Even Superboy Knows His Huge Potential Is Being Wasted by DC
Warning: contains spoilers for Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2!
Even though Superboy broke onto the scene thirty years ago, even DC Comics knows he has been forgotten time and time again. Conner Kent's Superboy was a major player in the DCU for two decades before being «erased» from history in the New 52, and now he's struggling to find his place. Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2 hones in on Conner's longing for a past in which he is not only remembered, but prioritized.
Superboy (Conner Kent), a combined clone of Superman and Lex Luthor, debuted in 1993 as one of the «Supermen» that appeared after Superman's death. After Superman's return to life and Metropolis, Conner floated around, first spending time in Hawaii and then on the Kent Farm, while also working with his friends on the Young Justice and Teen Titans teams. Superboy then suffered a death of his own, saving the world during Infinite Crisis. Even though he returned to life, his history was then erased during DC's New 52 era. Conner Kent and all of his history recently returned to DC continuity, but he still struggles with just how totally the word — and his loved ones - forgot him and his impact.
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Superboy's internal struggle is on full display in Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2 by Meghan Fitzmartin, Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero, and Pat Brosseau. Superboy, Robin, and Impulse are trapped in an alternate world where 90s DC Comics continuity reigns supreme — but things feel wrong to Robin and Impulse, as though these are worse versions of their memories. Superboy, however, is shown having the time of his life, enjoying the world and the fact that he "never died here." In this world, he was never
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