Superboy

> "*I thought I was some big shot hero. Superman, the world's greatest superhero only to turn out to be a cheap knock off joke and on top of that, I can't even be a good hero.*"
> ― Superboy to Lois Lane.
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## Superboy

* Civilian
* Superboy

## General Information

### Real name

Conner Kent (legal name)
Kon-El (honorary name)

### Alias(es)

Conner Kent
Superman
Project Kr
Boy of Steel

### Affiliation(s)

House of El
Lex Luthor (formerly)

### Family

Claire Kent (partial genetic template/ "mother")
Lex Luthor (partial genetic template/ "father")
Eve Kent (genetic half-older sister)

### Portrayed by

Dylan Sprayberry

Conner Kent or given by his honorary Kryptonian name by his mother, Kon-El, is a genetic clone of Superwoman (using Y Chromosomes) and Lex Luthor and is the genetic half-brother of his half-sister, Eve Kent. He was created by Project Cadmus, funded and project overseen by Lex Luthor by using the blood of Superwoman, gathered from her death against Doomsday.

He, along with his sister were intended to be the new "Superman" and "Superwoman" to fight off crime and act as metropolis's new heroes. Superboy or referring himself as Superman was cocky, arrogant, and had a hug ego only wish for publicity by the media and fans.

After learning of his other half genetic origin is Lex Luthor, Superboy questioned his existence and doubt that if he really was the Superman the world needed. He and his sister aided the Justice League after defecting from Lex and Cadmus to stop Cyborg Superwoman. After Superwoman's return and stopping the terror of Cyborg Superwoman, Claire adopted the two clones and gave them human and Kryptonian names, treating the newly named Conner Kent as her son and enrolled him, along with Eve in school at the Fawcett Central Middle School, where Conner meets Brianna Batson and falls for the latter.

## Personality

When Superboy first appeared in public, he comes off as this arrogant, boastful, and immature teen that only seems to care about fame and glory, including impressing teenage girls or women as he spends most of his time flirting or signing autographs. It is this behavior that has caused those such as Lex Luthor or his sister, Eve to look down at him and treat Superboy as a child he behaves.

He is very ignorant with presenting himself as Superman and hates being referred to as Superboy, which is true since he is relatively young to be considered a man, unless he matures to be called as one. His brash attitude has lead him to engage the enemy without a plan and gets himself defeated in a humiliating way or nearly experience death if not for the intervening of his sister or outside help.

While in the public eye as a celebrity, by those closest to him, Conner knows he doesn't get the true respect he deserves, which questions his existence if he's the hero as he made himself out to be and can live up to being a member of the House of El. He has a caring side when it comes to mostly for his older sister Eve as she is all he has ever had in his life and his sister has protected him from being harshly experimented. Conner and besides his genetic mom seem to be the only people to comprehend Eve's cold demeanor.

