Superboy (Earth-16)

History

Superboy, also known as Project Kr, Kon-El and Conner Kent, is a binary clone created by Project Cadmus with genetic material from Superman and Lex Luthor. He is a founding member of the Team, the Justice League's covert operations team.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Cloned Kryptonian Physiology: Because of Cadmus inability to successfully clone Superman Conner's DNA had to be stabilized with the genes of Lex Luthor, making Conner a human/kryptonian hybrid.
  • Solar Energy Absorption: Like Superman, Superboy's cells process and store yellow sunlight in order to fuel his powers.
    • Superhuman Strength: Superboy possesses incredible levels of strength, he is able to tear tanks to pieces with his bare hands and has traded blows with incredibly powerful enemies.
      • Super-Leaping: Thanks to his powerful muscles Superboy is able to launch himself into the air at great speed.
    • Superhuman Stamina
    • Superhuman Durability: Thanks to his kryptonian genes Superboy is nearly invulnerable, bullets and explosives do little to no damage to him and he has been able to take blows from mutants, Atlanteans, Kryptonians and other aliens without any serious injuries.
      • Toxic Resistance ^[1]
    • Superhuman Speed: While not as fast as a speedster, Superboy is still far faster than common humans.
    • Multi-Sensory Vision
    • Superhuman Hearing
    • Decelerated Aging

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic): Trained by Black Canary in the art of combat.
  • Boxing^[2]
• Espionage
  • Deception
  • Disguise
• Leadership^[3]
• Genius Level Intellect
• Multilingualism: G-Gnomes programmed him to be able to speak Atlantean.
• Mechanical Engineering: An expert in repairing motor bikes.
• Pedagogy

Weaknesses

• Vulnerability to Fail-safe(Formerly): Luthor has implanted in Superboy's subconscious voice activated fail-safes that can shut him down on command. It was later removed from his mind by Miss Martian.
• Vulnerability to Kryptonite: Like all kryptonians, Superboy is vulnerable to exposure to Kryptonite, but because of his hybrid physiology of being half human he is not as adversely affected by the substance as Superman. Though he did comment how much it hurt to be exposed to kryptonite.
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Shield Patches:(Formerly) In order to combat his doppleganger Match, Lex Luthor had given Conner a set of patches called "Shields". These shields were shaped in the form of diamond used by the House of El and designed to negate Conner's human DNA for an hour to unlock potential powers. Prolonged usage impacted heavily on Conner's rage, however it enhanced the powers he has and granted him the other following powers:
  • Heat Vision
  • Flight
  • X-Ray Vision
    

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Young Justice and its tie-in comic book series. It is an adaptation of Conner Kent/Superboy. The original character was created by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett and first appeared in Adventures of Superman #500.
• Superboy was voiced by Nolan North, who also provided the voice of Superman.
  

Trivia

• Conner's "birthday" is March 21, 2010.^[4]

Related

• 86 Appearances of Superboy (Earth-16)
• 12 Images featuring Superboy (Earth-16)
• 3 Quotations by or about Superboy (Earth-16)
• Character Gallery: Superboy (Earth-16)

Footnotes

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