Curtis Knox
Family	Sophia (wife, deceased)
Occupation	Neurosurgeon (BCE Clinic)
Powers and Abilities	Immortality
Played By	Dean Cain
Status	Unknown
Appeared In	Cure

"I have been speared by Mayan warriors, survived Mongols' arrows, and the cold steel of Crusaders' blades. What makes you think the sting of a 9 millimeter could slow me down?" - Curtis Knox, to Lex Luthor, Cure

Curtis Knox is an immortal doctor who supposedly cured meteor freaks from their powers and psychosis. In actuality, he was obsessed with trying to make his wife Sophia immortal by harvesting kryptonite-infected body parts from meteor freaks.

Contents 1 Physical Appearance 2 Powers and Abilities 3 Vulnerabilities 4 Early Life 5 Season Seven 6 In the Comics 7 Quotes 8 Notes 9 Reference

Physical AppearanceEdit

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Powers and AbilitiesEdit

• Immortality: Dr. Knox was purported to have the power of immortality. He was shot six times by Lex Luthor, and recovered within seconds by painfully digging the bullets out of his chest with his hand. The source of Dr. Knox's powers is unclear.

In addition to his powers, Dr. Knox developed non-metahuman abilities during his long life. He was a brilliant neurosurgeon who developed a cure for meteor freaks. He cured them, while simultaneously removing all of their memories of having powers and of Lex's experimentation.

VulnerabilitiesEdit

Dr. Knox lacked the power of physical invulnerability. He was capable of being wounded; when he was shot by Lex, he bled and was knocked down for several seconds before he started breathing again. The extent of his wounds seems to be limited; by the time Dr. Knox recovered from the gunshot wounds and stood up, his bleeding appeared to have abated.

He was also capable of being knocked out; when Clark electrocuted him by throwing him into a generator, Dr. Knox was knocked unconscious for several seconds.

Early LifeEdit

Dr. Curtis Knox has been potentially alive for millennia. He has claimed to have fought warriors from the Mayan culture, a civilization which reached its height between 250 and 900 AD. The Maya were still a viable empire during the time of the conquistadors, which may be when Knox encountered them. He also claimed to have fought in the Crusades which lasted from the 11th to the 13th century.

Lex Luthor found research that showed that Knox's facial features match those from a painting from 1675. (The painting is really Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also Dean Cain is 6' tall as opposed to Napoleons 5' 7.)

Knox also claimed to have been Jack the Ripper, who murdered five prostitutes in in the Whitechapel District of London in 1888. The identity of Jack the Ripper was never discovered in real life. Lex also found a picture of Knox with Hitler, indicating that he was most likely a member of the Nazi Party prior to and during World War II.

Season SevenEdit

Dr. Knox targeted metahumans with high concentrations of kryptonite in particular organs, which he would then transplant into his wife's body. He killed Sasha Woodman and then attempted to dispose of her dead body at the Smallville Fertilizer Plant. He also targeted Chloe Sullivan, because of the high concentration of kryptonite in her heart.

Lex Luthor found out what Dr. Knox was up to and tried to kill him by shooting him in the chest six times. Knox then got back up, bleeding but otherwise unhurt, hinting that he had been alive for over 1,000 years. He knocked Lex unconscious and was about to kill him when Clark Kent arrived and knocked the doctor into a live power line.

Clark then went to Dr. Knox's lab to save Chloe. He fought with Dr. Knox in the lab, and during the battle Dr. Knox severely damaged some of the equipment keeping his wife alive. She died and Dr. Knox knelt next to her and cried, much to the surprise of Clark and Chloe. It's possible that the Martian Manhunter may have sent him into the Phantom Zone but he did not divulge the true fate of Knox to Clark, though he admitted that he couldn't kill him since Knox was immortal.

In the ComicsEdit

Knox's powers and abilities are similar to Vandal Savage, infamous DC Comics immortal, who often used aliases. Knox was rumored to be a portrayal of Savage, though the official character was off-limits for Cure. ^[1] In recent years, Savage has been depicted in the comics as harvesting organs from his own long-lived descendants; he does this not to extend his wife's life, but to extend his own as his powers fade.

Savage is immortal,^[1] and has plagued the earth with crime and violence since before the beginning of recorded human history. He is a brilliant tactician with immense technological prowess. He is one of DC's most persistent villains and has fought hundreds of heroes throughout history. In 2009, Vandal Savage was ranked as IGN's 36th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.^[2]

QuotesEdit

Lex: Doctor, three of my patients are missing. You wouldn't happen to have any idea why someone with a brand new lease on life would suddenly disappear.

Dr. Knox: Perhaps it's because you insisted on eradicating any recollection of their stay at Hotel 33.1.

Lex: No, I insisted they be able to start new lives unfettered by disturbing memories

Dr. Knox: Especially those that could incriminate you.

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Lex: I used face recognition software to run an image search. (pulls up image of Knox with Nazis) There we go.

Clark: Knox wasn't alive during World War 2, Lex. He's too young.

Lex: He's much older than he looks. This is Knox in 1888. And here he is in 1675. Clark, he's had a thousand names and he's lived for centuries. That's why you can't kill him. Curtis Knox is immortal.

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Chloe: I came here for help, not to be cut up by some Jack the Ripper wannabe.

Dr. Knox: I was Jack the Ripper.

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Dr. Knox: Your powers might be far beyond those of mortal men, but you've met your match.

Clark: I won't let you kill anyone else.

Dr. Knox: I'd kill a thousand more to never have to be alone. You don't know the pain of living centuries, watching the woman you love grow old and turn to dust.

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Clark: What'd you do with Knox?

Martian Manhunter: Your father and I had a "don't ask, don't tell" policy when it came to crime and punishment. I suggest we abide by the same rules.

Clark: You didn't kill him, did you?

Martian Manhunter: Knox is immortal, Kal-El. You can't kill him.

NotesEdit

• Dr. Curtis Knox is played by Dean Cain, who played Clark Kent/Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
• Dr. Curtis Knox's initials are "C.K", just like Clark Kent's. This is an homage to Dean Cain's role as Clark Kent on Lois and Clark (on that show, Jimmy Olsen frequently called Clark Kent "C.K").
• In the animated Justice League series, Vandal Savage was voiced by Phil Morris. Phil Morris has played Martian Manhunter on Smallville in a number of episodes.
• Dean Cain is the fifth Superman alum to have a role on Smallville and the first alum of a media besides Superman feature films.
• When Lex explained to Clark how Dr. Knox has been around for centuries, a search revealed photos of Dr. Knox for the past hundreds of years. One of these was of Napoleon.

ReferenceEdit

1. ↑ Smallville Season 7 The Official Companion