Superboy (Jon Lane Kent)

Superboy
Jon Lane Kent with Harvest
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Superboy (vol. 5) #19 (April 2013)
Created by	Scott Lobdell
In-story information
Alter ego	Jon Lane Kent
Partnerships	Harvest N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
Abilities	Telekinesis

Jon Lane Kent is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in DC Comics. He is the son of Superman and Lois Lane from an alternate future, and one of the several characters who has assumed the mantle of Superboy.

In an alternate New 52 timeline, the New 52 Superman married Lois Lane and had a son, whom they named Jon Lane Kent. Jon's hybrid Kryptonian/human physiology proved to be unstable, causing him to fall ill and die shortly before his fourth birthday. In grief, Superman and Lois retreated to the Fortress of Solitude and were never heard from again.

However, this death was not the end for Jon. A time traveler from the 30th century, the man who would later be known as Harvest, arrived and retrieved Jon's body, recognizing his condition to be a kind of torpor rather than true death. Using future technology and chronal energy he had infused his own body with, Harvest revived Jon and took him as his own son, intending to use him as a weapon against metahumans. He trained Jon to hate all metahumans, despite being one himself, and the two lead a genocidal campaign against metahumans.

In time, Jon again succumbed to the same condition that nearly took his life before, and Harvest swore to find a way to save him. He took Jon back in time, to five years before the present day, where he retrieved genetic samples from Superman and Lois. He went on to found the organization N.O.W.H.E.R.E., and by combining the genetic samples from Superman, Lois, and Jon, created a clone, who would come to be known as Superboy and "Kon-El", who he hoped to use to find a way to treat Jon's condition.

During the Forever Evil series, the Teen Titans, after a battle with the Crime Syndicate's Johnny Quick and Atomica, were sent traveling through time, arriving in the alternate future where Jon and Harvest waged war against the metahumans. Here Jon encountered his clone, Kon-El, and the two battled. Kon-El defeated his vicious progenitor, but before he could finish him off, was summoned through time by the Oracle, leading to the "Krypton Returns" story arc. Jon was then recovered and treated by the future versions of Beast Boy and Ravager, who presented him to the Titans as Kon-El. The Titans took Jon with them as they continued time travelling.