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Then and there, Ross vowed to keep his knowledge secret, even from Superman, and never reveal it to anyone else. On occasion, without Kent's knowledge, Ross even masqueraded as the young Clark Kent to help him preserve his secret identity. | Then and there, Ross vowed to keep his knowledge secret, even from Superman, and never reveal it to anyone else. On occasion, without Kent's knowledge, Ross even masqueraded as the young Clark Kent to help him preserve his secret identity. | ||
| − | + | As a teenager, Ross was made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Adv No. 323, Aug 1964: "The Eight Impossible Missions"; and others). | |
| − | + | Ross did eventually reveal his knowledge of Kent's secret when both men were adults, to recruit Superman to rescue Ross's son, [[Jonathan Ross]] (DCCP No. 13, Sep 1979: "To Live in Peace--Nevermore!"). Jon had been kidnapped by an alien species from the planet [[Nyrvn]] in order to be trained to fight in one of their perpetual wars. Superman atempted a rescue but was dissuaded by four members of the Legion of Super-Heroes—[[Saturn Girl]], [[Lightning Lad]], [[Sun Boy]] and [[Dawnstar]]—who convinced him that their historical records showed that Jon Ross would eventually play a pivotal role in an interstellar war. Unable to accept the reasons, Pete Ross suffered a psychotic break and used technology developed by [[Lex Luthor]] to reach into the past, kidnap Superboy, bring him to the present and switch consciousnesses with him (DCCP No. 14, Oct 1979: "Judge, Jury...and No Justice!"). In Superboy's body, Ross kidnapped [[Jimmy Olsen]], [[Lois Lane]], [[Perry White]], [[Lana Lang]] and [[Steve Lombard]] and tried to compel them to act as "jury", passing a death sentence on Superman, who had been restrained in [[Kryptonite]] shackles. The intervention of [[Krypto]] unravelled the plan and Superman and Superboy (his consciousness in the body of the adult Pete Ross) co-operated to reverse the effects of Luthor's machines. Pete Ross was committed to a mental institution where he passed his time tearing up Superman posters. | |
| − | + | Emotionally tormented by this result, Superman eventually decided to ignore the request of the LSH and retrieve Jon Ross, reuniting him with his father. This put Pete Ross on the road to recovery (DCCP No. 25, Sep 1980: "Judgment Night"). | |
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Revision as of 02:52, 15 July 2008
Pete Ross
A wealthy geologist (S No. 270/2, Dec 1973: "I Can't Go Home Again"; and others) who, as a youngster in Smallville, was a close friend of the teen-aged Superman (SB No. 86/2, Jan 1961: "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!"; and others).
Late one night, while on an overnight camping trip with Clark Kent and other Smallville youngsters, young Pete Ross, lying awake in his tent long after the other campers had fallen asleep, chanced to see his friend Clark Kent changing into Superboy (i.e., the teen-aged Superman) and thus became, completely by accident, privy to the secret of Superman's dual identity. He aides Superboy in secret unbeknownst to him (SB No. 90/3, Jul 1961: "Pete Ross' Super Secret").
When Superboy and three of his Legion of Super-Heroes teammates—Mon-El, Shadow Lass and Duo Damsel—are trapped in 20th Century Smallville by Mordru the Merciless, Pete's knowledge of Superboy's secret identity restores the Legionnaires' memory. As a reward Mon-El hypnotizes Superboy into forgetting that Pete knows his secret because Mon-El realizes that Pete's knowledge of Clark's identity will save Superman in their future lives (Adv No. 369, Jun 1968, "Mordru the Merciless!").
Then and there, Ross vowed to keep his knowledge secret, even from Superman, and never reveal it to anyone else. On occasion, without Kent's knowledge, Ross even masqueraded as the young Clark Kent to help him preserve his secret identity.
As a teenager, Ross was made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Adv No. 323, Aug 1964: "The Eight Impossible Missions"; and others).
Ross did eventually reveal his knowledge of Kent's secret when both men were adults, to recruit Superman to rescue Ross's son, Jonathan Ross (DCCP No. 13, Sep 1979: "To Live in Peace--Nevermore!"). Jon had been kidnapped by an alien species from the planet Nyrvn in order to be trained to fight in one of their perpetual wars. Superman atempted a rescue but was dissuaded by four members of the Legion of Super-Heroes—Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Sun Boy and Dawnstar—who convinced him that their historical records showed that Jon Ross would eventually play a pivotal role in an interstellar war. Unable to accept the reasons, Pete Ross suffered a psychotic break and used technology developed by Lex Luthor to reach into the past, kidnap Superboy, bring him to the present and switch consciousnesses with him (DCCP No. 14, Oct 1979: "Judge, Jury...and No Justice!"). In Superboy's body, Ross kidnapped Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Perry White, Lana Lang and Steve Lombard and tried to compel them to act as "jury", passing a death sentence on Superman, who had been restrained in Kryptonite shackles. The intervention of Krypto unravelled the plan and Superman and Superboy (his consciousness in the body of the adult Pete Ross) co-operated to reverse the effects of Luthor's machines. Pete Ross was committed to a mental institution where he passed his time tearing up Superman posters.
Emotionally tormented by this result, Superman eventually decided to ignore the request of the LSH and retrieve Jon Ross, reuniting him with his father. This put Pete Ross on the road to recovery (DCCP No. 25, Sep 1980: "Judgment Night").
