Last Updated on Sunday, February 08, 2004

Kenny Braverman was born in Smallville at the precise time that Superman's rocket ship passed overhead. Embedded within the tail section of the craft was a chunk of Kryptonite (the only recorded sample on Earth). Radiation from this element had a lasting effect on the Braverman child. Kenny excelled at sports between bouts of radiation sickness but he was always in second position behind Clark Kent (who did not yet know of his own powers). Kenny was always the second fastest in Smallville, the silver medal holder and runner up so over time he began to resent Clark. The final straw came when Kenny found that Lana Lang had turned down his invitation to the school dance to go with Clark instead. Kenny snapped and began a hatred and quest for vengeance against Kent that would plague the rest of his life.

Braverman volunteered for military experiments to fully explore his meta-gene while conducting foreign assignments for the security services. While on one of these assignments he encountered Kent again (mere months before he became Superman) while in Paris. In due course Braverman's meta-gene (which had been activated by the Kryptonite radiation years ago) allowed him to radiate and shoot powerful beams of Kryptonite radiation. Becoming the supervillain Conduit he staged a carefully laid plan of attack against Clark Kent attempting to destroy everything that Kent held precious. After repeated failures to kill Kent Braverman deduced that Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same. This only prompted Conduit to further attack Superman. During the finally battle with Superman his powers overloaded and killed him.