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Its not about powers either really and I apologize for the vagueness. Rather its about if the world (DC earth) lost superman for good. Who could step in while still retaining their character and replace him. Not if some writer wrote surfer to act like Clark no. that wouldn't be in character. Who could do the same things inspire the same people etc while retaining their own unique identity
I can't think of anybody from DC. Captain America might be able to fill in the inspirational role, but I don't know if you were restricting this to DC or it can include other companies.
a Clone of him? one that does not go bad? to this day the ONLY clone of superman that has kept his original DNA, looks and powers is Hank Henshaw´s Biological part, other clones go bad or something.....
It would have to have virtually the exact same upbringing as Superman. So, really, the only ones I can think of who could fill in Superman's shoes are.....alternate versions of Superman who had similar upbringing like Kal-L or Pocketverse Superboy.
He always strikes me as the kind of guy who could shut his eyes and imagine she was a he..... I don't think he cares as long as he gets his rocks off and I reckon he has done his own sister, although don't tell Walter!
Blue Marvel, Mon El, and Captain Marvel (Billy) get my immediate vote due to the amount that these few would be willing to stick their necks out to save any given populace.
However Magneto, Thor, Gladiator, Black Adam, Nova Prime could easily fill this role if we were to place them all in different possible futures. <--- I realize that the last paragraph was outside of what the OP asks for, but I just thought that it would be interesting to see this from different perspectives.
What about the, "In less perfect Worlds than the DCU or Marvel U situation? What about being the hero of the downtrodden or post nuclear survivors? Yadda...
I personally believe that many here are under the impression that the hero must be a boy scout to uphold the laws of the land, and be lawfully good like Superman and his hoky impersonator Captain Marvel. I don't think it's at all true. Nova Prime did it.