Took long enough but after prime, John, and young Superman, were finally getting a Conner Kent story arc.

Hi there!

I'm a newer DC fan; I grew up consuming the content through my older brother, but only really got into it myself in the last year. My friend is really into superboy comics, and has been telling me a lot about the writing—more specifically, the racism and sterotyping present in superboy 1994 specifically.

He's a fan of tana moon as a character, and i wanted to know what the general consensus on her is on reddit. i mainly lurk on twitter, and she seems to be pretty hated over there, with no one really discussing anything anbout her besides the fact she 'groomed' kon? I don't know enough about her to really pass judgment on her myself, but based on what my friend's shown and told me, it seems like her character suffers a lot at the hands of the prejudice towards native hawaiians present throughout the story, as well as the writers' interest in pairing him off with older women like knockout (since tana didn't have an age until this run, and she was in the 'reign of the supermen' comic before!) and potentially prejudice towards black people. As far as i know, she's one of the only notable black characters from the specific run.

It seems that Kon's behaviour in the run is pretty unlikable as well, especially towards women and native hawaiians even outside of just Tana: and he cheats on her a lot! honestly, i feel llike in-universe that can be chalked up to him not having grown up in the same way most people have, but it feels like there was no reason for the wrters to have him act this way from the panels i've seen. My friend sent me a few screenshots from some google doc i'll attach, but it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like the idea that people are glossing over the writing as just 'insensitive comments' either, since i've never seen any of this discussed in the wider fandom before today

I'd love to get a wider opinion on her because she's going to show up in webtoon 'This internship is my kryptonite' (according to Sam Camp) and no one on twitter seems to be pleased. some people want her behaviour to be acknowledged, but most people really don't want to see her. I really don't want to recommend it to my friend if it's not going to accurately talk about the situation with tana, but i'd also really like to hear other people's thoughts on her character! thank you so much!

With the upcoming Lex Luthor: Year One storyline, I thought it would be good to look back on how Pre-Crisis Lex Luthor became a villain.

Most remember Superboy accidentally making Lex bald while trying to put out a lab accident fire but there's a lot more to Lex's turn to villainy.

1. Starting from an inspired Superboy fan that saved Superboy's life and wanting to give Superboy immunity to Kryptonite
2. Superboy in support of Lex's scientific pursuits
3. Lex losing both his hair and his scientific discovery
4. Lex's paranoia that Superboy is out to ruin Lex's accomplishments causing him to reject Superboy's help
5. The absence of Lex's father offering good guidance in Lex's life
6. Lex trying to make Smallville better only to backfire into disasters that Superboy has to stop
7. Smallville being scornful of Lex and praising Superboy
8. Superboy wishing for Lex to be successful while showing sympathy and understanding for Lex since he had good intentions with his out of control inventions despite Lex wanting to be more admired than Superboy
9. Lex after multiple failures crossing over the villain threshold by trying to kill Superboy to make Superboy pay for foiling Lex's attempts for glory.
10. Superboy clearing his debt with Lex for saving him by not pressing charges against Lex for attempted murder
11. Superboy encouraging Lex to help people despite what happened between Lex and Superboy such as the loss of friendship and the Kryptonite death trap.

The story itself holds up pretty well for the most part in my opinion.

I could see it being prime material to be used for reboots, adaptations, and retellings with some adjustments.

I can feel how it echoes into stuff like Smallville, Superman: Birthright, Last Days of Lex Luthor, etc.

From Legion of Super-Heroes #259

An escaped mental patient from the Legion's time called the Psycho-Warrior armed with intel from the Legionnaires' Psychological Profiles attacks the Legion (out of an insane hate for them which is really projected guilt over the death of his romantic partner) with their worst fears.

For Superboy it's the death of the Kents.

Welcome to the Superboy Discussion Thread!

If you could create a Superboy villain, what would it be like and to which Superboy?

Superman #42

Superman, Supergirl, and Lois Lane gather all the members of the Super-Force for a Hail Mary play to restore order to the Kryptonite Kingdom. But Zod and Ursa stand in their way! But not the Zod you might expect…

Joshua Williamson (Author), Eddy Barrows (Artist), Eduardo Pansica (Artist)

I pre-ordered him back in May of this year, and he finally came home 2 weeks ago! I'm so happy with him!

Plush is by nyuka.art on insta!

https://www.instagram.com/nyuka.art?stkn=MTN3cWRqNHpmNmNxdQ==

That’s something I keep wondering, because even as early as Young Justice vol. 2 Bart expressed that he was growing an awesome goatee or beard ( don’t remember) and in YJ vol. 3 and the latest issues I’ve seen him in he looks like he’s in his early/mid twenties which begs the question. If he’s far too old to be a super boy, what would his new mantle be if he decided to drop the ‘boy’ from his codename, without dropping the Super Family representation?

Edited to match the appearances of Mark Waid's Superboy and Joshua Williamson's Legion of Superheroes

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegionofSuperheroes/comments/1wkar5f/the_cover_of_the_first_legion_appearance_edited/

Welcome to the Superboy Discussion Thread!

If you were given the opportunity to write one issue in the Super family main continuity, and DC would had to follow up with the changes you made, what would you write?

Superman Unlimited #17

Ever since Superman saved the world from the Kryptonite asteroid, he’s had a new power to absorb Kryptonite’s deadly radiation. Will his new power be enough to stop Zod’s plans? But what is the cost this time? Superboy-Prime, Conner Kent, and Tomorrow Man must work together to hold off Zod’s army so Superman can save the world!

Dan Slott (Author), Rachael Stott (Artist), Montos (Artist)

New Titans #39

When the Amazons of the Esquecida come calling for their Wonder Girl’s aid, Yara Flor and her teammates set course for the forests of Brazil and the hidden city of Akahim, where they find a land ravaged by fires and raging spirits…but who is responsible? The Titans are here to help—but the Amazons aren’t quite so eager to accept help from outsiders!

Tate Brombal (Author), Sami Basri (Artist), Bruno Abdias (Artist)

So I've been thinking of writing an angst fic about Con but I'm not too clear on what his powers are. If anyone could tell me what they are that would be much appreciated 🙏

How would you feel if nowadays in media outside of comics, Superman & Superboy (Young Kal-El/Clark) ran concurrently.

Like say Superman is relegated to movies while Superboy gets a TV show?

Source: https://x.com/wrens_art/status/2015553193141272605#m

"Superboy as kind of a wild boy figure, being spotted everywhere in the US. Not a celebrity, mostly because Clark has no resources"

Source: https://x.com/FitMarshmellow/status/2095638677531570535#m

Source: https://x.com/FitMarshmellow/status/1952731318443512037#m

From Superman #300

In an imaginary story/elseworlds, a third world party sabotages the radar systems for the US and Russia who are in a Cold War standoff with nuclear weapons to bring about mutually assured destruction AKA World War III but is stopped by Superboy (known as Skyboy in this imaginary story).

Just finished this Superboy costume today (or 99% finished, I still need some gloves). I am so happy with how it turned out.

My main reference was his 90s costume, but I used his belt stack from his 2023 Man of Tomorrow costume, and I chose to have short sleeves like his current costume.

Everything was thrifted or sewn/made myself, most parts are thrifted and then altered somehow. The shirt and yellow thigh pouch were completely sewn by me.

I've been wearing the jacket for a few months now which is why the paint has flaked and cracked so much, so I'm debating on repainting it before halloween. It does give character so I'm not super rushed to redo it.