Superboy may have once been a title associated with a young Clark Kent, but it’s mostly been used by his clone Conner Kent for 30 years now. A genetically-engineered copy containing Superman and Lex Luthor’s DNA, this half-Kryptonian was all attitude when he first showed up. Unfortunately, he’s somewhat less prominent now, which is something that a rejected new direction for the character highlighted.Writer Mags Visaggio recently revealed a failed pitch to radically change the young hero. Among some of the potentially controversial plans within this pitch was Conner Kent abandoning the Superboy name and taking on a somewhat darker persona. While these ideas ultimately weren’t approved, they do showcase how Metropolis has way too many Kryptonians flying around.In the unused pitch idea for Conner Kent’s new direction, he was briefly sent into the far-flung future. There, he saw that those in that period didn’t remember his exploits, and he came back to the present in search of a way to “find his own Metropolis.” Not only did this involve his exiting a transformation chamber as the female “Connie Kent,” but it also had “her” giving up the Superboy identity and becoming a heroine named Skyrocket. According to Visaggio, Skyrocket’s place in the Superman Family was going to be far different from the boisterous “Metropolis Kid” of the 1990s.RELATED: NYCC: Jason Aaron to Write DC’s Superman in 2024
Superboy may have once been a title associated with a young Clark Kent, but it’s mostly been used by his clone Conner Kent for 30 years now. A genetically-engineered copy containing Superman and Lex Luthor’s DNA, this half-Kryptonian was all attitude when he first showed up. Unfortunately, he’s somewhat less prominent now, which is something that a rejected new direction for the character highlighted.
Writer Mags Visaggio recently revealed a failed pitch to radically change the young hero. Among some of the potentially controversial plans within this pitch was Conner Kent abandoning the Superboy name and taking on a somewhat darker persona. While these ideas ultimately weren’t approved, they do showcase how Metropolis has way too many Kryptonians flying around.
In the unused pitch idea for Conner Kent’s new direction, he was briefly sent into the far-flung future. There, he saw that those in that period didn’t remember his exploits, and he came back to the present in search of a way to “find his own Metropolis.” Not only did this involve his exiting a transformation chamber as the female “Connie Kent,” but it also had “her” giving up the Superboy identity and becoming a heroine named Skyrocket. According to Visaggio, Skyrocket’s place in the Superman Family was going to be far different from the boisterous “Metropolis Kid” of the 1990s.
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