Conner Kent

* Current appearance
* Former Appearance

**Subject 13** ("born" December 18th, 2022 ), better known as **Connor Kent** and nicknamed **Superboy** by Lex Luthor is the hybrid clone of Superman and Lex Luthor that was created in Project Cadmus.

## Biography

#### Creation

Deviously, Lex Luthor acquired the DNA of Superman's to try and clone him. However, there was an issue with stabilizing his alien DNA. Therefore, Lex decided to use his own. The resulting clone was called Subject 13 and was grown in a containment pod in Cadmus. During the time, Lex trained Conner and had him learn every skill Superman knows.

#### Meeting Superfriends

When the Superfriends break into Lexcorp, they discover Superboy and later decided to name him Conner. When Kara Danvers threatened him, they fought over the entire city of Metropolis for a little bit. Conner is currently living in the Fortress of solitude so he can practice the extent of his powers.

Conner later convinced Ray Palmer to go travel the world to find Dwarf Star Particles, to which, he accepts. Eventually, Conner was revealed to be an undercover agent for Lex Luthor to infiltrate the team. March of the same year, Connor is shown to betray the team after Lex gets pinned down by Superman.

## Personality

Technically a toddler, Conner is still learning and experiencing a lot of things for the first time in his life. For instance, he did not understand concepts such as traffic lights and money, and although he may learn these things for the first time, he is certainly capable of quickly picking up on them. Like an average toddler, Conner is also very curious, which has led him to be quite inquisitive about his own origins.

Conner also possesses a strong instinct to act on what he believes is right, possibly due to the subconscious memories instilled in him from either Lex and Superman. He has displayed enough self-reliance to prevent robberies, assaults, and defend those who he believes are mistreated. He even defends those who, arguably, might not be worthy of protection.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Human-Kryptonian** **hybrid physiology**: As a partial genetic clone of Superman, he has most of the physical abilities of a Kryptonian who has absorbed the solar energy of a yellow sun. However, due to the human DNA supplied by Lex Luthor, he lacks the more advanced powers like flight.
	+ **Solar energy absorption**: After leaving Cadmus and exposing himself directly to sunlight, Conner felt a sense of happiness, which could possibly suggest that he can absorb yellow sun radiation like the Kryptonians.
	+ **Superhuman strength**: Being a clone of Superman, Conner has a superhuman level of strength; for example, he is capable of lifting a scientist from Cadmus.
		- **Super leaping**: To compensate for his inability to fly like Superman, Conner uses the super-strong muscles in his legs to jump several feet off the ground and leap several stories in a single bound.
	+ **Superhuman speed**: Conner can move at superhuman speeds.
	+ **Superhuman stamina**: Conner's advanced muscles produce much less fatigue toxins during physical activity compared to humans. As a result, he can exercise at maximum capacity for long periods of time without getting tired at all.
	+ **Heat vision**: Conner has the ability to emit beams of intense heat from his eyes that can burn whatever they come into contact to.
	+ **Longevity**:

### Abilities

* **Skilled combatant**: Despite not having any formal training, Conner is skilled in using his superhuman attributes in hand-to-hand combat.

### Weaknesses

* **Kryptonite**: Due to his Kryptonian DNA, Conner is vulnerable to the effects of Kryptonite just like Superman, and Kryptonite-laced bullets were able to pierce his otherwise invulnerable skin and leave him badly wounded. However, due to his half human physiology it does not affect him as badly as it does Superman.

## Appearances

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 4

* Metropolis Strong
* Project K
* Blood Bonds
* All for Nothing
* Honor Thy Luthor
* New Awakenings part l (mentioned)
* New Awakenings Part ll
* Crossed Wires
* Null and Annoyed
* Dawn of Injustice
* American Hero
* Night at The Fortress
* Think Fast
* Finish Line

#### Season 5

* A world without S
* Rise of Superman
* Steel
* Not-Happy Thanksgiving
* Fight between Supers
* Super Luthor
* Dawn of Rebirth
* Fighting Live with Wire
* Instant Duality
* Access to Earth Two (mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC comics, Kon-El, or Conner Kent, is a superhero known as Superboy. He originally appeared during the "Reign of Supermen" storyline in *Adventures of Superman* #500.