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comics Respect Superboy (Kon-El) (DC, Post Crisis)
Respect Superboy
General Information
Name: Superboy, Kon-El, Conner Kent
Nationality: American
Weaknesses: Kryptonite, Red Solar Radiation
Bio: A clone of Superman and Lex Luther, made after Superman's death. He briefly served as Superman before moving to Hawaii. While his powers were originally solely derived from his TTK, he currently has some kryptonian powers as well.
Thanks /u/Terrwolf for letting me redo this RT
Superboy has a number of power changes/increases, as such the era of feats are labelled to indicate when they occurred. A key can be found below:
[Depowered] - When he briefly lost his powers
[OG] - Originally he only had access to powers derived from his Tactile Telekinesis
[Pre] - Before his death at the hands of Superboy Prime some of Superboy's kryptonian abilities developed, including physicals derived from his physiology and heat vision
[Post] - After his resurrection Superboy's physicals increased and he gained freeze breath
[Rebirth] - Taking place after he spent years trapped on Gemworld, Superboy has presumably increased in power.
[BL] - When he was a Black Lantern
[Clone] - A clone of Conner named Match was made by a shadowy industrial military complex.
[Adult] - Klarion deaged all the adult superheroes and aged up all the teen/kid superheroes, Superboy briefly had his full capability
Background
General
History
Overview of his history - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
History/Background - Young Justice Secret Files
History up through his death at the hands of Superboy Prime - The DC Encyclopedia
Willpower
[Post] Breaks free of the mental influence of the Red Mercy - Superboy (2011) #7
[Post] Resist the influence of a Black Lantern ring, and was able to exert some control of himself - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
- [Post] Resists BL ring more, carving a message to Wondergirl using his heat vision - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
[Post] After being controlled by Luther he visited a ton of psychics and strengthened his mind against mind control, which is what allows him to resist a Black Lantern ring - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
Skill
[Depowered] Takes out 100 aliens in close quarter combat - Superboy (1994) #78
[Post] Uses some type of ear clap to hurt a foe - Superman 80 Page Giant (2011)
Misc
[OG] Flight seems to make it so he can't fall - Young Justice (1998) #9
[OG] Can pronounce Mxy's name correctly - Supergirl (1996) #76
[Post] Can whistle at a pitch too high for humans to hear - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
Physiology
Dynamic
[OG] Powers were original derived from a telekinetic aura that was copied from Superman - Adventures of Superman (1987) #506
[OG] Description of his powers - Superboy (1994) #32
[OG] Briefly due to a complication of his powers he was incapable of aging - Superboy (1994) #41
[Pre] Doesn't absorb solar radiation as fast as Superman, and if he runs out his body starts cannibalizing itself for energy - Robin (1993) #146
Weaknesses
[OG] Kryptonite weakens him - JLA: World Without Grown Ups #1
- [OG] Again - Superboy/Robin: Worlds Finest Three #2
[Post] Tactile Telekinesis unaffected by Krypton like conditions - Adventure Comics (2009) #10
[Post] Kryptonite vision weakens him- Teen Titans (2003) #87
Senses
Sight
[Pre] Sees through clothing - Teen Titans (2003) #16
[Pre] Has X-ray vision - Convergence: Superboy #1
[Post] Sees Ma Kent falling from far away - Superboy (2011) #1
[Post] Has X-ray vision - Adventure Comics (2009) #1
[Post] Uses X-ray vision to see inside a device - Superboy (2011) #2
[Rebirth] [Clone] Uses X-Ray vision to determine how a person is phasing - Suicide Squad (2021) #6
[Rebirth] Tracks an assassin - Titans United #2
Hearing
[Pre] Can hear Superman's ultrasonic whistle - Teen Titans (2003) #7
[Pre] Finds Tim Drake by listening to every voice across Gotham - Teen Titans (2003) #14
[Pre] Hears whispering at a decent distance away - Teen Titans (2003) #17
[Post] Hears something far away, that only Superman also hears - Blackest Night: Superman #1
