]
Tal remained close to his brother, Kal, but they eventually became enemies; after a dispute involving Lana; who tried to kill Kal.[2]
Following Ally Allston[]
Tal arrived at the El Farm along with Lana, and the two Allys. Superman was also there, so Tal and Lana fought him over the pendants and retrieved them. Tal would eventually come to his senses after seeing Ally merge with her counterpart, and owned up to his mistake of failing Kal by allowing his Earth-TUD25 counterpart to escape and return home.[1]
Imprisonment and death[]
Tal's life force is drained by Ally.
As a result of helping Earth-TUD25 Kal to escape, the merged Ally Allstons imprisoned Tal in a yellow sun cell. After his Earth-TUD25 counterpart and brother rendered the pendants inert, Ally killed Tal by draining his life force to gain more power and to prevent his counterpart from merging with him in the future.[3]
Personality[]
Unlike his Earth-TUD25 counterpart, Tal was very close to his brother, and seems to have had better experiences with humanity. He was overjoyed to hear that he would be an uncle to Jordan and Jonathan, and promised Kal that he would aid him whenever he needs. Tal noted that his emotions are easy to read.
Tal cares deeply for his brother, and was greatly distressed to see him degenerate. However, due to a complicated and close relationship with his wife, he went back on his word and ended up siding with Ally over his brother, though he would always regret that decision.
Despite being a rich and literally powerful man, Tal was quite humble. Rather than take advantage of his celebrity status and having meaningless flings, he held out in the hopes that the woman he was meant to be with was out there. This paid off when he met Lana, and the two had instant chemistry, to the point they married just a year after meeting. Tal loved his wife dearly, feeling she was too good for him.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
- Kryptonian physiology: As a Kryptonian, once charged by the energy spectrum of a red sun, Tal possesses various superhuman attributes.[1]
- Red solar absorption: As an inverse of his Earth-TUD25 counterpart, Tal's cellular structure allows him to absorb, store and metabolize the wavelength of red sun radiation to fuel all of his abilities.[1]
- Super strength: Tal possesses tremendous strength.[1]
- Super speed: Tal is able to move at immense speeds.[1]
- Flight: Tal is able to fly at tremendous speeds.[1]
- Invulnerability: Tal possesses extraordinary durability.[1]
- Freeze vision: Inverse of Superman's heat vision, Tal is able to produce very cold beams from his eyes, that can freeze his target and create icicles if he chooses to.
- Fire breath: He is able to produce an amount of fire from his mouth, in a similar but inverse manner to Superman's ice breath.
- Hurricane breath: Tal has developed additional control over his fire breathing ability, and by moderating the temperature of his fire breath he can instead turn it into a powerful gust of wind that non-lethally sends his opponents flying, as he did on his wife.[1]
- Telescopic vision: Tal has telescopic vision.
- Green Kryptonite empowerment: As an inverse of his Earth-TUD25 counterpart, exposure to green kryptonite makes Tal stronger instead of weakening him.
- Red solar absorption: As an inverse of his Earth-TUD25 counterpart, Tal's cellular structure allows him to absorb, store and metabolize the wavelength of red sun radiation to fuel all of his abilities.[1]
Weaknesses[]
- X-Kryptonite: As Tal has an inverse biology to his Earth-TUD25 counterpart, rather than empower the being, X-Kryptonite weakens him.
- Yellow sun energy: As Tal has an inverse biology to his counterpart, yellow sunlight weakens him in a similar way to how red sun energy weakens Kryptonians native to Earth-TUD25.
Equipment[]
- Protective suit: Tal-Rho wore a protective suit when operating with the Inverse Society.
Appearances[]
Superman & Lois[]
Season 2[]
- "Anti-Hero" (mentioned)
- "Bizarros in a Bizarro World"
- "Lies That Bind"
- "Waiting for Superman" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Tal is comparable to Gomez Addams, in that he has a very close bond with his brother and practically worships his wife. In fact, Earth-TUD25 Tal believed a supposed wife for him to be "a goddess", as was noted with Lana-Rho.
References[]
| Other versions of Tal-Rho (Inverse World) | ||||
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| New multiverse | ||||
| Earth: TUD25 • Inverse World | ||||
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| Earth: TUD22 | ||||
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