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Superboy
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Real Name
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Kon-El
Conner Kent |
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First Appearance
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The Adventures of Superman #500 (June, 1993)
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Creators
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Karl Kesel, Tom Grummet
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Team Affiliations
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Young Justice, Teen Titans, Legion of Super-Heroes, White Lantern Corps, Ravers, Team Superman
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Aliases
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Boy of Steel, Karl Grummet, Superman
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Base of Operations
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Smallville, Kansas
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Powers
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Tactile telekinesis, Superhuman strength, Superhuman speed, Flight, Invulnerability, X-ray vision, Heat vision
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Skills and Abilities
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Fighting Experience, Problem Solving Skills
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Paraphernalia
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None
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Superboy (Conner Kent) is a superhero in the DC Universe and a teenage clone of Superman and Lex Luthor.
Origin[]
Superboy in his earlier costume
When it appeared that Superman had died fighting Doomsday, Project Cadmus attempted to clone him from blood samples the found at the scene of the battle. However, Kryptonian DNA proved too difficult to replicate so instead they grafted specific segments of Superman’s genetic code onto human DNA they received from Lex Luthor. The clone escaped his gestation tank before he was fully grown. Physically and mentally a teenager, the young clone became Superboy.
Powers[]
Superboy in his solar suit
Initially, Superboy’s only power was the psionic power of tactile-telekinesis. He used this power to simulate having;
- Superhuman strength- by levitating objects he was touching and increasing the force of his punches
- Invulnerability - by surrounding himself with a force-field aura
- Flight- by levitating himself through the air at high speeds.
As his power developed, Superboy learned that he could use his tactile-telekinesis to mentally manipulate any solid object he touched, cause objects he was touching to explode, extend his personal forcefield around any person or object he was in contact with, and could even channel his power into the ground or walls as concussive psionic force waves.
Superboy developed new powers as his Kryptonian DNA became more dominant, and he gained superhuman speed, heat vision and x-ray vision as well as real superhuman strength and invulnerability (no longer depending on his tactile-telekinesis to replicate those powers)