[Post] Can hear radio waves - Teen Titans (2003) #84
[Post] Can hear heartbeats - Teen Titans (2003) #85
Physicals
Strength
Lifting/Pulling/Pushing
Vehicles
[OG] Lifts a rowboat with a finger - Superboy (1994) #0
[OG] Stops a car - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Lifts a car with people in it - Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
[OG] Lifts/pushes a small train engine - Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
[OG] Redirects a very large missile - Adventures of Superman (1987) #504
[OG] Helps Pre-Crisis Superboy lift a medium sized airplane - Superboy (1994) #8
[OG] Lifts a car - Superboy (1994) #8
[OG] Lifts a helicopter - Superboy (1994) #24
[OG] Catches a falling car - Action Comics (1938) #689
[OG] Lifts a car underwater - Action Comics (1938) #689
[OG] Helps stop a landing airplane - Superboy (1994) #42
[OG] Catches a falling bus - Superboy (1994) #82
[OG] Lifts a large yacht - Action Comics (1938) #700
[Pre] Lifts a tractor - Superman (1987) #220
[Rebirth] Lifts a car - Young Justice (2019) #17
Tactile Telekinesis (TTK) Assisted
[OG] Lifts a chunk of the street- Superboy (1994) #25
[OG] Holds up part of a roof of a building via TTK - Adventures of Superman (1987) Annual #5
[OG] Pulls a medium sized boat - Superboy (1994) #52
[OG] Lifts a large tanker truck - The Ray (1994) #2
[OG] Holds up a falling wall - Superboy (1994) #80
[OG] With a ton of effort lifts a huge building - Young Justice (1998) #2
[OG] Slows down a train - Steel (1994) #46
Other
[OG] Clings to a large rocket in flight - Adventures of Superman (1987) #504
[OG] Lifts a large rock - Superboy (1994) #32
[OG] Lifts a whale - Superboy (1994) #28
[OG] Lifts a large robot - Superboy (1994) #100
[OG] Pushes Brimstone over - The Ray (1994) #1
[OG] Lifts Brimstone - The Ray (1994) #1
[OG] Lifts two elephants - Young Justice (1998) #6
[OG] Lifts a large barge - Blood Pack #2
[Rebirth] [Clone] Tears a bank vault door off its hinges and throws it across a room - Suicide Squad (2021) #6
Throwing
[OG] Flings a jeep - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Chucks a car at Parasite - Superboy (1994) #6
[OG] Throws a large tree - Superboy (1994) #10
[OG] Throws a large enemy into a van - Superboy (1994) #16
[OG] Flings some large chunks of road - Superboy (1994) #17
[OG] Throws a giant boulder far - Superboy (1994) #51
[OG] Throws a giant dragon down through part of a roof - Superboy (1994) #55
[OG] Catches and throws a car - Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #100
[Pre] Throws a huge piece of concrete - Teen Titans (2003) #24
[Rebirth] [Clone] Lifts the Daily Planet planet and throws it down to the ground with enough force to create a large crater - War for Earth 3 #1
Striking
Earthen Material
[OG] Shatters a large stone - Superboy (1994) #3
[OG] Destroys a large rock - Superboy (1994) #41
[OG] Punches through a stone wall - Superboy (1994) #67
[OG] Destroys a rock thrown at him - Superboy (1994) #62
[OG] Hits the Ray back far creating a shallow trench - The Ray (1994) #1
[OG] Hits Supergirl back creating a crater - Young Justice (1998) #13
[Clone] Punches Wonder Girl through crystal - Teen Titans (2003) #44
[Post] Craters stone - Teen Titans (2003) #97
[Rebirth] Obliterates a mass of debris - Titans United #5
Concrete/Asphalt
[OG] Hits a foe into concrete - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Destroys the road by slamming a monster into it - Superboy (1994) #10
[OG] Fractures part of the road - Superboy (1994) #17
[Pre] Slams Deathstroke into a road, cracking it - Teen Titans (2003) #5
[Pre] In a flashback, he punches Wonedergirl far back through a concrete wall - Teen Titans (2003) #26
[Clone] Craters Beast Boy into the ground - Teen Titans (2003) #47
[Post] Craters the ground - Superboy (2011) #1
[Rebirth] [Clone] Punches a huge hole in a concrete wall - Suicide Squad (2021) #2
[Rebirth] [Clone] Punches a giant monster down, massively cratering the ground - Suicide Squad (2021) #7
[Rebirth] Hits a monster down, cratering the ground - Young Justice (2019) #16
[Rebirth] Bodyslams Red Hood into a wall - Titans United #6
Metal
