War Cry is Ian Navarro, a man of Mexican lineage raised in what remains of Los Angeles after the Great Disaster, now called the Feathered Coast, formerly the realm of the Pueblo Builders and the Lions. Humans were able to carve out parts of the country for themselves, mounting a comeback against the humanoid animals that rule the former United States. Ian never experienced Lion Rule, but his parents did as children, and the tensions of how to deal with the animal tribes drove them apart. His father wanted to push forward and accept the more enlightened generation of animals that abolished human slavery, while his mother could not. Ian has little in life, and scapegoats the animals for everything, especially his lack of faith. He calls them Beasts, not animals, not equals. War Cry does not, suffice to say, believe that Beasts can truly change, and thinks it’s only a matter of time until they turn on humans again.
As the human Electric Warrior of Earth, War Cry is given an iconic artifact in addition to his Electric Seed: he is the bearer of the Indestructible Shroud of Kal-El, the rediscovered Cape of Superman. The cape has perfect tensile strength, and is impervious to anything Superman was impervious to. War Cry believes in the science of its abilities, having researched the alien makeup of its fibers. But he does not believe in the mythology and cult of personality surrounding Superman—seeing him as just a person, flawed, imperfect, born with his abilities and nothing to be celebrated. Of anything, as an alien, just by being a superhero, he chose to participate in a system that showed humans they could not take care of themselves. It’s because of people like Superman humans could ever be conquered by animals in the first place.