Who's Who in the Superman Comics

Superboy

Superboy

After Doomsday apparently killed Superman, Superman's body was taken secretly to the Cadmus Project where director Paul Westfield attempted, without government authority, to clone Superman. The attempts at cloning Superman were at first unsuccessful because the Cadmus scientists could not replicate his kryptonian DNA, but other cloning experiments eventually resulted in the individual now known as Superboy. Initially, Superboy's powers were limited to a "tactile telekinesis", involving a telekinetic field similar to Superman's aura. The TTK allows him to fly and simulate super-strength, and gives him considerable invulnerability. After first believing himself to be a clone of Superman, Superboy later learned he'd been engineered from human tissue, with the DNA altered to make him look like Superman and give him his TTK abilities. After Superman's return to Metropolis, Superboy has spent time in Hawaii, and has worked with Cadmus. At first unofficially "adopted" by Superman and given the Kryptonian name "Kon-El", Superboy later went to live with Clark Kent's parents in Kansas, becoming known as their nephew, Conner Kent. More recently, it's been learned that the "genetic engineering" that produced Superboy included splicing a great deal of Superman's DNA into the human DNA Kon-El was made from, making "the kid" half Kryptonian, and Superman's actual offspring after all. It was revealed that the other half of his DNA came from Lex Luthor.

Superboy's adventures appear in the comic series TEEN TITANS.

First Appearance: AOS #500 (June 1993)



Who's Who in the Superman Comics

Introduction

This is a listing of many of the notable characters and a few places that have appeared in the Superman comics from the 1986 revamp up until around 2008.

NOTE: A new, and more current version of the Who's Who is currently being worked on and can be accessed by clicking here.

Although Superman often appears in other DC Comics, this text's information is limited mainly to what has occurred in the regular Superman comics.

Many thanks to Scotty V, Derrick Lyle Coleman, Dean Vanek, Genevieve Clemens and Benjamin Grose who all helped out at one time or another with writing and updating these Who's Who descriptions.

The listings are displayed as follows:

  • Surname, Firstname - Text describing the character, place, object, etc...

Relevant issues of the Superman comics are listed as such:
  • SUP = Superman
  • MOS = Man of Steel
  • AOS = Adventures of Superman
  • ACT = Action Comics
  • MOT = Man of Tomorrow

The Issue Number for each of these titles is written in this manner: “#000”. (e.g. SUP #123)

“First Appearance” refers to the issue since 1986 unless otherwise noted.



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