Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
I feel like if Conner was reintroduced during rebirth and they didn’t aged up Jon, I can see Conner giving the Superboy mantle to him while going by a new codename like Skyrocket
Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
@@saafirg9081 I agree, heck I don’t even mind having both Conner and Jon sharing the title of Superboy, cuz I can see that being a thing. But I do think giving a Conner a new codename would help him stand out more. Heck it’s one of the reasons why I hate that dc made Tim Drake back as Robin, sharing the mantle with Damian Wayne, instead of him being Red Robin. Especially when you read Tim’s character development from pre flashpoint. I mean they could have just given him the name Skyrocket without having to make him trans. But honestly it feels like the writers and editors at dc aren’t as creative as fans are.
@@xanderg.1070 he did have a name like yellow jacket before or even the shield guardian but DC made a mistake giving the name Conner to both the 90's superboy with a jacket and then another Connor with a black tee saying that they're the same,when they weren't l.
Geoff already did that. Before rebirth their growth got stagnant because Geoff loves retcons and throwing away natural character growth for the sake of his stories. New 52 made things worse
Honestly I found that Conner was too obsessed with the fact he was a half clone of Luther. So I didn't mind the New 52 at first since his new powers were cool and very powerful.
@@nicholase82Originally there was no lex involved but Geoff Johns had to wash away his earlier origin to make way for his black tee persona, they're not the same character.
@@nicholase82Originally there was no lex involved but Geoff Johns had to wash away his earlier origin to make way for his black tee persona, they're not the same character.
Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
They kinda tried to do that by making him act like he used to at the start (which was weird since they still reference all his history of later) and went to space, as the guy said in the video. The problem with that run was, it got no promotion and it came during a period where a lot of DC events came out and well DC promoted all other super books except that one. But the run was kind of fun where Conner teamed up with some space rebels to fight a guy that made hybrid clones for war.
Dc seems to have an issue with 90s characters that were the next generation of heroes like connor, tim, bart, cassie, kyle rayner & even wally west. Either replacing them with the past characters like hal & barry or the generation after them
Personally i enjoyed his T-shirt era. He felt aimless but that being the point. He felt like he was trying to figure out where his turning point was and where to go from there. And then New 52 happened before any of that could come to fruition.
Conner Kent could fill the original Superman place: a champion for the opress in a street level setting. Because he is a depowered version of the current Superman.
Ooh yeah goes with my idea for his powers, he can't use yellow sunlight so no space manipulating flight, not electromagnetic armor, no laser vision, but all the powers kryptonians would have on Earth: gravity difference super strength, speed, and jumping, enhanced senses and the like
My biggest problem with the Superboy mantle is that there's no legacy connection, Bart Allen becomes kid flash to prove to Wally that the Flash mantle will be his once he grows up,Tim became Robin to calm Bruce after Jason died, but the Superboys have zero connection, they barely interact with each other despite being related. Conner,Jon and Clark never had a story reflecting on how they've all been Superboy compared to the Robins,Flashs,Green Lanterns and Red Arrows who have
That's because the concept of Superman is flawed at its core. I'm sorry, but people fail to realize the an Idea like Superman must be written in reverse. Most Heroes have problems or limitations to overcome which are obvious for the audience. Superman's nature is no have no weakness(-magic and kyptonite) So authors must hunt for explanations and convince the audience of his weakness. Mental or otherwise. And only so many problems can exist at once. Either a problem he can't punch, one of his weaknesses, or a mental issue that he must face....
The fact that Conner is still Superboy while the Super Twins are Red Son and Starchild after one story arc is crazy to me. They could've just been the Super Twins for a while. Wally's kids are Surge and Thunderheart now too, they hate YJ characters specifically i fear
I really do like Conner Kent superboy he's really awesome and personally for me nothing would've made me happier but to see both Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self fighting side by side as brothers and cousins because that would've been really aweosme and tons of fun to see happen, heck technically speaking we did get to see that happen in webtoon Wayne family adventures with Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self teaching Conner Kent to shave which was adorable and amazing at least in my opinion. My point is in general I really wanted both Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self teaching each other how to become heroes and fighting side by side and kicking ass and saving the day would be really awesome and badass in my opinion.
Crazy idea... one of the greatest tricks of Superman's disguise is no one thinks he even has a secret identity. Kryptonians have real names. Conner has a Kryptonian name and, as they're so fond of saying "It's not an S'. I thereby suggest Conner Kent just go by Kon-El as his hero identity; No muss. No fuss. Doesn't need to grow into it. Won't grow out of it. If he ever gets back together with Cassie again (likely... Young Justice's AU will only linger in pop consciousness so long and it keeps a damper on all the rabid Supes+Wondy shippers; always a plus in my book) she's already got a public ID and a less strong connection to her affiliated namesake too (demigoddess of pantheon associated with the Amazons who grew up as a normal teen girl, not an Amazon by birth) so they can just be Kon-El and Cassie who wear their respective team jerseys but are otherwise their own people. Just my thought.
7:58 While we're on this topic can we talk about how unoriginal Red Robin is? I've always thought Cardinal would be a better name, since it's another red bird.
They should give him a new code name akind to his tactile telekinesis after all if Conner desided to really pushes himself to realise his full potential and fully develope his tactile telekinesis to its limits and see what he was truly capable of doing with it he could actually become the Strongest Super-Family Member in DC comics.
I think he needs a permanent location and cast more than strength, whenever someone who isn't the mainstream protagonist of the family gets the Gohan treatment, new writers have zero idea how to continue the characters power progress.
I read the 90s Superboy, Young Justice, Teen Titan and most Conner Kent related comics until 2016, I have authority to say I don't mind the name Superboy, doesn't mean he is not a man, nor he is inferior to Superman or Jon, I think he made it his own.
Funny thing is , nobody likes what Bendis did to Jon . Not even DC which is why they use kid Jon instead of adult him for everything else (YA comics , movies , animation , figurines and etc) .
Yes, make Jon a traditional sidekick to Clark & Connor the independent Sky Rocket; like a Nightwing & Robin situation. And please hire people capable of & interested in writing children because it’s a less represented trope that people love. Getting to see the children of popular super heroes grow up to be similar yet unique or sidekicks with unique backstories basically invent new types of relationships for the genre is hype.
