Changes: Kurt Bowman

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Kurt Bowman was a corrupt homicide detective of the Metropolis Police Department.

History

Bowman's corruption went deeper than simply refusing to conduct proper investigations. For unknown reasons, he murdered a wealthy woman and afterwards framed Ernest Walker for the murder five years ago. He succeeded in his frame-up for 5 years.^[1]

Some time after his secret crime, Lois Lane wrote an article about police corruption that somehow caused Bowman to lose a promotion. After this, he became deeply embittered with her, and after an attempt was made on her life some time later, he made little effort to find her killer and was suspected of being the murderer. It turned out the culprit was really Edward Lytener.^[2]

After five years after Bowman's murder, Walker was scheduled to be executed. However, Clark Kent started an investigation of his own He first went to see Detective Bowman, who was the lead investigator on the case. Clark received the case files, and Bowman told him there was no question Walker was guilty. and soon discovered that Walker was innocent. Fearful that this evidence could expose him, Bowman tried to assassinate Clark with a car bomb. This almost forced Superman to reveal his secret identity, since there seemed no plausible way for Clark to have survived the bomb.

However, Bowman underestimated Lois' investigative abilities and she and Superman soon figured out that he was the real murderer. Lois confronted him at the Metropolis Police Department: He was the detective on the case, he happened to be the one closest to Clark's wreck, and Bowman was spotted near his apartment after the bomb went off. Bowman dismisses her, but Lois holds up the phone tap — standard police issue — and says she will have it checked for fingerprints. He tried to kill her as well. Superman saved her and caught Bowman, before flying to Stryker's Island Prison just in time to prevent Walker's execution. Bowman was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to execution. Before being led to the gas chamber, he bitterly read the story of his own exposure in the Daily Planet, written by Clark.

In his final seconds, Bowman wondered how Clark could have possibly survived the car bomb. Just before the lever was pulled, he suddenly realized that Clark was Superman, a realization he took with him to the grave.^[3]

Appearances

Superman: The Animated Series

"Target"
"The Late Mr. Kent"

The Zeta Project

"The Wrong Morph" ^{(Cameo on picture)}

Footnotes

↑ Idem, "The Late Mr. Kent"
↑ Superman: The Animated Series, "Target"
↑ Idem, "The Late Mr. Kent"

[1] Idem, "The Late Mr. Kent"

[2] Superman: The Animated Series, "Target"

[3] Idem, "The Late Mr. Kent"

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 Some time after his secret crime, Lois Lane wrote an article about police corruption that somehow caused Bowman to lose a promotion.  After this, he became deeply embittered with her, and after an attempt was made on her life some time later, he made little effort to find her killer and was suspected of being the murderer.  It turned out the culprit was really [[Edward Lytener]].<ref>{{stas}}, "[[Target]]"</ref>
-After five years after Bowman's murder, Walker was scheduled to be executed.  However, [[Clark Kent]] started an investigation of his own and soon discovered that Walker was innocent.  Fearful that this evidence could expose him, Bowman tried to assassinate Clark with a car bomb. This almost forced Superman to reveal his secret identity, since there seemed no plausible way for Clark to have survived the bomb.
+After five years after Bowman's murder, Walker was scheduled to be executed.  However, [[Clark Kent]] started an investigation of his own He first went to see Detective Bowman, who was the lead investigator on the case. Clark received the case files, and Bowman told him there was no question Walker was guilty. and soon discovered that Walker was innocent.  Fearful that this evidence could expose him, Bowman tried to assassinate Clark with a car bomb. This almost forced Superman to reveal his secret identity, since there seemed no plausible way for Clark to have survived the bomb.
 However, Bowman underestimated Lois' investigative abilities and she and Superman soon figured out that he was the real murderer.  Lois confronted him at the Metropolis Police Department: He was the detective on the case, he happened to be the one closest to Clark's wreck, and Bowman was spotted near his apartment after the bomb went off. Bowman dismisses her, but Lois holds up the phone tap — standard police issue — and says she will have it checked for fingerprints. He tried to kill her as well.  Superman saved her and caught Bowman, before flying to [[Stryker's Island]] Prison just in time to prevent Walker's execution.  Bowman was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to execution. Before being led to the gas chamber, he bitterly read the story of his own exposure in the ''[[Daily Planet]]'', written by Clark.