Justin Gaines
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| Justin Gaines | |
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| Family | Mother , Father |
| Occupation | Student (Smallville High School) |
| Powers and Abilities | Telekinesis |
| Played By | Adam Brody |
| Status | Incarcerated |
| Appeared In | Crush |
Justin Gaines was a former student of Smallville High who happened to be a metahuman.
[edit] Early Life
He gained telekinesis, the ability to move objects with his mind. He was an aspiring cartoonist at Smallville High who wrote a comic for the Torch called Flaming Crows Feet.
Justin was hit by a car driven by Danny Kwan. Because of the accident, he lost the use of his hands, but somehow developed the power of telekinesis to compensate for the loss of the motor skills in his hands.
[edit] Season One
Having caused the doctor who had treated him to lose his hands in a lift accident, he then became the boyfriend of Chloe Sullivan after she had a fight with Clark Kent regarding his exclusion of her to focus on his new friendships with Lana Lang and Lex Luthor. After finding out that it was Principal Kwan's car was responsible for damaging him, he murdered Kwan, unaware that Kwan had simply concealed the truth about the accident to protect his son.
After discovering a newspaper article about the doctor's accident in Justin's bag, Clark had his suspicions about Justin, but even after learning about Justin's powers- when he levitated various small objects in the Torch offices as they kissed- Chloe didn't believe he would ever hurt anyone, only realizing the truth after she examined his sketchbook and saw pictures of Kwan and the doctor being attacked. She called Clark for help, but Justin subsequently attacked her in Clark's barn, only to be defeated by Clark when Clark's abilities proved more than a match for his. His current whereabouts are unknown.
[edit] Notes
- Justin was the first freak of the week whose powers appear to have no explicit connection to meteor rocks. While it was never expressly stated that the rocks were involved, the timing of the accident and Justin's onset of psychosis makes it likely that he was exposed to the rocks at some point.
- There are significant similarities between Justin and a later meteor freak Seth Nelson; both manifested meteor powers after an accident, both subsequently pursued a relationship with one of the girl's in Clark's life – Chloe in Justin's case and Lana in Seth's – and both told the girl in question about their abilities.
It is not impossible that the meteor rocks infected Chrissy Parker, since Naman I might have brought meteor rocks with him to Earth, when he arrived 500 years ago.
