Wes Keenan
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| Wes Keenan | |
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| Family | Jodi Keenan (wife, deceased) |
| Occupation | Former Green Beret (US Army) |
| Powers and Abilities | Super strength, super speed, force field generation, invisibility |
| Played By | Tahmoh Penikett |
| Status | Deceased (Prototype) |
| Appeared In | Nemesis, Prototype |
Wes Keenan was a decorated Green Beret used by Lex Luthor as a prototype for Project Ares, model Mark IV.
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[edit] Powers and Abilities
Wes' powers are taken from the DNA of several metahumans that were 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 unto a single host.
Possible sources of his powers include:
- Energy shield generation: an ability demonstrated by the Twins in Mortal.
- Invisibility: similar to that of Graham Garrett in Fade.
- Super strength: a characteristic of many metahumans and Titan.
- Super speed: an ability exhibited by Emily Dinsmore in Accelerate and Bart Allen, which could have been acquired by Lex during his capture in Justice.
His design was such that LuthorCorp could reprogram his identity and mission. He was also immune to any form of electronic tracking.
[edit] Early Life
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.
[edit] Season Six
Jodi 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 is currently in Lex's possession. Lex was undeterred at Wes' death and revealed that he has an unforeseen number of other soldiers waiting for similar treatment.
[edit] Notes
- Tahmoh Penikett has also appeared on Smallville in Season 3 episode Resurrection portraying Vince Davis.