DC has this problem all tf over the place. Three Batgirls currently, multiple Aquaman and The Flash characters at once... Their whole legacy character title situation is a mess. I'd officially call Conner "Metropolis Kid" if I were calling it. It's a bit of a mouthful but he's used the nickname before and it'd give him his OWN identity like Nightwing got when he decided to take on a new character design and codename. Even Aqualad becoming Tempest was great, but they just don't do it anymore! The characters aren't getting new codenames anymore and I think it's because none of these characters are evolving anymore. And if I were somehow having my say I'd want an in-universe reboot on Jon Kent as well. The Superboy of the Super Sons was far too good to just throw out like they let Bendis do so disrespectfully.
thank you for making a video on conner hes gone through more disrespect than characters like nightwing which is insane considering the disrespect nightwings gotten informing people of this so problems that dc is making for conner can be fixed is great hes already got a decent sized fanbase otherwise he wouldnt have gotten his recent miniseries now this fanbase needs to ask dc to fix their mistakes and for a potential new name guardian would probably be fitting given kon-els history and the fact that conner considers guardian a mentor figure guardian isnt really used anymore anyway
Wow you're the first person I know who also has Connor as one of their favourite characters! I was introduced to Superboy for the first time in the Young justice show and then afterwards read the comics version from Geoff Johns in his Teen Titans, Adventure Comics and then Boy of Steel runs. The YJ and comics versions have quite some differences but I love both and he’s one of my favourite characters which I didn't expect at all. Now that the new 52 timeline is over I hope we can get stories with Connor, Cassie and Tim again. One of the best dynamics from the early 2000s DC and I was constantly waiting for his return throughout all of rebirth. This may be a hot take but I also thought the rivalry and feud he had with Superboy Prime was great and very interesting. It showed Prime was really just losing it and going crazy and was so on edge that he caused a war between like 4 superhero groups just to tell Connor he didn't deserve the name Superboy. When he did eventually come back I don't think he was really done that much justice and they did the weird thing where it was the same superboy who went through everything but for some reason, he reverted to looking and acting like the 90s version. I don't even know where he or Cassie are now in the comics since Bendis' mediocre Young Justice run. I honestly liked the design and character of the new 52 Kon-El version and he had some really good dynamics with new 52 Kara and some of the Titans but he was a totally different character and similarly just disappeared when rebirth started. Superman books barely sell themselves so I think it would be sick to have a book like "Superboys" where it's stories of Connor and Jon similar to Super Sons. Either that or give Connor another name that's not horrible like changing Robin to Drake or Signal or Blue Bird.
I think they should have kept Jon a kid and done a team-up series with him as Conner's side-kick ("Superboy Sr and Superman Jr") while Clark was lost in space. Then, when (adult) Clark comes back, introduce a time displaced 5-year old Clark, Cir-El, Chris Kent (with his pre new-52 memories restored and added to his post-rebirth memories), and Ariella Kent. From that point the series is re-titled "The legion of Superboys (and girls!!!)"
Great job on this video and there’s a lot of great information in here that I didn’t even know about before so thank you for sharing it with us and I will definitely have to look into some of these older Superboy stories. I remember when I was first introduced to Superboy and why Conner Kent and his initial relationship with Cassie as Wondergirl was once really endearing and cute. There was a time when they were one of my favorite DC couples and I’m very thankful that they at least still have a lot of other fans out there who like to make up stories for them because Dc will probably never put them together again. Also it’s truly a treat to see a video promoting Conner’s character! Well done! I will definitely check out more of your videos. As for the name “Sky Rocket? I’m not sure that’s the best superhero name but if you like it then I respect you. Sounds like a little primitive to me but I respect your opinion.
Connor has been my favorite forever. I grew up with him, kind of literally he was my age in young justice and the teen titans run he was in was during my high school years.
The post Superboy resurrection was unique; regeneration until the Legion of Superheroes time, 1000 years in the future. Ended up going back in time to before he died, so technically he was running around at the same time as his own catatonic body. Could have made for interesting stories if they expanded on it, like saving himself when he was vulnerable in the regeneration chamber. Or maybe do one with Time Police calling him a time anomaly who belongs 1000 years in the future, tries to drag him back. Never had any of that, it was one and done forgotten.
pretty sure conner came back while his body was still dead because he saw it and used it to his advantage in blackest night and im sure hes no longer a time anomaly because i assume his body was removed when dc rebooted he was safe from changes while in gemworld but new52 superboy took his place in universe
It's the same with marvel. I loved Nate Grey and Ben Reilly. They killed them off then brought them back years later. They didn't have a plan, so they were just written off again.
if superboy prime was my waiter I would tell him to bring another RETCON to the table...these freakin writers are just f ing up the comic industry...GAY SUPERMAN ROBIN BATMAN..??...ACTIVISTS SUPERMAN..???...
Still mad they aged up Jon, SuperSons was so good, and even now at this point Damian should be like 16 already, he’s still only 14 for whatever reason, I guess they just wanted to invert the 3 year gap. Jon is fine as Superman but it was really thrust upon him not earned, with Clark, he made that name for himself, but now the next has to live up to his example, they can’t just take it. And now Kon-El joins the discarded superhero club, he should have been ditched the Superboy title if dc has had no plans to make him Superman as the new 52, they only even referenced future Conner Superman with that supersons/tim drake/Batman from the future/teen titans thing that one time in rebirth, they should just ditch Superboy, it’s not like the name is so popular they have to keep it for him, make him something else, make Kara superwoman, and make othul and ozul (the war world adopted kids) Superboy and girl, respectively
The new superboy mini series from last year is what got me back into comic books. I think it was pretty solid especially that final fight with cyborg superboy and the beam struggle they had. At this point though I honestly can’t see Conner being called anything but superboy. Kinda like how Tim drake feels weird when they give him other identities (Red Robin is such a bad name). The young justice show also kinda reinforced the idea that Conner is the main superboy. Plus the ending of the recent latest series has Conner being okay with the superboy name but that he should see it as something to hold him back but allow him to go out and do more then just what Clark does.
