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Originally, when [[Superman]] was created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he was shown as having debuted as a superhero as a full-grown adult. Eventually, after rejecting a few proposals for such from Siegel and Shuster, someone at DC decided to create the character of Superboy, [[Retcon|Superman's adventures as a youth before becoming Superman]]. This came without input or approval from Siegel (which helped strain the relations between DC and Siegel and Shuster even further). Superboy's first appearance was in ''More Fun Comics'' #101 (January-February, 1945).
As shown, Superboy fought crime in and around his small home town of Smallville, and was raised by his foster parents, Ma and Pa Kent. Like his adult self, he also had a secret identity as Clark Kent. Other supporting characters included his best friend, Pete Ross, who had accidentally found Clark's secret and [[Secret Keeper|aided him without his knowledge]]; his female friend next door, Lana Lang, who, like [[Lois Lane]] years later, tried to become Superboy's girlfriend and/or find out his secret identity; Smallville's chief of police, Chief Parker; and [[Krypto the Superdog|Krypto]], Superboy's pet dog from Krypton.
While some of Smallville's threats came from a rather high number of gangsters and bank robbers, some actual supervillains would also show up, including the Kryptonite Kid and most famously, young [[Lex Luthor]] (who was initially friends with Superboy; however, a laboratory accident [one that rendered him bald] and a series of disastrous, humiliating attempts to improve Smallville's life with his inventions -- requiring Superboy to intervene each time -- made him vow that the only way he'd be able to prove his intellectual prowess to the world would be to destroy Superboy... and later, Superman).
In 1958, Superboy was invited by three youths from the 30th century to join their superhero group, the [[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]], whose stories became a recurring feature (before graduating to their own comic) in Superboy and Superman comics.
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Several alternate versions of Superboy were also seen over the years (including the aforementioned "Pocket Universe" version). The most prominent one is Superboy-Prime, a formerly heroic alternate-Earth Superboy seen in ''Crisis On Infinite Earths'' who reappeared in modern continuity as an [[Evil Twin]] of Superman/Superboy. The original Superman-as-a-boy was also restored to continuity for a few years until the start of the New 52.
The most recent change in Superboy's status quo came in the aftermath of the [[Crisis Crossover]] ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'', as part of the line-wide reboot known as either "The [[New 52]]" or "[[Fan Nickname|The DCnU]]". Right now, "Superboy" is a biological experiment of the conspiracy known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E, made from Superman's DNA and that of several others, both human and alien. He is currently being used by them as a living weapon, under the supervision of both "Red", a.k.a. [[Gen 13|Dr. Caitlin Fairchild]] (the last survivor of the team of scientists working on him) and Rose Wilson, a young mercenary hired to make sure that he stays under control. This Superboy has Kon-El's tactile telekinesis, but virtually none of the empathy of his earlier incarnation; he just wants to escape N.O.W.H.E.R.E., and he's not picky about what he has to do until he can.
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* {{spoiler|Season 10 of ''[[Smallville]]''}}
* While not a direct adaptation, ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' has a similar teenage Superman clone called Superman X/Kell-El, who wears a costume similar to Kon-El's.
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