Might as well be thorough while talking about #AstroCity, so let's talk about one of the more unlikely #SupermanAnalogue offerings: Steeljack! 
As with many characters in the series, we meet Carlie Donewicz years past his glory days. He had a career in his youth as "The Steel Jacketed Man", a Sandman style villain who was part of a Frightful Four style gang of medium power levels. He was their "strong guy".
But crime really doesn't pay and we pick up his story as he's just getting out of jail. His old friends are all in jail and their families are struggling to get by. He tries to play it straight, but then criminals start dying and he wants know why.
It's not something that comes naturally to him. He's not too bright and it's not like anyone trusts him. But he's stubborn and hard to kill and won't stop until he finds out why his friends are dying. The story he's featured in, Tarnished Angel, is a great piece of noir fiction.
Now, a reformed criminal turned PI isn't a natural for a Superman type, but he is a man of steel and he has a hear of gold. His powers are similar to a Colossus type, though permanently in steel form. He's strong and tougher than most, plus he's got A LOT of weight behind him.
But he's not as young as he used to be and his skin is starting to rust. Time catches us all. He just wants to do some good with the time he has left, after wasting so much on doing bad.
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