One option that might work with Superboy (Connor Kent): Have him travel to the future and become a permanent member of The Legion of Super-Heroes as Superboy. It would get rid of all of the time-travel issues and would give Conner a true home, and a unique place in the Legion, especially since they made Mon-El just another kryptonian. A reason he would choose to travel to the 31st Century is that he feels to be out of place and redundant in the Present (there are dozens of other superheroes), and he's looking for a place where he can fit in and the Legion would be that place. One story could be where Connor finally manages to reconcile his Superman and Luthor sides, combining the best of each within himself (such as the moral compass and compassion of Superman, and the intellect and will to be the best of Luthor).
Honestly they need to give Conner a new superhero name and a place in the main DC community. And perhaps give him a new look he looks stuck in the 90s. I liked the t-shirt and jeans combo.
All these next generation heroes are just adrift in DC with no future after Geoff Johns just HAD to bring back Hal and Barry. 20 years from now Bruce will still be Batman, Peter will be Spider-Man , Clark will be Superman, and Franklin and Valeria will still be children. Dick was lucky he got to grow into his 20s. Its annoying we only ever see the teen characters as adults in alternate universes where they're evil or the apocalypse happened
The reason they used Lex's DNA is to stabilize the clone. One of the things they established is that if you try and make a pure clone of Superman the clone will eventually turn into a Bizarro. By combining Superman and Luthor's DNA they created a stable clone. This is a case of changing origins. Originally, Superboy was created by Cadmus by taking human DNA and making it as close to Kryptonian DNA. It resulted in a clone with one superpower: tactile telekinesis which allowed him to simulate some of Superman's powers. Later, they changed it to where his DNA came from Director Westfield. Then, they changed it to where Luthor swapped out Westerfield's DNA with his own. He also installed hidden programming into Superboy's mind, to be activated by Luthor.
I really like whay young justice did with the angle of Conner being a clone of superman but still part of the family like a brother to Clark. I wish they'd go for that, its just so compeling!
hmmm i honest i like too conner kent is really cool and amazing also he is the "superboy" of the universe and no a sidekick i think is more a super but with his own style
@@AJedits65 It is, but it doesn't change how Tim turning gay is weird. Jason Todd in both the Arkhamverse and Comics still stays the same as a gun wielding vigilante, why'd they decide to change things with Tim Drake out of nowhere? Most modern comic writers are just pandering to the wrong demographic at this point
@@lucklesslackey because changing Tim Drake from being gay doesn’t matter. I also think he’s bi Jason‘s main character is being the red hood Tim being gay, doesn’t really matter
It reminded me of when they made Iceman gay. Not the original Iceman who had 50 years of history, but the All New X-Men (who were just the original teen X-Men) it just felt like representation where there was none before
Call this man Sentinel and expand the telekinesis, Kyle. My guy could be flying through space exploding asteroids with intrusive thoughts by now but everybody so sleepy
@@Seraph3d I agree. I think the tactile telekinesis could be stretched to some force object creation. Not GL levels of object creation but a shield could be an interesting callback. I don't know that tactile telekinesis is still the source of Conner's powerset, though. I haven't really followed comics since Infinite Crisis.
Conner going off into space make so much sense. Adventures in space have been part of Superman’s legacy and character as a kryptonian. Most importantly DC doesn’t have as much focus on space/cosmic based stories as marvel. Marvels got tons of cosmic empires like the kree and Skrulls, groups like the guardians of the galaxy, the star jammers,alpha flight ,the X men occasionally right now in x men red,nova,the inhumans, and more that focus on space . While for DC it’s really only the green lanterns. Space stories may happen from time to time but 9/10 times it’s the aliens coming to space or just a small limited event or focus. Having Conner have a book focusing on finding himself and in space would flesh out dc’s world outside of earth.
I thought Tana Moon was the love of his life Conner was really into her she was the first woman he met after he broke out of the lab & he went to Metropolis to find Lois. When Tana died Conner was devastated even though she was much older than him I think she was in her mid or late 20s when they met each other.
0:17 it was Geoff Johns additon btw, original Karl Kesel's Superboy-Connor wasn't clone of Luthor. I think he could even be Not the clone of Superman in the first place as in that comic it is not 100% if they did successfully crack Superman's DNA or just made modification on that guy's DNA close enough and called it a day
I did a little sketchbook “pitch” not long ago renaming him Supernova. It’s been used by DC but is currently available, and I think it suits Kon quite well.
Friendly reminder that some of Brian Micheal bendis' only good work was a comic run where the protagonist was just straight up a teenager. The fuck does he mean he can't be bothered to write a child
I hope you could make a video on cassie. She's in the same spot as kon, as the writers don't know what to do with her. Especially know since they've replaced her with Yara.
superhero names for conner kent (accepting suggestions): super bro, super dude, super punk, super kiddo, super rocker, super meteor, sky ripper, super rebel, rebel of steel, Super Freak (that one rick james song), super man (with an american accent), super guy, super.
They could maybe give him the Ultraman mantle of prime Earth and make him give the code name a more heroic connotation. Or Ultra Boy, Powerboy. Or maybe even though it’s cheesy Superstar since he’s seen as more flashy especially in the 90s
@@Timepilot94 I know. However since he exists in the future, and gets very little usage they could easily give that mantle over to Connor and he could be the Ultra Boy of the modern day. I think Connor should go by Superstar though. And also explore his powers more to give him a unique identity. I’d love for him to get the Nightwing treatment and be his own hero
I love Connor . I grew up with him in the 90’s. Superboy and Supergirl are just confusing to me . I don’t even know who the current Supergirl is (Or if the original is still in continuity or not.). This was a good history . Thanks .
Kara is supergirl. She’s just Clark’s cousin. It’s as simple as that. She and power girl now co-exist, but powergirl now goes by the civilian name “Paige”( Jon gave her the name).
@@matthewschwartz6607 supposedly, everything is canon in DC nowadays, thanks to the last crisis event “ dark Crisis “. But given some of what Kara says and does in her one shot issue and in the Power girl miniseries, I can only surmise that the current Kara is more or less the Loeb version. But I haven’t read Supergirl since Loeb wrote her. But it is the Clark’s cousin from Argos, not the 90’s version. That’s for sure
Why haven't they turned "Crisis on Infinite Earths" into a TV series? They have more than enough material for it, and just like it happened with Marvel not only will it satisfy viewers who haven't read the comics, but die-hard fans also... These are the stories that no one has heard of so.. fuggin' perfect.
