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Kon-El
Conner Kent is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared as a modern variation of Superboy in ''The Adventures of Superman (comic book), The Adventures of Superman'' #500 (June 1993), and was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett. From the character's debut in 1993 to 2003, Superboy was depicted as a genetically-engineered metahuman human cloning, clone of human origin designed by Paul Westfield of Project Cadmus as a duplicate and equivalent of Superman, though released before he had fully matured. The character was retroactive continuity, retconned in ''Teen Titans (comic series), Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #1 (September 2003) as a human/Kryptonian binary clone made from the DNA of Superman and Lex Luthor. This has since become the character's most enduring origin story in later comic books and media adaptations. He later adopts the honorary Kryptonian name Kon-El and the private name Conner Kent. Conner made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superboy
Superboy is an identity used by several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series featuring teenage superhero groups. From the character's first published story in 1944 until 1992, the title ''Superboy'' was applied to versions of the adventures of Superman, Clark Kent as a boy, teenager or young adult. The primary settings for the stories were the fictional town of Smallville (comics), Smallville, the Legion of Super-Heroes, 30th Century (where Superboy featured in time travel adventures with the Legion of Super-Heroes), and Clark's university. In 1993, a second Superboy was introduced, a young clone of Superman who was eventually given both the secret identity Conner Kent and the ancestral name Kon-El. In 2016, DC Comics introduced another Superboy, Jon Kent (DC Comics), Jon Kent, the son of Superman and his wife Lois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |