Wes Keenan
Family	Jodi Keenan (wife, deceased)
Occupation	Former Green Beret (U.S. Army Special Forces)
Powers and Abilities	Super strength, Super speed, Force field generation, Invisibility
Played By	Tahmoh Penikett
Status	Deceased (Prototype)
Appeared In	Nemesis, Prototype

"Designation incorrect. Call sign: Ares, prototype, Mark IV." - Wes Keenan, Prototype

Wes Keenan was a decorated Green Beret used by Lex Luthor as a prototype for Project Ares, model Mark IV.

Contents 1 Physical Appearance 2 Powers and Abilities 3 Early Life 4 Season Six 5 Notes 6 See Also

Physical AppearanceEdit

Wes was a tall, handsome former military brat.

He had short, brown hair, green eyes, and a scar on his right eyebrow that was caused when he and Lois were younger. They were drunk and Lois kissed Wes and he puked and passed out, cracking his head open.

As the "prototype", Wes lost all emotions and self control, giving him a constant hard and cold demeanor. He wore a fully body, dark leather suit, a black belt, and combat boots. He also carried a large knife which he used for assassinations. (Prototype)

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Wes' powers and abilities were derived from the DNA strands of several metahumans that were part of Level 33.1 experiments and the genetic material of Phantom Zone escapee Titan, who was defeated by Clark Kent. Titan's genetic material also served, aside from super strength that matched Clark's, as an anchor to bind all the super powers to a single host. He obtained his force field ability from the Twins' DNA, invisibility from Graham, super speed from Emily Dinsmore, and super strength from Titan.

• Energy shield generation: He could erect force-field barriers that can protect him from bullets, bombs, and lasers.
• Invisibility: He could conceal his body, rendering him unseen.
• Super strength: He could easily overpower humans.
• Super speed: He could run at extreme speeds.

His design was such that LuthorCorp could reprogram his identity and mission. He was also immune to any form of electronic tracking.

Early LifeEdit

Wes was an army brat like Lois Lane. He befriended both Lane and her father, General Sam Lane when they were young. The two had a childhood romance in grade school. Wes then joined the Army, where he was a decorated, model soldier, and trained to be a Green Beret. He married Jodi Keenan and went off to war.

As a Green Beret, he was severely injured on a mission in Afghanistan. His wife was informed of his death by helicopter crash, but she refused to believe he was dead and traced the connection between her husband and LuthorCorp.

Season SixEdit

Jodi Keenan confronted Lex Luthor and demanded to know the truth about her husband while threatening to blow up a series of underground tunnels with Lex inside. However, Jodi died in the tunnels before Lex revealed Wes' true fate - Lex had recruited Wes after he was injured and fooled him into volunteering for Project Ares under the guise of helping wounded soldiers like him. Instead Lex turned him into a super soldier using the genes of kryptonite-infected humans. Wes was the first successful prototype of Project Ares' true mission.

Lex used Wes to go through the underground tunnels to reach the main lab by going through all of the armed forces that stood in his way. Wes was sent to kill Senator Ed Burke, then Lois Lane for witnessing the murder.

Due to his childhood connection to Lois, Wes was in conflict of the programmed control that was embedded in his head and fought to resist his orders to kill Lois but was unsuccessful. Clark had no choice but to use his heat vision at a maximum intensity to stop him and unintentionally kill him. Wes asked Lois to promise not to let this happen to anyone else.

Wes' body went back into Lex's possession. Lex was undeterred at Wes' death and revealed that he has an unforeseen number of other soldiers waiting for similar treatment.

NotesEdit

• Tahmoh Penikett has also appeared on Smallville in Season Three's Resurrection portraying Vince Davis.

See AlsoEdit

• Level 33.1
• Project Ares
• Prototype
• Justice and Doom