[OG] Punches through a metal door - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Destroys a car - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Punches a hole in a submarine - Young Justice: No Man's Land Special
[Clone] Punches Cyborg back, through a door, embedding him in a wall - Titans (2008) #6
[Pre] Destroys a large piece of metal against Kingdom Come Superman - Convergence: Superboy #2
[Post] Crushes a boat against Doomsday - Superboy (2011) #6
[Post] Punches into a spaceship - Superboy (2011) #7
[Rebirth] Punches through a wall - Young Justice (2019) #3
[Rebirth] Punches a large hole in a wall - Young Justice (2019) #3
[Rebirth] Destroys a suit of armor - Young Justice (2019) #4
[Rebirth] Punches Earth-3 Superboy through the Daily Planet globe - Young Justice (2019) #8
[Rebirth] [Clone] Destroys a bank vault wall - Suicide Squad ( 2021) #11
Other
[OG] Hits a foe through 3 brick walls - JLA: World Without Grown Ups #1
[OG] Hits a foe back into a car - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Shatters a frozen telephone pole - Superboy (1994) #26
[Post] Creates a shockwave that knocks over Psycho Pirate - Blackest Night: Superman #3
[BL] Slams through the top of the Fortress of Solitude - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
[Rebirth] Hits a building sized stone monster over - Young Justice (2019) #6
[Rebirth] Knocks over + KOs a T-Rex - Young Justice (2019) #12
[Rebirth] Hits the ground with enough force to launch Donna Troy- Titans United #5
Scaling
[OG] Hurts Despero - Young Justice (1998) #6
[OG] Hurts Aquaman - Aquaman (1994) #3
[Pre] Hurts Superboy Prime - Infinite Crisis #6
[Pre] Draws blood from the Persuader - Teen Titans/Legion Special
[Clone] Hurts Miss Martian - Teen Titans (2003) #47
[Post] Draws blood from Superboy Prime - Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #4
[Post] Hurts a young Darkseid - The Legion #30
[Post] Hurts a young Darkseid again, and pushes him into a Boom Tube - The Legion #30
[Post] Hurts Singularity - The Legion #33
[Post] Draws blood from his own clone - Teen Titans (2003) #99
[Post] Draws blood from Superman - Blackest Night: Superman #2
[Post] Takes out a Kryptonian - Supergirl (2003) #51
Flying Slams
Rock/Asphalt/Concrete
[OG] Hits a monster through a roof - Adventures of Superman (1987) Annual #5
[OG] Craters the ground - Superboy (1994) #8
[OG] Hits a foe through a concrete floor - Young Justice (1998) #18
[Pre] Slams KC Superman destroying part of a building - Convergence: Superboy #2
[Post] Slams a foe, creating a crater in a wall - Teen Titans (2003) #95
[Post] Flies through a large rock monsters - Action Comics (1938) #892
- [Post] Obliterates a dozen rock monsters - Action Comics (1938) #892
[Post] Destroys part of the viewing area for Mount Rushmore - Superman: War of the Supermen #3
[BL] Slams Wondergirl into the ground, obliterating it and hurting her - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
[Rebirth] [Clone] Hit Superboy through multiple thick walls and craters the ground, uncolored art - Suicide Squad (2021) Annual #1
[Rebirth] Makes a long trench in the ground using his Earth-3 counterpart then throws him into a metal water tower - Young Justice (2019) #10
[Rebirth] [Clone] Slams Earth-3 Superwoman through multiple concrete walls - War for Earth 3 #1
[Rebirth] Obliterates part of a street, sending people flying with the shockwave - Titans United #4
Metal
[OG] Flies through a metal wall - Superboy (1994) #29
[OG] Punches through metal - Superboy and The Ravers #14
Other
[OG] Collapses a wooden building - Superboy/Robin: Worlds Finest Three #2
[Pre] Bodyslams a giant into a barn - Action Comics (1938) #823
[Post] Flies a large metal fist into Doomsday - Superboy (2011) #6
Ripping/Tearing
[OG] Ripped through a titanium clamp - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Breaks out of restraints - Superboy (1994) #15
[OG] Breaks out of metal tentacles - Superboy (1994) #15
[OG] Snaps off a pipe on a car - Superboy (1994) #6
[OG] Tears through a metal wall - Superboy (1994) #36
[OG] Rips the top of a car off - Superboy (1994) #38
[OG] Rips a metal door off its hinges - Superboy (1994) #67
[OG] Tears a buried vehicle out - Young Justice (1998) #1
[OG] Rips a tree from its roots and uses it like a club - Superboy/Robin: Worlds Finest Three #2
[OG] Rips open a bank vault - Team Superman
[Clone] Tears through a metal wall - Titans (2008) #7
[Post] Rips open a metal wall - Superboy (2011) #7
[Post] Shreds a Brainiac drone - Adventure Comics (2009) #9
[Rebirth] Tears up the ground - Young Justice (2019) #4
Grip Strength
[OG] Crushes a revolver - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Crushes a gun - Superboy (1994) #16
[OG] Bends a gun - Young Justice: No Man's Land Special
[Post] Crushes the head of a Brainiac drone - Adventure Comics (2009) #10
[Rebirth] Blocks a punch from a guard, crumpling and crushing his metal armor - Young Justice (2019) #6
Other
[OG] Tied metal piping into a bow - Superboy (1994) #0
[OG] Accelerates a surfboard to destroy a boat - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Bends metal around a foe - Showcase '96 #8
[OG] Tears a canal through asphalt - Young Justice (1998) #14
[OG] Pushes Guardian hard enough against concrete to crack it - Secret Origins 80-Page Giant
[OG] Wraps metal tubing around Guardian - Secret Origins 80-Page Giant
[Pre] Thunderclap knocks Robin over - Teen Titans (2003) #25
[Adult] Lands hard enough to warp a metal mech slightly - Sins of Youth: Superman Jr and Superman Sr.
[Rebirth] Thunderclaps tears up part of a street and sends Donna Troy flying back - Titans United #5
Durability
Blunt Force
Objective
[OG] Thrown into a watertower - Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
[OG] Takes a hit that sends him flying through part of a house - Superboy (1994) #34
[OG] Takes being hit through a dock - Icon #15
[Pre] Takes being hit back, through a wooden house and a water tank - Action Comics (1938) #822
[Pre] While disguised as Robin, takes being blasted back a far distance through a billboard - Robin (1993) #141
[Post] Gets hit through a house, and multiple times by Brainiac - Adventure Comics (2009) #6
[OG] Survives having a huge chunk of rock thrown at him by Cyborg Superman - Adventures of Superman (1987) #503
[OG] Is hit back through a wall - Young Justice (1998) #2
[OG] Gets hit back into a pillar - Batgirl (2000) #41
[OG] Takes falling and cratering the ground - Wonder Woman (1987) #153
[Post] Gets hit through 5 walls - Teen Titans (2003) #93
[Post] Takes being cratered - Action Comics (1938) #892
[Rebirth] [Clone] Takes being cratered into the ground by Major Force - Suicide Squad (2021) #11
[Rebirth] [Clone] Got hit by Power Ring to the Earth's core - War for Earth 3 #1
[OG] Gets hit through the corner of a building - Superboy (1994) #0
[OG] Craters the road + gets hit into a Jeep - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Gets blasted back through part of a building - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Gets launched far, cracking the road - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Takes a hit that tears up a road - Superboy (1994) #6
[OG] Takes a hit that destroys part of a street - Superboy (1994) #16
[OG] He's slammed through part of a building - The Power Company: Striker Z
[OG] Gets cratered by amped gravity - Superboy (1994) #82
[OG] Takes a hit that cracks asphalt - Superboy (1994) #37
[OG] Takes being slammed through part of a building - Adventures of Superman (1987) Annual #5
[OG] Falls hard enough to crater asphalt - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Gets blasted through a wall - Adventures of Superman (1987) #506
[OG] Gets sent through a wall - Aquaman (1994) #3
[Pre] Takes being slammed through multiple trees and a street by Superboy Prime - Teen Titans (2003) #32
[Pre] Takes being thrown through a semi truck and a building, tearing up the ground - Action Comics (1938) #815
[Clone] Gets punched through a wall by Wonder Girl - Teen Titans (2003) #45
[Post] Gets hit by Doomsday through a bridge - Superboy (2011) #6
[Post] Gets slammed through a pillar - Superboy (2011) #9
[Post] Gets punted by Doomsday, destroying part of a street - Superboy (2011) #6
[Rebirth] [Clone] Withstands a beating from Earth 3 Ultraman that destroyed the top of a skyscraper - Suicide Squad (2021) #6
[Rebirth] [Clone] Takes slamming into the ground with enough force to crater it and throw a nearby car into the air - Suicide Squad (2021) #13
[Rebirth] Takes a hit from Earth-3 Wonder Girl through a building - Young Justice (2019) #8
[Rebirth] Withstands being slammed through multiple thick concrete walls and cratered into the ground, uncolored art - Suicide Squad (2021) Annual #1
[Rebirth] While weakened survived a fall that creates a massive crater. Starfire states that she was shocked it was even possible to KO him - Titans United #1
[OG] A car crashes into him, destroying itself - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Takes a hit that destroys a bus - Superboy (1994) #18
[OG] Takes having a car slammed on his head - Superboy (1994) #2
[OG] Takes being with enough force to knock over/damage a car - Superboy (1994) #6
[OG] A metal arm shatters against him - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Gets kicked through a metal ceiling - Superboy (1994) #90
[OG] Takes being hit hard enough to warp a car - Superboy (1994) #54
[OG] Slammed into a car hood, warping it - Showcase '96 #8
[OG] Gets hit through the roof of a car - Superboy/Risk Double Shot
[Pre] Takes a truck thrown at him - Teen Titans (2003) #5
[Pre] Takes being thrown with enough force to warp a tractor - Action Comics (1938) #823
[Pre] Takes Superboy Prime chucking cars at him - Infinite Crisis #4
[Pre] KC Superman hits him with an airplane, destroying it - Convergence: Superboy #2
[Pre] Superboy Prime hits him hard enough to destroy a car and part of a building - Infinite Crisis #4
[Post] Takes being hit back by Parasite, crumpling a tractor - Superboy (2011) #1
[Post] Takes a tractor being thrown at him hard enough to obliterate it - Action Comics (1938) #892
[OG] Takes a building collapsing on his head - Adventures of Superman (1987) Annual #5
[OG] Survived a bridge collapsing on him - Action Comics (1938) #689
[OG] Takes being hit back far - Superboy (1994) #37
[OG] Takes being stepped on by a giant robot, repeatedly - Supergirl (1996) #76
[Pre] Survives having a huge piece of ice dropped on him - Superman (1987) #220
[Pre] Takes a jet slamming into him - Teen Titans (2003) #50
[Rebirth] If he didn't roll with Nightwing's kick it would've broken his ankle - Titans United #6
Scaling
[OG] Survives a beating from Pre-Crisis Superboy - Superboy (1994) #8
[OG] Takes a series of hits from Cyborg Superman - Adventures of Superman (1987) #503
[OG] Takes a number of hits from his clone, Match - Superboy (1994) #74
[OG] Takes two hits from Despero - Young Justice (1998) #6
[OG] Takes a hit from Aquaman - Aquaman (1994) #3
- Again - Aquaman (1994) #3
[Pre] Takes a hit from Wonder Girl - Outsiders (2003) #25
[Pre] Takes a hit from Gog - Action Comics (1938) #816
- [Pre] Again - Action Comics (1938) #816
[Pre] Takes a beating from Eradicator, through a lot of ice - Superman (1987) #220
[Pre] While it does kill him, he takes a beating from Superboy Prime - Infinite Crisis #6
[Pre] Takes a punch from KC Superman - Convergence: Superboy #2
[Clone] Takes a hit from Donna Troy - Titans (2008) #7
[Post] Takes a hit from Doomsday - Superboy (2011) #6
[Post] Takes a hit from SBP - Teen Titans (2003) #100
[Post] Takes a hit from Doomsday - Action Comics (1938) #901
[Post] Takes a hit from Black Lantern Kal-L (Pre-Crisis Earth 2 Superman) - Blackest Night: Superman #2
[Rebirth] Eats a series of hits from his clone, Match (Note: Match is taking a serum to make him identical to Superboy) - Suicide Squad (2021) Annual #1
[Rebirth] Takes a hit from Donna Troy- Titans United #5
Explosives
[OG] Tanks a small explosion - Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
[OG] Takes an explosion that takes out a small building - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Takes three grenades - Superboy (1994) #53
[OG] Tanks some mini missiles - Superboy (1994) #79
[OG] Takes a large sodium explosion - Superboy (1994) #85
Piercing
Bullets
[OG] Tanks automatic gunfire - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Tanks pistolfire - Adventures of Superman (1987) #506
[OG] Tanks bullets - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Unaffected by being shot in the head - Superboy (1994) #16
[OG] Tanks near point blank gunfire - Superboy (1994) #19
