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    Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Superboy Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy Matthew PetersonMarch 25, 20213 Comments1 Min Read

    The most recent iteration of the Legion of Super-Heroes is led by Jonathan Kent, the son of Superman himself.  Seventy-odd years ago, Papa Kent joined the original Legion, and in-between a different Superboy headlined a completely different LSH.  It’s pretty much expected that there be a Super-Person in the Legion, save for a brief period in the mid-80s where the editorial teams weren’t playing nice, but WHICH Superboy (or Supergirl) tends to vary.  Of course, you don’t even have to know anything about the Legion to play a little game I like to call Father, Son or Clone, leading to today’s Kryptonian query…

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) has a soft spot for Kon-El, simply because of the cool and utterly unnecessary leather jacket, asking: Which Superboy is your favorite: Young Clark, Kon-El or Jon Kent?

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    3 Comments

    1. Dan on March 25, 2021 8:13 am

      Being a child of the 90s, Kon-El/Connor Kent all the way. Don’t call him Superboy(tm)!

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    2. Daniel Langsdale on March 25, 2021 11:07 am

      Superboy the father is really just more Superman, except because it’s in the past there’s even less of a worry that something really bad will happen to him.

      Superboy the clone is a clever way to have a unique character in the present with a nice sense of risk that anything could happen.

      Superboy the son is a solid way to blend the first two, giving us a unique new personality that still has the cornfed upbringing by good-hearted parents as his guiding light.

      TLDR: Jon Kent.

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    3. Jarmo Seppänen on March 25, 2021 1:23 pm

      Jon Kent is the most interesting. Also, a fun fact: In Finland, first issue of Superboy was released in 1961 and it was mistakenly translated as “The son of Superman”. It continued to be this way all the way to at least 70’s. There was also Superman book, which of course often contradicted with the whole “son” concept, but nobody cared back then.

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