Grant Gabriel
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| Grant Gabriel | |
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| Occupation | Former assistant editor (Daily Planet) |
| Played By | Michael Cassidy |
| Status | Deceased (Persona) |
| Appeared In | Kara, Fierce, Action, Wrath, Blue, Gemini, Persona |
"If you want to play God, you might want to remember his greatest gift. Free will. - Grant Gabriel, Gemini
Grant Gabriel was an assistant editor at the Daily Planet. [citation needed] He was a clone of Lex Luthor's dead brother, Julian Luthor.
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[edit] Early Life
Julian Luthor died in infancy when Lex was twelve. Grant was cloned from Julian's DNA, and was implanted with false memories of a back story and childhood which detailed how he was given up for adoption, so that he would believe himself to be Lex's brother.
He was the former editor of the Star City Post. It is not clear if he was actually an editor, or if the memory was implanted.
[edit] Season 7
Grant Gabriel introduced himself to Chloe Sullivan and Lois Lane on his first day at the Daily Planet. He seemed to know a lot about Chloe, but was unimpressed with her journalistic work. Instead, he was intrigued by the tenacity of her cousin Lois. He offered Lois Lane a job at the Planet if she could write a good story about her discovery of a mysterious spacecraft, thinking it would increase circulation. However, even though she could provide no evidence of the ship's existence, Grant still gave Lois the job at Daily Planet, giving her the desk right next to Chloe. Grant is under the impression that Chloe's journalism spark has burned out, but Lois is on the fast-track to becoming a brilliant journalist. He has since assigned Lois exclusive stories in New York City and Los Angeles, but has yet to actually publish any of Lois's stories.
Although the land purchase article was killed by Grant, it turned out that Lois had been right: Lana Lang had bought the land to imprison Lionel Luthor. That story never came to light though, possibly because Grant continually stymied Lois's attempts to investigate the Luthors. When Lana later presented Grant with a hard drive containing details on Lex Luthor's Project Scion, Grant refused to use stolen evidence to expose the project. He was later seen deleting the files from the hard drive.
Lois seemed oblivious to Grant's relationship with his brother Lex. Lex had been taking care of Grant for quite a while without their father knowing about it. Lex told Grant to cut off his relationship with Lois. Grant claimed they broke it off while in reality they were still dating.
Grant found out about his origins when he met Adrian Cross, a failed clone experiment who had the same DNA and memories as Grant. He discovered they were both clones of Julian Luthor, and became outraged at Lex for being nothing more than an experiment. He became even more upset when he learned that Lex had just bought the Daily Planet and become his boss. Later, Grant broke up with Lois, convinced that their relationship had become too complicated.
When Grant went to Lionel to expose himself, Grant was welcomed with open arms by his father, much to his surprise. Afterwards Lex Luthor was told of their meeting with Gabriel by Lionel. Lionel compared Lex to Gabriel with Lex coming up far short. Later, Lex fired Grant from his post as editor of the Daily Planet for disobeying him, and out of jealousy towards Grant. Grant was warned by Lex to stay away from Lionel, but Grant wanted to face this head on and proceeded to start building a relationship with his father. After one final warning to Grant to stay away from Lionel, Lex felt that he was forced to do something about it. He had an assassin posing as a mugger kill Grant as Grant and Lionel were leaving a steak dinner they had together. "Julian" died in Lionel's arms.
[edit] Relationship with Lois Lane
Grant's relationship with Lois Lane began when Lois tried to get an article published by the Daily Planet. Grant eventually hired Lois and began flirting with her.
Since hiring her, Grant has sent Lois on several on-location assignments, but according to Lois, he is reluctant to print most of her stories, returning them covered in corrections after she submits them. Grant has several times discouraged Lois from investigating the Luthors, claiming that it is not worth it to go up against the Luthors. He doubted the significance of her report that LuthorCorp was purchasing land near Reeves Dam and instead sent her to investigate the murder attempt on Rachel Davenport. He was unimpressed with her story, but invited her to dinner, which she declined. After Lois was injured by Lana Lang, Grant went to the hospital to visit her. She acknowledged the budding sexual tension between them and later when he kissed her, she kissed him back.
They continued to date even when Lex advised Grant not to. However, after Grant found out that he was really a clone and Lex Luthor bought the Daily Planet, Grant broke up with Lois. Lois didn't fight his decision, but denied Grant a last goodbye kiss.
Lois and Grant's relationship has been nicknamed "Grois" by fans.