[OG] Tanks gunfire - Superboy (1994) #32
[OG] Bullets bounce harmlessly off his head - Superboy (1994) #95
[OG] Bullets bounce off his chest - Superboy (1994) #29
[OG] Tanks a point blank rifle shot - Superboy (1994) #44
[OG] When weakened takes a ton of gunfire - Superboy (1994) #51
[OG] Pistolfire bounces off him - Young Justice (1998) #1
[OG] Bullets do nothing - Superboy and The Ravers #9
[OG] Tanks some type of titanium bullet - Secret Origins 80-Page Giant
Other
[OG] A knife fails to cut him - Superboy (1994) #1
[OG] Tanks a van with spikes on it crushing - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] A T-Rex's bite can't cut him - Superboy (1994) Annual #4
[OG] Kid Shark fails to bite him - Superboy (1994) #32
[OG] King Shark allegedly can't bite him - Superboy (1994) #67
[OG] No non magical blade can cut him - Showcase '96 #6
[OG] Tanks a hail of darts - Superboy and The Ravers #4
[Pre] A Batarang shatters against him - Teen Titans (2003) #25
[Rebirth] [Clone] Even with a strong/sharp enough needle, super strength is still required to drive it through Match's skin - Suicide Squad (2021) #2
[Rebirth] Lady Vic's dagger bounces harmlessly off him, they can fully embed themselves in a wall - Titans United #6, 4
Heat
[OG] Stands on lava - Superboy (1994) #3
[OG] Takes direct contact with Brimstone - The Ray (1994) #1 [scaling]
[OG] Is fine after being lit on fire - Superboy (1994) #29
[OG] Takes a lava blast - Superboy (1994) #33
[OG] Takes a laser that vaporized part of a tree - Superboy (1994) #35
[OG] Takes a "Lava bomb" - Blood Pack #2
[Pre] Tanks Fireflies flamethrower - Action Comics (1938) #818
[Clone] Takes a starbolt from Starfire - Titans (2008) #7
[Post] Tanks a lava plume - Teen Titans (2003) #85
[Post] Tanks a large fireball - Teen Titans (2003) #82
[Post] Takes heat vision from BL Kal-L - Blackest Night: Superman #2
[BL] Takes Krypto's heat vision - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
[Rebirth] [Clone] Withstood the heat of the Earth's core - War for Earth 3 #1
Cold
[OG] Takes contact with Killer Frost when she was cold enough to passively create a blizzard on Hawaii - Superboy (1994) #22
[OG] Takes being frozen solid - Superboy (1994) #81
[Clone] Freezes himself solid - Titans (2008) #7
[Rebirth] [Clone] Fine being frozen - Suicide Squad (2021) #6
Electricity
[Depowered] Takes a taser arrow - Young justice (1998) #24
[OG] Survives the electricity from a power line - Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
[OG] Takes direct contact with a power cable that has enough energy to overload Parasite - Superboy (1994) #6
[OG] Takes a series of electric shocks from Neon - Superboy (1994) #17
[OG] Tanks a huge electric blast from Neon by floating - Superboy (1994) #17
[OG] Takes an electric blast from Sparx - Superboy (1994) #28
[OG] Barely takes a lightning strike - Superboy and The Ravers #18
[Pre] Tanks the lasso of lightning - Teen Titans (2003) #24
- [Pre] Full power - Teen Titans (2003) #25
[Post] Takes a lightning storm that KO's Wonder Girl, Bast Boy, Kid Flash and Static Shock - Teen Titans (2003) #84, 85
[BL] Takes the Lasso of Lightning - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
Poison/Toxins
[OG] Stays conscious against a drug, displaying uncharted levels of stamina - Superboy (1994) #85
[OG]Tanks some form of knock out gas - Superboy (1994) #97
[Pre] Normal painkillers don't work on him - Robin (1993) #146
Other
[OG] A lot of radiation doesn't do much - Superboy/Robin: Worlds Finest Three #1
[Clone] Takes a sonic cannon from Cyborg - Teen Titans (2003) #46
[Post] Fine at the bottom of the ocean - Adventure Comics (2009) #6
[Post] Fine in space, without a suit/oxygen supply - Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #2
Speed
General
[OG] A being with his speed blitzes Tim Drake - Impulse (1995) #56
[Post] Dances around a young Darkseid - The Legion #30
[Rebirth] [Clone] Talks so quickly that only a speedforce can hear - Suicide Squad (2021) #3
Reaction
[Depowered] Dodges missiles - Superboy (1994) #76
[Depowered] Blocks an arrow - Young justice (1998) #24
[OG] Dodges some missiles - Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #23
