Kong was given a new design and was featured as a supporting character of the Superman family in Action Comics #1051 in January 2023, which is the debut of a new format for the title and part of the Dawn of DC event.
In an interview as Super-Man following the success of the JLC's first mission, Kenan foolishly attempts to impress reporter Laney Lan by revealing his secret identity and the Justice League of China's existence to the whole world, much to the shock and fury of his teammates and Omen.
On their next mission, the JLC encounters the mysterious Freedom Fighters of China and defeat them but are unable to capture their leader Flying Dragon General.
[4] Zhongdan explains that the Freedom Fighters of China are a pro-democracy group he formed with Maitai, his younger brother Zhonglun and their activist friends after they were inspired by the American Justice League to take up costumed identities to fight against the Chinese Communist Party.
The JLC are able to defeat the Freedom Fighters and save all the passengers but Zhongdan is mortally wounded from protecting Kenan when Human Firecracker blows himself up with one of his explosives.
[5] Kenan is hired by Lex Luthor to find a stop the speedster Avery Ho from stealing ancient Chinese artifacts in his possession at LexCorp and has I-Ching accompany him to Metropolis.
At LexCorp, Luthor reveals that artifacts are the Ox Horse Door Rings, which can be used to open a portal to dimensional plane containing the energies needed to awaken Kenan's remaining superpowers.
Avery's former allies, the China White triad arrive to steal the artifacts from Luthor, starting a massive brawl which brings Superman to Lexcorp.
Meanwhile, the China White triad meet with their employer, Ching Lung (a Fu Manchu-themed villain from Detective Comics #1), who sheds his disguise, revealing himself to be a splitting image of I-Ching.
[8] Following the battle with Super-Man Zero, Bat-Man's robot sidekick Robinbot uncovers footage of Zhongdan's body being housed in Omen's laboratory.
Despite Kenan's efforts, he is too late to stop Emperor Super-Man from kidnapping Matai as the White China Triad takes a revived Zhongdan from his healing tank and Ching Lung imprisons I-Ching in the realm of ghosts.
[9] Kenan rallies the JLC to stop Emperor Super-Man and together with the Great Ten, they defeat him, the White China Triad, Freedom Fighters and Suicide Squad, who were sent by Amanda Waller to eliminate both Super-Men as potential threats to the United States.
Ching Lung uses his abilities to transform Emperor Super-Man into a Doomsday-like monster and Kenan puts an end to the tyrant's rampage at the cost of his own life.
Kenan finds the Red Jade Dragon in Luthor's treasure collection and orders the magically summoned All-Yang to release I-Ching.
With his powers fully awakened by the Red Jade Dragon and I-Ching, Kenan closes the portal, weakening the asuras enough to be defeated by the Justice Leagues and absorbs All-Yang into his body.
Afterwards, Kenan meets with his parents at the Oriental Pearl Tower, where he tells Omen he is leaving the Ministry of Self-Reliance and rejects Zhongdan's offer to reform the Freedom Fighters, declaring that the Justice League of China will now be working independently.
[15] Afterwards, Kenan recruits the Dragonson to the Justice League of China as its Aqua-Man while a water construct of Kwang-Jo is sent to prison in his place to trick the North Korean authorities.
When Kenan returns to America to pose for pictures he crosses paths with Deathstroke and successfully takes him down in order to bring him to China.
Originally a normal human, Kong Kenan gained Kryptonian powers after being infused with Superman's qi by platinum kryptonite.
In his yang form, Kenan glows in a pure white light that can be channeled into energy blasts and his Kryptonian powers become greatly enhanced.
ComicBookWire wrote: The New Super-Man displays a charming mix of arrogance and compassion that allows him to work well as a hero while still containing a realistic level of flaws.