Personally I feel like at the very least Kenan can keep the name. He's supposed to be "The Super-Man of China". So let him just BE China's Super-Man. I mean I like seeing him interact with the main super fam, but he shouldn't be a permanent metropolis mainstay. Let him go back to China and lead the JLC As for Conner and Jon, Ive seen Sentinel and Scion thrown around as codenames. Tho personally I'd rather Jon just be a kid again and be the main Superboy as Clarks sidekick. But if DC really wants a younger Superman for a new generation... Then why couldn't it have been Conner
Another problem DC has had in the past they were writing two different Superboys at the same time. There was the 2003 Teen Titans version with the black shirt, because of the Titans tv show. But in the stories he was involved in like Suicide Squad, or Titans United that was MATCH Conner’s clone. A Bizzaro Superboy. So when the OG came back at the end of SS and then reintroduced in Action Comics House of Kent, he hadn’t had ANY development since pre 52 at that point.
"Sol-second son of krypton" idk, i feel like especially with the absolute universe going on, absolutly tale whats good and apply it to the main dc universe. I think connor going the route of a harsher john kent would make for some good stories. Not so much as they harm the super name, just bring out some questions from the other super family, maybe get some decent connor movement after they... ya know, took his pocket dimension wife and son away, they gave him his own cyborg superman in that one shot you talked about. I think a cosmic superman works, the one shot where he goes place to place on each planet is fun, i think if he met other space fairing heroes it could make for some good stories too. Have him come across more new gods n shit like that. Superman of the Stars or some shit. My boy needs some love
For those who keep saying it, I know Marv Wolfman isn't dead. I should've wrote George Perez.
You had me so scared! He’s my favorite writer, and I thought I didn’t even notice his passing.
Glad you’re still alive Marv!
We need to start calling him Super Dude
Hahaha, I would like that unironically 😂
Super guy in a shirt
Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
Their already is a super dude just ask bloo from foster home for imaginary friends
super guy
I feel like if Conner was reintroduced during rebirth and they didn’t aged up Jon, I can see Conner giving the Superboy mantle to him while going by a new codename like Skyrocket
or Samaritan
Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
@@saafirg9081 I agree, heck I don’t even mind having both Conner and Jon sharing the title of Superboy, cuz I can see that being a thing. But I do think giving a Conner a new codename would help him stand out more.
Heck it’s one of the reasons why I hate that dc made Tim Drake back as Robin, sharing the mantle with Damian Wayne, instead of him being Red Robin. Especially when you read Tim’s character development from pre flashpoint.
I mean they could have just given him the name Skyrocket without having to make him trans. But honestly it feels like the writers and editors at dc aren’t as creative as fans are.
@@xanderg.1070 he did have a name like yellow jacket before or even the shield guardian but DC made a mistake giving the name Conner to both the 90's superboy with a jacket and then another Connor with a black tee saying that they're the same,when they weren't l.
Flamebird would be cool or maybe some name to reference Tim or Batman in homage to how Nightwing got his name
I blame the New 52 for this. It got rid of Conner and Bart (Impulse) until rebirth. Which destroyed their character growth and progression.
Geoff already did that. Before rebirth their growth got stagnant because Geoff loves retcons and throwing away natural character growth for the sake of his stories. New 52 made things worse
Honestly I found that Conner was too obsessed with the fact he was a half clone of Luther. So I didn't mind the New 52 at first since his new powers were cool and very powerful.
So what you're saying is we need another continuity reboot.
@@nicholase82Originally there was no lex involved but Geoff Johns had to wash away his earlier origin to make way for his black tee persona, they're not the same character.
@@nicholase82Originally there was no lex involved but Geoff Johns had to wash away his earlier origin to make way for his black tee persona, they're not the same character.
The arrival of the "Super Sons" really displaced already established and developed characters like Conner Kent and Tim Drake.
DC Rebirth folded by putting tim bacj in the green and red suit
True.
yk since technically Conner and Tim are the og supersons they could’ve helped Jon and Damian out it would help all the relationships involved
@@gwyngwyn_2416 The "OG" Super Sons are Batman Jr. and Superman Jr.
Its pre-CRISIS, but they actually had a recurring series of their own.
@@eddierascalhaskell4954 okay true but I still hold my stance that Tim and Kon should’ve worked with the supersons
Yea, they made Conner's character pointless since they aged up Jon and made it obvious that he's going to be the one take up Clark's mantle. I feel like Conner should ditch the Superboy name become his own man similar to Nightwing or Red Hood.
Yeah idk how anyone thinks aging up Jon was good at all
They kinda tried to do that by making him act like he used to at the start (which was weird since they still reference all his history of later) and went to space, as the guy said in the video. The problem with that run was, it got no promotion and it came during a period where a lot of DC events came out and well DC promoted all other super books except that one. But the run was kind of fun where Conner teamed up with some space rebels to fight a guy that made hybrid clones for war.
@@l0sts0ul89 simple solution is to just make the aged up Jon a clone, and have the real Jon show up,
@@chrispilcher2024do you seriously want to do the clone saga, but with superman?
@@dustinvance243 it wouldn't be as bad since everyone would immediately know who is the original and who is the clone,
Dc seems to have an issue with 90s characters that were the next generation of heroes like connor, tim, bart, cassie, kyle rayner & even wally west. Either replacing them with the past characters like hal & barry or the generation after them
Curse of being young justice member
They have, you are right. These characters should be the mains right now for them make sense.
Sorry but who’s Cassie?
@@kingb3746 wonder girl. Member of young justice & teen titans. Connor's girlfriend
@@supersaiyanshonathanright I knew this. Just a question tho. Who would be more fit to be the “new Wonder Woman”, Donna Troy or Wonder Girl??
Personally i enjoyed his T-shirt era. He felt aimless but that being the point. He felt like he was trying to figure out where his turning point was and where to go from there. And then New 52 happened before any of that could come to fruition.
For real I liked his ongoing just before Flashpoint happened
@@richborn6700 his short run with the journal was a very good story and had a great Lex moment in general.
I enjoyed him Young Justice before all the time skips.
His T-Shirt Era is my introduction to Connor which is also my favorite era.
Is it weird btw that I find that black t-shirt and blue jeans combo to be some absolutely great drip?