[OG] After a bullet is fired, closes a couple feet and extends his TTK field to protect his girlfriend - Superboy (1994) #23
[OG] Catches an arrow midflight - Superboy (1994) #81
[OG] Catches a missile - Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #99
[OG] Catches an arrow a foot away from it hitting its target - Young Justice (1998) #15
[OG] Catches a net fired at him - Steel (1994) #6
[OG] Reacts to and matches the speed of some bullets - Superman (1987) #161
[Post] Per himself/Lex he can move faster than a bullet, but not fast enough to stop one at point blank from hitting its target - Adventure Comics (2009) #6
[Post] Blocks a large fireball - Teen Titans (2003) #82
[Rebirth] [Clone] Tags Walter West - Teen Titans Academy #3
Movement
General
[OG] Spins in a circle fast enough to create a cyclone, and quickly flies away - Superboy (1994) #1
[Post] Changes into his Conner Kent clothes at super speed- Adventure Comics (2009) #8
[Post] Plowed a field faster than than Ma Kent can fry an egg - Adventure Comics (2009) #1
[Rebirth] [Clone] Vibrates to match a speedster who can phase - Suicide Squad (2021) #6
Running
[Pre] Runs across a cornfield so fast that he's a blur - Superman (1987) #220
[Post] Runs fast - Superman 80 Page Giant (2011)
[Pre] Moves a dozen feet before Ma Kent can say a single letter in his name - Superman (1987) #225
[Post] Races Bart around the world - Superboy (2011) #5
Flying
[OG] Flies comparably fast to a speeding car - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Matches Impulse's speed while Impulse is running over water - Young Justice: No Man's Land Special
[OG] Flies from Hawaii to Gotham - Superboy/Robin: Worlds Finest Three #1
[Pre] Flies to the Arctic in a short time frame - Superman (1987) #220
[Post] Flies across a field before Ma Kent can fall - Superboy (2011) #1
[Post] Flies between Paris and Kansas in under a night - Adventure Comics (2009) #5
[Post] Blitzes across a room - Superboy (2011) #4
[Post] Blitz a ton of rock monsters - Action Comics (1938) #892
[BL] Flies from Metropolis to the Arctic quickly - Adventure Comics (2009) #7
[Rebirth] Outraces Impulse - Young Justice (2019) #16
[Rebirth] Saves some people right before they are about to be hit by debris - Titans United #1
[Rebirth] Makes a sonic boom - Titans United #1
Powers
Tactile Telekinesis
Dismantling
Guns/Weapons
[OG] Explodes two guns - Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
[OG] Dismantles a New God's weapon - Superboy (1994) #25
[OG] Dismantles a gun - Superboy (1994) #31
[OG] Dismantles a gauntlet gun - Superboy (1994) #63
[OG] Indirectly dismantles a gun - Superboy (1994) #73
[OG] Accidentally dismantled every gun in LA - Superboy (1994) #84
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u/J_Slaazr_Dude Dec 24 '20
This was a well put together RT, but there is one thing that I am very confused with. I was under the assumption that Cadmus used DNA from both Superman and Lex Luthor to create Conner. However, it was explained in Superboy's history scan that he is a clone of Lex Luthor who had his physical appearance altered to look like Kal-El. Technically, would that not make him just a clone of Lex? With this in mind, it should be impossible for him to even have any Kryptonian capabilities, from my point of view. Although, I did some thinking here and I came up with 2 possible ways to explain this debacle.
The telekinetic aura that Cadmus borrowed/copied from Superman (could somebody please explain how this would even be possible?) merged with him on a genetic level, leaving an imprint of Superman's "DNA". I would rather not accept this idea but it is a more likely scenario, otherwise, how else would he be Kryptonain?
Cadmus was able to decipher Superman's DNA, somehow, and that this whole time it was adjusting to being mixed with human DNA. This adjusting process would have stunted the development of his Kryptonain physical attributes/powers. Therefore, his body adapted/developed the use of his telekinetic aura. Overtime, however, Kon-El's Kryptonain physiology would mature and/or bond with his human DNA, giving him access to his powers.
If any of you have any input or other ideas, please do share!