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A decade later, Brainiac 5, Sun Boy, Blok, and Invisible Kid arrive in Smallville, attracting the attention of Superman. The Legionnaires attack him, occasionally calling him Superboy. However, Superman does not recognize them, and knows of no one named Superboy except Superboy-Prime, [5] who has not been seen since the Crisis.
The Superboy-Prime character was the inspiration for Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen's miniseries Superman: Secret Identity, which begins as a story about a teenage boy, named Clark Kent after the comic book character, who exists in the "real world" where there are no superheroes and discovers that he possesses powers similar to Superman's. In ...
When TJ, Lana, and Clark get involved TJ is nearly killed and the leader of the homeless group, Damon, is kidnapped. Lana searches for him and is kidnapped herself. Now she and Damon are trapped in Manfred's hands, and only Superboy can save them. Manfred prepares to kill them in hopes that when they die, the homeless people will leave the beach.
Superboy-Prime (Clark Kent, born Kal-El), also known as Superman-Prime or simply Prime, is a DC Comics superhero turned supervillain and an alternate version of Superman.The character first appeared in DC Comics Presents #87 (November 1985) [1] and was created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan (based upon the original Superboy character by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster).
Superboy (also known as Kon-El or Conner Kent) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.A modern variation on the original Superboy, the character first appeared as Superboy in The Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993), and was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett.
The crossover began in January 2011 in the Steel one-shot published as part of the DC Icons line. The crossover continued in Outsiders #37, where Doomsday faced Eradicator, Justice League of America #55 and Superman/Batman Annual #5, both of which involved him facing Supergirl and Cyborg Superman, Superboy #6, where he faced Superboy, and Action Comics #900-904, where he faced Superman.
In his first appearance, Mongul kidnaps Superman's friends Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Steve Lombard and threatens to kill them unless the hero brings him a key to activate Warworld. [6] Mongul is rendered unconscious by the mental strain from using Warworld, but escapes before the heroes destroy it. [5]
The third series (vol. 2) was different from other Superman or Superboy titles in that it was set in the continuity of the Superboy television series, as opposed to the regular DC Universe (as the original Superboy was erased from mainstream DC continuity after the 1985 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Superman beginning his superhero ...