Conner Kent could fill the original Superman place: a champion for the opress in a street level setting. Because he is a depowered version of the current Superman.
Ooh yeah goes with my idea for his powers, he can't use yellow sunlight so no space manipulating flight, not electromagnetic armor, no laser vision, but all the powers kryptonians would have on Earth:
gravity difference super strength, speed, and jumping, enhanced senses and the like
But conner has all his powers in the comics
The whiplash of seeing the Daxomite Superman was wild cuz no one ever remembers him
There was a Daxamite Superman?? _When?_
How did he regenerate? They got the lead out.
@@DoubleBoost23 the Superman wearing the red outfit and the tiny badge symbol instead of the big full chest one. I believe His name is Kon-el
He's not like a different universe version or anything like that, he's quite literally just the Superman for the daxamites
That was Mon el right? I honestly don't know anymore, superhero comics are convoluted af
I was Connor for Halloween and everyone thought I was “cool Superman” 😢. I love him so much I actually had a custom jacket of his made
My biggest problem with the Superboy mantle is that there's no legacy connection, Bart Allen becomes kid flash to prove to Wally that the Flash mantle will be his once he grows up,Tim became Robin to calm Bruce after Jason died, but the Superboys have zero connection, they barely interact with each other despite being related. Conner,Jon and Clark never had a story reflecting on how they've all been Superboy compared to the Robins,Flashs,Green Lanterns and Red Arrows who have
I noticed that.
That's because the concept of Superman is flawed at its core.
I'm sorry, but people fail to realize the an Idea like Superman must be written in reverse. Most Heroes have problems or limitations to overcome which are obvious for the audience.
Superman's nature is no have no weakness(-magic and kyptonite)
So authors must hunt for explanations and convince the audience of his weakness. Mental or otherwise. And only so many problems can exist at once.
Either a problem he can't punch, one of his weaknesses, or a mental issue that he must face....
Thats stupid,why do u think a good character should have a connection?
So true
Yea it’s just like this guy was saying, “Superboy” has never really meant anything
In summary, the New 52 was a mistake.
correct!
Along with Skyrocket, I’ve seen other great names for Conner that could be used like Supernova, Strength, and Valor
Oof, Supernova, I like it
@@slimer44producciones3That was Connor in the 52 aka supernova for real.
If I'm remembering correctly, Valor is taken, it's a name associated with Mon-El, the Daxomite Superboy.
The same problem with tim drake
The fact that Conner is still Superboy while the Super Twins are Red Son and Starchild after one story arc is crazy to me. They could've just been the Super Twins for a while. Wally's kids are Surge and Thunderheart now too, they hate YJ characters specifically i fear
They’re still the Super Twins, that’s their own superhero names
Greta Hayes and Empress would have to agree.
Comics really should tone down with the multiverse cosmical stuff
I really do like Conner Kent superboy he's really awesome and personally for me nothing would've made me happier but to see both Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self fighting side by side as brothers and cousins because that would've been really aweosme and tons of fun to see happen, heck technically speaking we did get to see that happen in webtoon Wayne family adventures with Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self teaching Conner Kent to shave which was adorable and amazing at least in my opinion. My point is in general I really wanted both Conner Kent superboy and Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self teaching each other how to become heroes and fighting side by side and kicking ass and saving the day would be really awesome and badass in my opinion.
Crazy idea... one of the greatest tricks of Superman's disguise is no one thinks he even has a secret identity. Kryptonians have real names. Conner has a Kryptonian name and, as they're so fond of saying "It's not an S'.
I thereby suggest Conner Kent just go by Kon-El as his hero identity; No muss. No fuss. Doesn't need to grow into it. Won't grow out of it.
If he ever gets back together with Cassie again (likely... Young Justice's AU will only linger in pop consciousness so long and it keeps a damper on all the rabid Supes+Wondy shippers; always a plus in my book) she's already got a public ID and a less strong connection to her affiliated namesake too (demigoddess of pantheon associated with the Amazons who grew up as a normal teen girl, not an Amazon by birth) so they can just be Kon-El and Cassie who wear their respective team jerseys but are otherwise their own people.
Just my thought.
I think so to it’ll be more mature as well
Dc's writing rooms could've cooked if they did this.
7:58 While we're on this topic can we talk about how unoriginal Red Robin is? I've always thought Cardinal would be a better name, since it's another red bird.
When Bendis tried to change his name to Drake. He quickly backpedaled because the man is addicted to twitter and couldn't handle the mild backlash
Call Connor Tomorrow Man, I believe there is a comic where he calls himself that
His latest mini series is called superboy the man of tomorrow and it's pretty good!
Oh I was just brainstorming names to comment something and thought of that one. That's neat.
Damn, what they did to Jon's character is a travesty. You think Connor has it bad? Jon got literally shafted
Do you remeber when we had fun Damien and Superboy adventures? And then Bendis showed up, ruined him for no reason, then left?
They should give him a new code name akind to his tactile telekinesis after all if Conner desided to really pushes himself to realise his full potential and fully develope his tactile telekinesis to its limits and see what he was truly capable of doing with it he could actually become the Strongest Super-Family Member in DC comics.
I think he needs a permanent location and cast more than strength, whenever someone who isn't the mainstream protagonist of the family gets the Gohan treatment, new writers have zero idea how to continue the characters power progress.
It was the only thing that annoyed me about the YJ version of Connor as that show was pretty accurate in depicting everyone else
I read the 90s Superboy, Young Justice, Teen Titan and most Conner Kent related comics until 2016, I have authority to say I don't mind the name Superboy, doesn't mean he is not a man, nor he is inferior to Superman or Jon, I think he made it his own.
Young Justice felt like it really appreciated conner kent
0:45 you forgot "and got his ass handed to him by Aqua-Man"
Funny thing is , nobody likes what Bendis did to Jon . Not even DC which is why they use kid Jon instead of adult him for everything else (YA comics , movies , animation , figurines and etc) .
Damn that's wild lol. Get Superboy prime back to hit em with another retcon punch and make it a clone saga type deal.
Yes, make Jon a traditional sidekick to Clark & Connor the independent Sky Rocket; like a Nightwing & Robin situation. And please hire people capable of & interested in writing children because it’s a less represented trope that people love. Getting to see the children of popular super heroes grow up to be similar yet unique or sidekicks with unique backstories basically invent new types of relationships for the genre is hype.
