Changes: Superboy (Earth-16)

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.

History

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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
- Historiography^[4]
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.^[5]

Young Justice member
This character is or was a member of Young Justice, a team of younger super-heroes and side-kicks who fight crime together separately from their adult counterparts, in any of its various incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Young Justice members" category.

[1] Young Justice (Volume 2) #1

[2] "Eminent Threat"

[3] "Terminus"

[4] "Targets"

[5] Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Satisfaction

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 | RealName                = Superboy
 | CurrentAlias            = Superboy
-| Aliases                 = [[Conner Kent]], Project Kr, [[Tommy Terror (Earth-16)|Tommy Terror]], Dean Danger, The Weapon, [[Kon-El]]
+| Aliases                 = Project Kr; The Weapon; [[Conner Kent]]; [[Tommy Terror (Earth-16)|Tommy Terror]]; Dean Danger; [[Kon-El]]
 | Identity                = Secret
 | Alignment               = Good
-| Affiliation             = [[Team (Earth-16)|The Team]]
+| Affiliation             = [[Outsiders (Earth-16)|Outsiders]]; formerly [[Team (Earth-16)|The Team]]
-| Relatives               = [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman (Clark Kent)]] (Kryptonian template), [[Alexander Luthor (Earth-16)|Lex Luthor]] (Human template), [[Match (Earth-16)|Match]] ("brother") <br> [[M'gann M'orzz (Earth-16)|Miss Martian]] (fiancée)
+| Relatives               = [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Kal-El]] (kryptonian template/"brother");<br>[[Alexander Luthor (Earth-16)|Lex Luthor]] (human template);<br>[[Match (Earth-16)|Match]] (fellow clone);<br>[[M'gann M'orzz (Earth-16)|M'gann M'orzz]] (fiancée)
 | Universe                = Earth-16
-| BaseOfOperations        = [[Mount Justice]]
+| BaseOfOperations        = [[Happy Harbor]]
 | Gender                  = Male
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 | First                   = Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Independence Day
 | Last                    =
-| HistoryText             =
-===Beginnings===
-Project Kr, also known as "the Superboy" or "the Weapon", was a covert operation run by [[ Project Cadmus (Earth-16)|Project Cadmus]], a genetics lab, to clone [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]] if he should die or "turn from the light".  In 16 weeks, the clone was grown to the approximate age of a 16-year old. However, as a result of his suppressed Kryptonian DNA, he does not have all of Superman's powers. When a fire on the street level of the lab attracted the attention of [[Kaldur'ahm (Earth-16)|Aqualad]], [[Wallace West (Earth-16)|Kid Flash]], and [[Richard Grayson (Earth-16)|Robin]], he was freed and joined their team.<ref>"[[Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Independence Day|Independence Day]]"</ref>
+| Quotation               = I swear, no one makes my head spin like that kid. No one.
-===In the Team===
+| Speaker                 = [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]]
-Superboy's nonexistent relationship with Superman takes its toll on him, as he ignores [[Dinah Lance (Earth-16)|Black Canary]]'s training and becomes more angry and irrational. He later learned of his human parentage from [[Alexander Luthor (Earth-16)|Lex Luthor]] and sought greater power by suppressing his human side with a drug he called "Shields". He uses the Shields in patches that, while giving him full Kryptonian powers, makes him angrier and irrational. He comes clean to the team about his human parentage and his use of Shields. Following Superboy's lead [[Artemis Crock (Earth-16)|Artemis]] then reveals her secret, family consists of mostly villains. Finally [[M'gann M'orzz (Earth-16)|Miss Martian]] comes clean about her being a white martian and is being blackmailed by [[Queen Bee (Earth-16)|Queen Bee]], rather than a green Martian like her uncle the [[J'onn J'onzz (Earth-16)|Martian Manhunter]]. Superboy tells her that he has known for sometime and accepts her for who she is. They had all been called to an [[Santa Prisca]] by their villainous connections, and set a trap with the team for them.
+| QuoteSource             = Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Quiet Conversations
+| Overview                =
-===5 Years Later===
+'''Superboy''', also known as '''Project Kr''', '''Kon-El''' and '''Conner Kent''', is a binary clone created by [[Project Cadmus (Earth-16)|Project Cadmus]] with genetic material from [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]] and [[Alexander Luthor (Earth-16)|Lex Luthor]]. He is a founding member of [[Team (Earth-16)|the Team]], the [[Justice League (Earth-16)|Justice League]]'s covert operations team.
-Miss Martian began using her powers to rip Intel from the mind without concern of what happens to their psyches, Superboy dumped her hoping that he was important enough for her to stop. She tried to alter his mind to make him forget he was angry at her, this greatly hurts Kon-El emotionally as he instantly recognizes her touch inside his mind. He and Superman have become very close, even calling each other brothers, they work very well fighting together. He, [[Richard Grayson (Earth-16)|Nightwing]], and [[M'gann M'orzz (Earth-16)|Miss Martian]] have been invited to join the [[Justice League (Earth-16)|Justice League]] but all three said they were happy were they are.
+| HistoryText             =
-In the season finale Kon-El and M'gann realized they still loved each other and got back together following the death of Wally West.
 | Powers                  =
 *{{Unique Physiology|Cloned Kryptonian Physiology}}: Because of Cadmus inability to successfully clone [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]] Conner's DNA had to be stabilized with the genes of [[Alexander Luthor (Earth-16)|Lex Luthor]], making Conner a human/kryptonian hybrid.
 **{{Energy Absorption|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 Immunity|Toxic Resistance}} <ref>{{c|Young Justice Vol 2 1}}</ref>
-*** {{Superhuman Speed}}: While not as fast as a speedster Superboy is still far faster than common humans.
+*** {{Superhuman Speed}}: While not as fast as a speedster, Superboy is still far faster than common humans.
 *** {{Enhanced Vision|Multi-Sensory Vision}}
 *** {{Enhanced Hearing|Superhuman Hearing}}
+*** {{Decelerated Aging}}
-*** {{Super-Leaping}}: Thanks to his powerful muscles Superboy is able to launch himself into the air at great speed.
 | Abilities               =
-*{{Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)}}: Trained by Black Canary in the art of combat.
+* {{Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)}}: Trained by Black Canary in the art of combat.
 ** {{Boxing}}<ref>"[[Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Eminent Threat|Eminent Threat]]"</ref>
+* {{Espionage}}
-*{{Multilingualism}}: G-Gnomes programmed him to be able to speak Atlantean.
+** {{Deception}}
+** {{Disguise}}
+* {{Leadership}}<ref>"[[Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Terminus|Terminus]]"</ref>
+* {{Genius Level Intellect}}
+**{{Historiography}}<ref>"[[Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Targets|Targets]]"</ref>
+* {{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|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.
+* {{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.
 | Equipment               =
-*'''Shield Patches''':{{Formerly}} In order to combat his doppleganger Match, Lex Luthor had given Connor 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 Connor's human DNA for an hour to unlock potential powers. Prolonged usage impacted heavily on Connor's rage, however it enhanced the powers he has and granted him the other following powers:
+*'''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'''
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  | Media       = Young Justice
  }}
-* Superboy was voiced by [[Actors:Nolan North|Nolan North]], who also provided the voice of [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]].
+* Superboy was voiced by [[Nolan North|Nolan North]], who also provided the voice of [[Kal-El (Earth-16)|Superman]].
 | Trivia                  =
+* Conner's "birthday" is March 21, 2010.<ref>{{c|Young Justice (TV Series) Episode: Satisfaction}}</ref>
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