Kenneth "Kenny" Cavanaugh is a local to Smallville, who can become invisible.
Early life[]
Kenny's mother passed away when he was a baby. Kenny lost his father during the 1989 Meteor Shower. Kenny's father was killed by a meteorite, while Kenny himself became meteor infected, and gained a power of invisibility. He spent the next 13 years alone in the woods.
Paterfamilias[]
Kenny began kidnapping men, looking for a new father. After a while, the men would pass away. About 13 years later, Kenny kidnapped Jonathan Kent, whom he felt was a good father. Jonathan was rescued by his son, Clark Kent, while Kenny was committed to Belle Reve.
Notes[]
- It is possible that Kenny Cavanaugh was later released by Checkmate (before the agency's destruction). In the episode Absolute Justice, Part 2, a conversation between Lois Lane and Clark Kent establishes that Checkmate has been secretly releasing all the bad guys (that fought the members of the Justice Society of America), and collecting them, by 2010.[1] In Charade, Checkmate is shown to have arranged for the life sentence of Ray Sacks (who had been put away by Clark and the Wonder Twins) to be overturned. One scene has Chloe Sullivan show Clark a list of other people, whose release has been arranged by Checkmate. Clark identifies the people on the list (which is not shown to the viewers) as people that he put away.[2] In Shield, Bette Sans Souci (who had been put away in 2009 by Clark Kent and Green Arrow) is shown to have been released from her incarceration, and joined the Suicide Squad.[3] In the episode Homecoming, Clark spots Greg Arkin (one of Clark's earliest foes) at their high school reunion, and identifies Greg as one of the people that he put away in high school (with Clark's panic at the sight of him indicating that Greg would have been unlikely to simply been released, having served whatever sentence he was given).[4] In Prophecy, Vordigan (who had been put in prison, through the combined effort of Clark and Green Arrow)[5] is shown to be out of prison.[6]
Appearances[]
In the Comics[]
Blue Matt as he appears in the comics.
Possessing invisibility, Kenny carries similarities with Blue Matt (real name unknown), an enemy of Superman and Batman, and a member of supervillain team The Network. Blue Matt first appeared in World's Finest #312 (February, 1985).