DC has this problem all tf over the place. Three Batgirls currently, multiple Aquaman and The Flash characters at once... Their whole legacy character title situation is a mess.
I'd officially call Conner "Metropolis Kid" if I were calling it. It's a bit of a mouthful but he's used the nickname before and it'd give him his OWN identity like Nightwing got when he decided to take on a new character design and codename. Even Aqualad becoming Tempest was great, but they just don't do it anymore! The characters aren't getting new codenames anymore and I think it's because none of these characters are evolving anymore.
And if I were somehow having my say I'd want an in-universe reboot on Jon Kent as well. The Superboy of the Super Sons was far too good to just throw out like they let Bendis do so disrespectfully.
Honestly his super hero name could just be his Krpytonian name if anything.
thank you for
making a video on conner
hes gone through more disrespect than characters like nightwing which is insane considering the disrespect nightwings gotten
informing people of this so problems that dc is making for conner can be fixed is great hes already got a decent sized fanbase otherwise he wouldnt have gotten his recent miniseries now this fanbase needs to ask dc to fix their mistakes
and for a potential new name guardian would probably be fitting given kon-els history and the fact that conner considers guardian a mentor figure
guardian isnt really used anymore anyway
I absolutely HATE what they did to Jhon they ruined that character
Same here I hate it too
I had to constantly pause becouse of how lost I got hearing superboy conner Kal-el Kon-el names next to each other
I think they should call Connor Super Nova
Unfortunately, the name is already taken. During "52" Booster Gold took the name "Supernova" as a disguise while he was thought to be dead.
I’m going to be feasting on content in here. This is my kind of humor. 🤤
Same problem is on wonder girl too
Wow you're the first person I know who also has Connor as one of their favourite characters! I was introduced to Superboy for the first time in the Young justice show and then afterwards read the comics version from Geoff Johns in his Teen Titans, Adventure Comics and then Boy of Steel runs. The YJ and comics versions have quite some differences but I love both and he’s one of my favourite characters which I didn't expect at all. Now that the new 52 timeline is over I hope we can get stories with Connor, Cassie and Tim again. One of the best dynamics from the early 2000s DC and I was constantly waiting for his return throughout all of rebirth. This may be a hot take but I also thought the rivalry and feud he had with Superboy Prime was great and very interesting. It showed Prime was really just losing it and going crazy and was so on edge that he caused a war between like 4 superhero groups just to tell Connor he didn't deserve the name Superboy. When he did eventually come back I don't think he was really done that much justice and they did the weird thing where it was the same superboy who went through everything but for some reason, he reverted to looking and acting like the 90s version. I don't even know where he or Cassie are now in the comics since Bendis' mediocre Young Justice run. I honestly liked the design and character of the new 52 Kon-El version and he had some really good dynamics with new 52 Kara and some of the Titans but he was a totally different character and similarly just disappeared when rebirth started. Superman books barely sell themselves so I think it would be sick to have a book like "Superboys" where it's stories of Connor and Jon similar to Super Sons. Either that or give Connor another name that's not horrible like changing Robin to Drake or Signal or Blue Bird.
You know, if you want more stories with Tim, Conner and Cassie I really think you should read Young Justice (1998)
Just make Conner's hero name Kon-El
I think they should have kept Jon a kid and done a team-up series with him as Conner's side-kick ("Superboy Sr and Superman Jr") while Clark was lost in space. Then, when (adult) Clark comes back, introduce a time displaced 5-year old Clark, Cir-El, Chris Kent (with his pre new-52 memories restored and added to his post-rebirth memories), and Ariella Kent. From that point the series is re-titled "The legion of Superboys (and girls!!!)"
"Secret Identity" was supposed to be in its own continuity. I would've loved reading the adventures of that version of Superboy.
The problem is they don't use him enough.
Theyve made both my boys Conner and Tim pointless and redundant. To anyone who grewvup in the late 90s/early 2000s, your Robin and Superboy are OUT
Great job on this video and there’s a lot of great information in here that I didn’t even know about before so thank you for sharing it with us and I will definitely have to look into some of these older Superboy stories. I remember when I was first introduced to Superboy and why Conner Kent and his initial relationship with Cassie as Wondergirl was once really endearing and cute. There was a time when they were one of my favorite DC couples and I’m very thankful that they at least still have a lot of other fans out there who like to make up stories for them because Dc will probably never put them together again. Also it’s truly a treat to see a video promoting Conner’s character! Well done! I will definitely check out more of your videos. As for the name “Sky Rocket? I’m not sure that’s the best superhero name but if you like it then I respect you. Sounds like a little primitive to me but I respect your opinion.
Connor has been my favorite forever. I grew up with him, kind of literally he was my age in young justice and the teen titans run he was in was during my high school years.
The post Superboy resurrection was unique; regeneration until the Legion of Superheroes time, 1000 years in the future.
Ended up going back in time to before he died, so technically he was running around at the same time as his own catatonic body. Could have made for interesting stories if they expanded on it, like saving himself when he was vulnerable in the regeneration chamber. Or maybe do one with Time Police calling him a time anomaly who belongs 1000 years in the future, tries to drag him back.
Never had any of that, it was one and done forgotten.
pretty sure conner came back while his body was still dead because he saw it and used it to his advantage in blackest night
and im sure hes no longer a time anomaly because i assume his body was removed when dc rebooted
he was safe from changes while in gemworld but new52 superboy took his place in universe
Magg Visagio idea was very stupid. Is pure wagewagon and DC let her change Conner to a Trans girl, they going to give to Conner to Supergirl
It's the same with marvel. I loved Nate Grey and Ben Reilly. They killed them off then brought them back years later. They didn't have a plan, so they were just written off again.
Awesome video, love to people talk about my favorite superhero. Definitely agree that a name change for Conner would be really beneficial
if superboy prime was my waiter I would tell him to bring another RETCON to the table...these freakin writers are just f ing up the comic industry...GAY SUPERMAN ROBIN BATMAN..??...ACTIVISTS SUPERMAN..???...
