The original Superman-as-a-boy was also restored to continuity for a few years until the start of the New 52. The most prominent one is Superboy-Prime, a formerly heroic alternate-Earth Superboy seen in Crisis On Infinite Earths who reappeared in modern continuity as an Evil Twin of Superman/Superboy. Several alternate versions of Superboy were also seen over the years (including the aforementioned "Pocket Universe" version). This version eventually was befriended by Superman, who gave him an honorary Kryptonian name, "Kon-El." Kon also met and stayed briefly with Ma and Pa Kent (who no longer were dead in Superman's adult years post-Crisis), where he gained an identity of "Conner Kent". Exactly who he is a clone of was retconned, but he is currently a combination of Superman and Lex Luthor. The character first appeared in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June, 1993), created by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett. Finally, the editors decreed that the Pocket Universe and its Superboy be written out of continuity altogether (in yet another Cosmic Retcon).Īfter the early 1990s' The Death of Superman storyline, a new version of Superboy came into existence - this one an artificially created teenage clone. Superman eventually violated Thou Shalt Not Kill to execute the Pocket Universe equivalents of General Zod and his henchmen for killing everyone on their Earth except for the "Matrix" Supergirl.
Pocket Superboy sacrificed himself to save both his universe and the Legion from the Time Trapper. The Pocket Universe became a major recurring storyline for both the Legion and for the Post-Crisis Superman. This caused a Continuity Snarl with the Legion comics, which was fixed by stating that a separate Superboy character was created in a " pocket universe" by the Legion villain known as the Time Trapper just to preserve the Legion's history the Legion was redirected there every time they traveled to what they thought was Superboy's time. Under Byrne's origin, Superman was once again shown as having started his career as an adult. Then came Crisis on Infinite Earths and the subsequent Post-Crisis Byrne revamp in 1986, which after 40+ years of existence retconned Superboy out of existence. Various stories would show how Ma and Pa Kent eventually died shortly after Clark's graduation from high school, an event that affected him greatly, along with Superboy attending college and how he changed his name to Superman. In 1958, Superboy was invited by three youths from the 30th century to join their superhero group, the Legion of Super-Heroes, whose stories became a recurring feature (before graduating to their own comic) in Superboy and Superman comics.
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While some of Smallville's threats came from a rather high number of gangsters and bank robbers, some actual supervillains would also show up, including the Kryptonite Kid and most famously, young Lex Luthor (who was initially friends with Superboy however, a laboratory accident and a series of disastrous, humiliating attempts to improve Smallville's life with his inventions - requiring Superboy to intervene each time - made him vow that the only way he'd be able to prove his intellectual prowess to the world would be to destroy Superboy. Other supporting characters included his best friend, Pete Ross, who had accidentally found Clark's secret and aided him without his knowledge his female friend next door, Lana Lang, who, like Lois Lane years later, tried to become Superboy's girlfriend and/or find out his secret identity Smallville's chief of police, Chief Parker and Krypto, Superboy's pet dog from Krypton. Like his adult self, he also had a secret identity as Clark Kent.
Superboy's first appearance was in More Fun Comics #101 (January-February, 1945).Īs shown, Superboy fought crime in and around his small home town of Smallville, and was raised by his foster parents, Ma and Pa Kent. This came without input or approval from Siegel (which helped strain the relations between DC and Siegel and Shuster even further). Eventually, after rejecting a few proposals for such from Siegel and Shuster, someone at DC decided to create the character of Superboy, Superman's adventures as a youth before becoming Superman. Originally, when Superman was created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he was shown as having debuted as a superhero as a full-grown adult.
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