Longevity

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Longevity is the ability to live for extended periods of time. Kryptonians appear to have this ability under a yellow sun, as they do not age. Kryptonian longevity can be countered by extended exposure to blue kryptonite.

[edit] Characters with this ability

Kryptonians

• Clark Kent Clark Kent, being born on Krypton and living under the yellow sun has the ability to live for extended periods of time also known as longevity. Providing he is not exposed to Blue Kryptonite and remains exposed to Sol (Yellow Sun) longevity and the remainder of his abilities will remain in tact.
• Raya Also born on Krypton, Raya would of only had the ability of longevity in the Season 6 episode Fallout. Despite being in the Phantom Zone for the bulk of her young life, Raya would of not have had the ability of longevity because "time is meaningless" in the phantom zone meaning she did not age not because of longevity but simply because time is of no meaning in the phantom zone.
• Dax-Ur  Being a Kryptonian, Dax-Ur has the ability of longevity under yellow sun until he exposed himself to Blue Kryptonite. Feeling repent for his actions which lead to the creation of the Brain Interactive Construct, Dax-Ur studied the yellow suns effect on Kryptonian minerals and realised "it was the suns affect on him" which mattered. When realising this, he created a bracelet and equipped it with Blue Kryptonite which stripped him of longevity and his other Kryptonian abilities.
• Kara Kent Kara Kent, Clark Kent's cousin, also born on Krypton has the ability of longevity. Despite being trapped in her ship in suspended animation for eighteen years of her life under Reeves Dam, Kara was still to some degree exposed to the rays of the yellow sun and hence giving her longevity.
• Davis Bloome Created by General Zod and his wife Faora from collecting pieces of DNA from Krypton's strongest creatures and combining them into the being which is now Davis Bloome. Davis Bloome also known as Doomsday is a Kryptonian creature who has exhibited the power of longevity.

Other

• Curtis Knox Curits Knox, apparently living several centuries has the ability of longevity. However the episode Cure of Season 7 does not offer much insight into exactly how he came in contact with his ability. However, he is not the first Metahuman to have abilities without being exposed to the meteor rocks or through hereditary means. Others include Bart Allen who obtained his abilites through an accidant. The other is Victor Stone, who supposidly died in a car crash, was experimented on by the Luthorcorp company Cyntechnics, replaced multiple body parts with machinery which gave him his abilities.
• Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter or J'onn J'onzz was born on the planet Mars. Martians abilities being very similar to that of Kryptonians would most likely have longevity. However this had not been confirmed. However in the Season 8 premier of Odyssey he lost his powers when he was forced save Clark's life by taking him to outer space to receiver a higher concentration of the suns rays. While the burning strength of the sun is the source of Clark's abilities, it is also the core weakness of Martians hence stripping The Martian Manhunter of his abilities.