Truth bro Get Super boy prime another retcon punch
Still mad they aged up Jon, SuperSons was so good, and even now at this point Damian should be like 16 already, he’s still only 14 for whatever reason, I guess they just wanted to invert the 3 year gap. Jon is fine as Superman but it was really thrust upon him not earned, with Clark, he made that name for himself, but now the next has to live up to his example, they can’t just take it. And now Kon-El joins the discarded superhero club, he should have been ditched the Superboy title if dc has had no plans to make him Superman as the new 52, they only even referenced future Conner Superman with that supersons/tim drake/Batman from the future/teen titans thing that one time in rebirth, they should just ditch Superboy, it’s not like the name is so popular they have to keep it for him, make him something else, make Kara superwoman, and make othul and ozul (the war world adopted kids) Superboy and girl, respectively
The new superboy mini series from last year is what got me back into comic books. I think it was pretty solid especially that final fight with cyborg superboy and the beam struggle they had.
At this point though I honestly can’t see Conner being called anything but superboy. Kinda like how Tim drake feels weird when they give him other identities (Red Robin is such a bad name).
The young justice show also kinda reinforced the idea that Conner is the main superboy. Plus the ending of the recent latest series has Conner being okay with the superboy name but that he should see it as something to hold him back but allow him to go out and do more then just what Clark does.
Oke superboy, you can either stay as superboy or become forcefield man.
What will it be?
The moment I saw the thumbnail I thought it said “he is not ahoy” 😂
This is absolutely amazing keep up the great work can’t wait to see more 🔥!
Agreed. This is a great retrospective on the history of Superboy.
superboy prime was the best superboy hands down seeing him body all these jackholes was glorious
Now we just need to figure out what makes Superman peanut butter so delicious.
One option that might work with Superboy (Connor Kent): Have him travel to the future and become a permanent member of The Legion of Super-Heroes as Superboy. It would get rid of all of the time-travel issues and would give Conner a true home, and a unique place in the Legion, especially since they made Mon-El just another kryptonian. A reason he would choose to travel to the 31st Century is that he feels to be out of place and redundant in the Present (there are dozens of other superheroes), and he's looking for a place where he can fit in and the Legion would be that place. One story could be where Connor finally manages to reconcile his Superman and Luthor sides, combining the best of each within himself (such as the moral compass and compassion of Superman, and the intellect and will to be the best of Luthor).
Honestly they need to give Conner a new superhero name and a place in the main DC community. And perhaps give him a new look he looks stuck in the 90s. I liked the t-shirt and jeans combo.
All these next generation heroes are just adrift in DC with no future after Geoff Johns just HAD to bring back Hal and Barry. 20 years from now Bruce will still be Batman, Peter will be Spider-Man , Clark will be Superman, and Franklin and Valeria will still be children. Dick was lucky he got to grow into his 20s. Its annoying we only ever see the teen characters as adults in alternate universes where they're evil or the apocalypse happened
I love that technically Super-boy is lex and Superman son, I guess lex used the pink kryptonite.
The reason they used Lex's DNA is to stabilize the clone. One of the things they established is that if you try and make a pure clone of Superman the clone will eventually turn into a Bizarro. By combining Superman and Luthor's DNA they created a stable clone.
This is a case of changing origins. Originally, Superboy was created by Cadmus by taking human DNA and making it as close to Kryptonian DNA. It resulted in a clone with one superpower: tactile telekinesis which allowed him to simulate some of Superman's powers.
Later, they changed it to where his DNA came from Director Westfield. Then, they changed it to where Luthor swapped out Westerfield's DNA with his own. He also installed hidden programming into Superboy's mind, to be activated by Luthor.
Keeping the leather jacket, it could be super punk I think that’s kind of cool
I have a question, Is Black Shirt superboy and Leather Jackey Superboy the same person?
Both are Conner Kent, the jacket is young Justice era and T shirt is teen Titans era whose more mature after the kents adopted him
@@HELLO_KORO oh ok thank you.
Let’s just call him corner Kent if we already know his name
Connor Kent is Connor Kent.
I really like whay young justice did with the angle of Conner being a clone of superman but still part of the family like a brother to Clark.
I wish they'd go for that, its just so compeling!
hmmm i honest i like too conner kent is really cool and amazing also he is the "superboy" of the universe and no a sidekick i think is more a super but with his own style
Comets don't "rush overhead." If they did, they'd be traveling many times faster than light. And comets don't travel faster than light.
8:19 i think it’s funny how casual you went Jason shoots people and then real disappointed when tim was gay
They made Tim gay out of nowhere. Bro was literally married to Barbara in the Arkhamverse.
@@lucklesslackey I mean that’s like a different universe from the comics
@@AJedits65 It is, but it doesn't change how Tim turning gay is weird. Jason Todd in both the Arkhamverse and Comics still stays the same as a gun wielding vigilante, why'd they decide to change things with Tim Drake out of nowhere? Most modern comic writers are just pandering to the wrong demographic at this point
@@lucklesslackey because changing Tim Drake from being gay doesn’t matter. I also think he’s bi Jason‘s main character is being the red hood Tim being gay, doesn’t really matter
It reminded me of when they made Iceman gay. Not the original Iceman who had 50 years of history, but the All New X-Men (who were just the original teen X-Men) it just felt like representation where there was none before
Good video there’s so many unexplored paths they could go with him wish they’d utilize his potential
I for one like the thought of an angsty rebellious teen Superboy finding his own path like the robins
I would love it if you also did New 52 Superboy.
evey dc character is exactly what dc editorial says they are not just superboy
after all they are all fictional
They are Never going to give Connor his own name. But who knows hopefully they do. 🤷
Superboy Prime is still my favorite Superman Variant
💯
Call this man Sentinel and expand the telekinesis, Kyle. My guy could be flying through space exploding asteroids with intrusive thoughts by now but everybody so sleepy
Sentinel isnt bad, speaks to his Guardian connection in his past.
@@Seraph3d I agree. I think the tactile telekinesis could be stretched to some force object creation. Not GL levels of object creation but a shield could be an interesting callback.
I don't know that tactile telekinesis is still the source of Conner's powerset, though. I haven't really followed comics since Infinite Crisis.
