Kenny Cavanaugh is the main antagonist in the Smallville comic book story "Paterfamilias".
Biography[]
Early life[]
In 1989, a little boy named Kenny Cavanaugh was hunting in the woods with his father. They found a good watering hole and decided to split up to watch for deer. Kenny pointed out the importance of camouflage to his father, putting a stick in his hat. As soon as they were in place, deer stampede, and to Kenny's horror, a giant meteor lands on his father. Kenny's disappearance became an urban myth in Smallville.
Paterfamilias[]
In the fall of 2002, Jonathan Kent takes his son Clark and friend Pete Ross camping in the same woods where Kenny disappeared. They thank him, and he heads back to the truck. Seemingly out of nowhere, Jonathan is hit by a branch of a tree and knocked out. Jonathan wakes up in an underground cave with other people that were trapped. One of the prisoners had been locked up for nine months.
There are several dead people. A voice introduces himself as Kenny, telling Jonathan that he was a good dad, and that his father, Kenny's, was gone. Kenny asks Jonathan to be his new father. Jonathan figures out who Kenny was, and what happened. He tries to tell Kenny to take him to the cabin his father built, in the woods, when Clark and Pete arrive. Kenny sneaks out and attacks.
Clark catches him and throws him high into the air. Back at the cell, Clark breaks the lock with his hand and the others stare in awe. At the truck, they hop in and speed off unaware that Kenny is underneath the grill, invisible. At the Kent Farm, Lex tells the Kents that he has a security team on the way. They haven't found Kenny, however. Jonathan went to the feed store, only to be met by Kenny, who tells Jonathan to come with him or Martha will be hurt. Kenny and Jonathan drive through town where Clark and Lana notice them. Clark saw Kenny pointing a shotgun at Jonathan, and leaps onto the truck. Inside, Kenny hits the accelerator. Clark flies off into a kitschy souvenir shop sign, which explodes.
Clark walks out of the fire unfazed and asks a man if he could use his phone. He calls Chloe who had information on Kenny, pointing out the cabin Jonathan talked about with Kenny and Clark takes off. At the bridge leading to the property, Clark and Jonathan tell Kenny that Clark would feel as distraught as he did if he took Jonathan away. The bridge broke, and Clark runs down, leaps up, and catches the both of them, telling Kenny it will be all right. At home, Lex assures the Kents that Kenny will receive the best care possible. After leaving, he calls the asylum to make sure that the cameras are in place, watching Kenny.