One thing that Conner wishes is for a parent to understand him and truly care, not for his powers and what he is. Learning of his true genetic material heritage that Lex is his father and seeing how psychotic and cruel the man was, Superboy disowned Lex as his actual father and hatefully denies of being insane as him, but mostly knowing Lex attempted to terminate him for failing to live up to the man's expectations. Superboy is glad that his mother accepts him, along with his sister.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Cloned Kryptonian Physiology:** Superboy is a genetically modified half-Kryptonian and half-human clone of Superwoman and Lex Luthor, because of this, he does not possesses the full potential of a typical Kryptonian's powers and adding his young age of his powers being undeveloped. Conner is perhaps strong or half as strong as Kryptonian not breathing Earth's atmosphere, but Cadmus has done test results that he may one day reach his full potential and become powerful as any common Kryptonian and perhaps overcome Superwoman as he was designated to do so.
	+ **Solar Energy Absorption:** Like Kryptonians, Conner's powers are dependent on the solar radiation of a yellow star to gain his powers and abilities, however, due to his cloned nature, his body slowly processes the solar radiation, making it longer for him to recover under a yellow star and strain in his other powers such as Heat Vision or flight.
	+ **Invulnerability:** Superboy's body is virtually invulnerable to forms of conventional weaponry and allows his to withstand harsh conditions and attacks from metahumans, though it is limited as his partial genetic human heritage limits this invulnerability, so he can be easily more harmed by individuals stronger than him. The one thing that doesn't change are the common weaknesses of a Kryptonian such as the nature of Kryptonite and magic that breaks the invisible force-field surrounding his body.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Superboy possesses immense levels of superhuman strength that is virtually incalculable and limitless as he can carry, lift, and exerts very half of a millions tons of force, possibly billions tons of force without the use of his physic abilities.
	+ **Superhuman Vision:** Superboy's vision possesses superhuman eyesight that consist a range variety of sensory capabilities such as telescopic, infrared, ultraviolet, X-Ray, and gamma-ray visual that allow him to see the entire electromagnetic spectrum. It is unknown of he had to process the strain of his superhuman senses as his mom did, but like all Kryptonians, he cannot see through Kryptonian metal or lead.
		- **Heat Vision:** Using the solar energy stored within his cells and solar reserves, Superboy can emit beams of intense heat from his eyes, manifested as two laser-beams of fiery energy. These beams can be made less intense and work undetected. The intense heat from these beams can metal through durable objects such as steel, thick layers of ice, or even Kryptonian metal, however, his heat vision can strain his body due to being partially genetically half-human.
		- **Telescopic Vision:** Superboy has the ability to see at far distances about miles away.
* **Telekinesis:** Unique to him from his partial genetic human DNA has granted Conner the ability his utilize telekinetic powers to enhance his physical capabilities, generate force-fields, disassemble people or objects, and release powerful telekinetic blast.
	+ **Tactile Telekinesis:** Similar to the force-field that surrounds a Kryptonian body, Superboy can forms his own invisible field telekinetic energy to surround his body as a protective shield and help stimulate his superhuman powers to bolster a higher degree. The tactile telekinesis was his first power since the day he was first born and has relied on it often due to his Kryptonian powers slowly developing, so they help support them until he got older.
		- **Telekinetic Superhuman Strength:** Using his telekinetic enhanced superhuman strength, Superboy can make himself stronger to allow him to challenge stronger beings such as metahumans powerful as Wonder Woman or New Gods. Even with his enhance strength, he fails to compete with his sister Eve or a Kryptonian using its full powers and abilities.
		- **Telekinetic Flight:** Superboy can enhance his flight capabilities to move at mach speeds and gain the ability to break the sound barrier. The telekinetic barrier allows him to fly into space and sustain some partial amount of air to breath.
		- **Telekinetic Force-Field:** By creating an invisible shield around his body or at a far radius to protect individuals within his proximity, Superboy can resist or reduce damage from energy or physical blows. He can even deflect conventional weaponry such as bullets or bombs right back at a person.
		- **Tactile Telekinetic Disassemble:** Using his full concentration and hand gestures, Superboy can focus his telekinetic powers to assemble/disassemble objects in whatever way he sees fit. He can force particles of sand, dust, ice to form clouds and form it into an explosive blast.
		- **Telekinetic Force Blast:** Superboy is able to project a powerful wave or projectile bolts of telekinetic energy from his body or hands. The blast he emits is equivalent to the explosion similar to the one caused as the U.S. Capital by the bomb that killed many individuals and frame Superwoman.
* **Telepathy:** Superboy can create a psychic link with a certain individual and broadcast, sense, or detect beings or create patterns. This gives Conner an advantage to telepaths, even the stronger ones that could easily read a typical Kryptonian.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect:** Despite being arrogant and impulsive, Superboy is highly intelligent at working with highly complicated sophisticated technology, this feat is more impressive since he is genetically one year old, making him a fast learner. Lex claimed he is a natural born prodigy genius since he inherits his intellect from him. Conner does excellent at his enrolled school, doing well in math, science, U.S. history, or any courses that challenge his mind. He is learning how to manage Kryptonian technology thanks to his mother.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat:** Superboy under went harsh training programs to master his powers and abilities to combat outside threats and give him an edge due to his undeveloped powers. He dies
* **Multilingualism:** Under Cadmus's training, Superboy learned how to communicate and understand fluently many Earthly languages except for Kryptonese.

### Weaknesses

* **Kryptonite:** Like any Kryptonian, Superboy is affected by the xenomineral, however, due to his genetic half-human heritage, he is partially resistant and suffers a horrible nauseous sensation than the usual poisoned and weakened state for regular Kryptonians.
* **Red Star:** Since his Kryptonian physiology is like those of typical Kryptonians, Superboy to absorbs solar radiation from a yellow star to gain his powers and abilities, so a red star can also take them away and leave him weak as a human.
* **Krypton's Atmosphere:** Krypton's atmosphere can affect Superboy, only it is worse for him as he will not be able to adapt to it because he is genetically half human as the atmosphere is deadly to humans, so it can potentially kill him.
* **Magic:** Magic can disrupt Conner's invulnerability and harm him.
* **Power Limitation:** Due to being a half genetic human cloned Kryptonian, Conner's powers are very limited and do not reach the highest peak of a typical Kryptonian. It also takes time to achieve certain abilities as the day he was born and revealed to the world, he only possesses abilities a Kryptonian would have while not breathing Earth's atmosphere.
* **Yellow Sun Processing:** Due to being half genetic human, Superboy does not process solar radiation at the same heights as typical Kryptonians, so he is much weaker and processes the solar radiation slowly.

## Equipment

* **Containment Suit:** After fully being born, Superboy was given a Cadmus crafted black chainmail-like material skin suit with red line designs all over his suit, including the House of El emblem on his chest. Since this outfit was hum crafted, it is not made of the same Liquid Geo specifications as an actual Kryptonian skin suit. It has mechanism that help control his telekinetic powers and help him process solar radiation quicker than his body naturally can.