SuperBoy

**Background**

Kon-El's story begins after the Death of Superman. Darkseid had killed one of the earth's strongest protectors and a scientist at Project Cadmus wanted to change that. He was obsessed with making a clone of the beloved hero. In order to do this, he even tried to steal the body of the hero. Although this did not work, He did not give up on his attempts to make a new superman for the world. He began making clones of Superman out of humans. He altered the DNA of humans to make them look alike to the fallen hero and after 12 failed attempts, finally was successful with Experiment 13. This experiment was grown In a tube. It went from a single celled organism to a teenage boy within a week and it looked like Superman. It was a success! At this point they implanted the clone with memories and were trying to grow it to the same age and size as the original Superman, but was cut short so the clone came out of the test tube as a teenage version of Superman. When the scientists had access to the

body of Superman after he had died, they discovered a sort of 'aura' around his body which gave him his invulnerability, ability to fly and his super strength, as well as giving Superman multiple other super abilities. They were not able to figure out a way in which to give their clones this same aura, but were able to replicate it in something scientists came to know as 'tactile telekinesis'. This gave the clone the ability to fly by a form of self telekinesis as well as super strength and invulnerability as well as many other abilities that Superman had had when he was still alive. The teenage clone of Superman was able to leave Project Cadmus and go out into the world where he was temporarily known as Superman. Although he had the same powers and even a similar face to the fallen hero, he wanted to make sure that it was clear to people that he was not the real Superman. He made it known by telling almost anyone who would listen, including telling Lois Lane, who did not care to hear it. Later, he began going by the name Superboy to distinguish himself from the older superhero who he had been cloned from. When Superman finally returned to the living, Superboy worked with him, but not as his sidekick. He wanted people to know that he was definitely not a sidekick, but just another hero. He made a point of this so that people would not call him Superman's sidekick. Later on, Superman took Superboy with him to visit the fortress of Solitude. This was a very special moment for Superboy, as he was able to see Krypton for the first time in some sort of virtual reality. While in the fortress of solitude, Superman explained to Superboy that, even though Superboy was just a cloned, younger version of him, he thought of him as family. Superman even offered Superboy a real name which was a HUGE moment for Superboy as he did not have an actual name to go by. Superboy took the name Kon-El, signifying that he was of the house of El, and was part of Superman's family. Later on, when project Cadmus was shut down, Superboy had no home anymore. He had been working as a field agent for Cadmus and had been living there but found himself with no home and no job. He found a temporary place to live until Superman offered to let him live with the people who he had been adopted by and called his parents. Superboy gladly accepted and went to live on the kent farm, at the same time he began being known as Conner Kent.

## Conner Kent

### Affiliation

Teen Titans,Young Justice, Justice League, Cadmus Projects