Superboy

Superboy is the name of several DC Comics superheroes, all of them youthful incarnations of Superman. more...

The first, and arguably best-known, Superboy was simply Superman as an adolescent, acting as a superhero in his hometown of Smallville. The character was featured in several series from the 1940s until the 1980s and developed a mythos and supporting cast of his own, including parents Ma and Pa Kent, love interest Lana Lang and the time traveling allies the Legion of Super-Heroes.

When DC rewrote much of its continuity in 1985, Superman’s history was changed so that he never took a costumed identity until adulthood, erasing Superboy from the current canonical history of the character.

Still the character was adapted into a Superboy television series (1988–1992) and into the highly successful Smallville (2001–present), which, although not actually a "Superboy" series, features a teenaged Clark Kent and many aspects of Superboy comics.

In 1993, DC introduced a new, modernized Superboy, a teenaged clone of Superman, who was featured in an eponymous series from 1994 until 2002.

Due to DC Comics’ complex “Multiverse”, several other Superboys have appeared, most notable of which is the ruthless psychopath Superboy Prime.

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