Connor Became Superman, When He Fought, Superboy Prime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conner going off into space make so much sense. Adventures in space have been part of Superman’s legacy and character as a kryptonian. Most importantly DC doesn’t have as much focus on space/cosmic based stories as marvel. Marvels got tons of cosmic empires like the kree and Skrulls, groups like the guardians of the galaxy, the star jammers,alpha flight ,the X men occasionally right now in x men red,nova,the inhumans, and more that focus on space . While for DC it’s really only the green lanterns. Space stories may happen from time to time but 9/10 times it’s the aliens coming to space or just a small limited event or focus. Having Conner have a book focusing on finding himself and in space would flesh out dc’s world outside of earth.
I thought Tana Moon was the love of his life Conner was really into her she was the first woman he met after he broke out of the lab & he went to Metropolis to find Lois. When Tana died Conner was devastated even though she was much older than him I think she was in her mid or late 20s when they met each other.
The entire Young Justice crew refuses to age or grow
There is literally no other name you can call him. That's the problem.anything they come up with will just sound silly
0:17 it was Geoff Johns additon btw, original Karl Kesel's Superboy-Connor wasn't clone of Luthor. I think he could even be Not the clone of Superman in the first place as in that comic it is not 100% if they did successfully crack Superman's DNA or just made modification on that guy's DNA close enough and called it a day
3:19 he's not dead
Right? You'd think with the amount of research put into this he'd realize it's George that's dead.
I did a little sketchbook “pitch” not long ago renaming him Supernova. It’s been used by DC but is currently available, and I think it suits Kon quite well.
@8:30 thank you! Very true. And now Supermans son is the next token
Why is it tokenism whenever a character is queer?
@@MILOPETIT because it's unnecessary and just being done to push an agenda
@@MILOPETIT I answered your question but seem some a$$/hole removed it
Coming from Young Justice this is like a mental trip.
Personally, i really enjoyed the New52 version and Young Justice animated series version
Costume-wise i liked the New 52 design the most.
Could that be because you've never read 94 superboy or 98 young justice?
I just want a Comic for my boy Superboy Kon
he recently got a miniseries
Superboy Man of tomorrow
the full series will be available on places like amazon on the 19th
I love Kon so much😭❤️
Friendly reminder that some of Brian Micheal bendis' only good work was a comic run where the protagonist was just straight up a teenager. The fuck does he mean he can't be bothered to write a child
I hope you could make a video on cassie. She's in the same spot as kon, as the writers don't know what to do with her. Especially know since they've replaced her with Yara.
Young justice season 3 one is my favourite
superhero names for conner kent (accepting suggestions): super bro, super dude, super punk, super kiddo, super rocker, super meteor, sky ripper, super rebel, rebel of steel, Super Freak (that one rick james song), super man (with an american accent), super guy, super.
I came out of this more confused
They could maybe give him the Ultraman mantle of prime Earth and make him give the code name a more heroic connotation. Or Ultra Boy, Powerboy. Or maybe even though it’s cheesy Superstar since he’s seen as more flashy especially in the 90s
@@Timepilot94 I know. However since he exists in the future, and gets very little usage they could easily give that mantle over to Connor and he could be the Ultra Boy of the modern day. I think Connor should go by Superstar though. And also explore his powers more to give him a unique identity. I’d love for him to get the Nightwing treatment and be his own hero
I love Connor . I grew up with him in the 90’s. Superboy and Supergirl are just confusing to me . I don’t even know who the current Supergirl is (Or if the original is still in continuity or not.). This was a good history . Thanks .
Kara i think. Power Girl is her from Earth 2
Kara is supergirl. She’s just Clark’s cousin. It’s as simple as that. She and power girl now co-exist, but powergirl now goes by the civilian name “Paige”( Jon gave her the name).
@@Dhampir101980 - The Supergirl that Jeph Loeb created? Is the original still retconned out of existence?
@@matthewschwartz6607 supposedly, everything is canon in DC nowadays, thanks to the last crisis event “ dark Crisis “. But given some of what Kara says and does in her one shot issue and in the Power girl miniseries, I can only surmise that the current Kara is more or less the Loeb version. But I haven’t read Supergirl since Loeb wrote her. But it is the Clark’s cousin from Argos, not the 90’s version. That’s for sure
@@Dhampir101980"dark crisis"? That sounds like a parody of late 2000s event comics. Tell me that isn't real
Why haven't they turned "Crisis on Infinite Earths" into a TV series? They have more than enough material for it, and just like it happened with Marvel not only will it satisfy viewers who haven't read the comics, but die-hard fans also... These are the stories that no one has heard of so.. fuggin' perfect.
Personally I feel like at the very least Kenan can keep the name. He's supposed to be "The Super-Man of China". So let him just BE China's Super-Man. I mean I like seeing him interact with the main super fam, but he shouldn't be a permanent metropolis mainstay. Let him go back to China and lead the JLC
As for Conner and Jon, Ive seen Sentinel and Scion thrown around as codenames. Tho personally I'd rather Jon just be a kid again and be the main Superboy as Clarks sidekick.
But if DC really wants a younger Superman for a new generation... Then why couldn't it have been Conner
That u for talking about my boy.
my head cannon is that Superboy is his given name where as Con-El or Conner Kent are alter egos...
Making Superboy trans would’ve been so stupid and idiotic and DC would’ve been set on fire
Another problem DC has had in the past they were writing two different Superboys at the same time. There was the 2003 Teen Titans version with the black shirt, because of the Titans tv show. But in the stories he was involved in like Suicide Squad, or Titans United that was MATCH Conner’s clone. A Bizzaro Superboy. So when the OG came back at the end of SS and then reintroduced in Action Comics House of Kent, he hadn’t had ANY development since pre 52 at that point.
The CassKon ship is getting wild briefly.
Super guy
"Sol-second son of krypton" idk, i feel like especially with the absolute universe going on, absolutly tale whats good and apply it to the main dc universe. I think connor going the route of a harsher john kent would make for some good stories. Not so much as they harm the super name, just bring out some questions from the other super family, maybe get some decent connor movement after they... ya know, took his pocket dimension wife and son away, they gave him his own cyborg superman in that one shot you talked about. I think a cosmic superman works, the one shot where he goes place to place on each planet is fun, i think if he met other space fairing heroes it could make for some good stories too. Have him come across more new gods n shit like that. Superman of the Stars or some shit. My boy needs some love