Superboy
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Cover to Superboy vol. 3, No. 61 (1999) by Tom Grummett, showing Kon-El (in jacket), Kal-El (beneath Kon's right arm), and other Superboys from DC's Multiverse.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | More Fun Comics No. 101 (January–February 1945) |
| Created by |
Jerry Siegel (writer) Joe Shuster (art) |
| Characters |
Clark Kent/Kal-El Superboy-Prime Conner Kent/Kon-El Jon Lane Kent Jonathan Samuel Kent |
| Superboy | |
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Superboy vol. 1, No. 1 (Mar–Apr, 1949). Featuring Superman inviting the readers to explore the new title. Art by Wayne Boring. |
| Series publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule |
(vol 1) Bi-monthly (1–28, 193–206) 8 times a year (29–125, 207–219) 9 times a year (126–176) Monthly (177–192, 220–230) (The New Adventures of..., vol 3 & 5) Monthly (vol 2) Monthly (1–19) Bi-monthly (20–22) (vol 4) Monthly (1-9) Bi-monthly (10-11) |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date |
(vol 1) March–April 1949 – August 1977 (The New Adventures of...) January 1980 – June 1984 (vol 2) February 1990 – February 1992 (vol 3) February 1994 – July 2002 (vol 4) January – October 2011 (vol 5) November 2011 – October 2014 |
| Number of issues |
(vol 1) 230, 1 Annual (The New Adventures of...) 54 (vol 2) 22 (vol 3) 102 (including issues numbered 0 and 1000000), 4 Annuals (vol 4) 11 (vol 5) 36 (including issue numbered 0 and Future's End #1), 1 Annual |
| Main character(s) |
(vol 1 & The New Adventures of...) Clark Kent/Kal-El (vol 2) Clark Kent based on Superboy television series (vol 3, 4 and 5) Kon-El/Conner Kent |
Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in five ongoing Superboy comic book series.
The first, and arguably best-known, Superboy was simply Superman as a boy, acting as a superhero in Smallville, where Kal-El (Superboy's Kryptonian name) lives under his secret identity, Clark Kent. The character was featured in several series from the 1940s until the 1980s, with long runs appearing in Adventure Comics and two eponymous series, Superboy and The New Adventures of Superboy. He developed a mythos and supporting cast of his own, including foster parents Ma and Pa Kent, love interest Lana Lang, and time traveling allies the Legion of Super-Heroes.
When DC Comics rewrote much of its continuity in 1986, Superman's history was changed so that he never took a costumed identity until adulthood, erasing Superboy from the canonical history of Superman, although many aspects of the backstory created in Superboy comics, such as Clark's friendship with Lana Lang, remained. In the last few years, some additional features of Superboy's history, such as his tenure in the Legion, have also been reintroduced into the story of Superman's youth.
The character was adapted into a Superboy television series (1988–1992), which also spawned another, short-lived Superboy comic book series; and a teenage Clark Kent, secretly using his powers in heroic acts, appeared in the highly successful Smallville TV series (2001–2011), drawing to a great extent on the comic book continuity in its depiction of young Clark's life.
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