Superboy (Earth-One)

Superboy and Krypto; illustration by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano

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Real Name: Kal-El
Nicknames: The Boy of Steel
Former Aliases: Superbaby; Super-Jackass; Super-Tot; The Mighty Mite
Future Aliases: Superman; Nightwing
Other Current Aliases: Clark Kent

Status

Occupation: Student
Legal Status: As Clark Kent, Superboy is a legal citizen of the United States with no criminal record. The general populace of Earth is unaware that Clark Kent is actually an alien.
Identity: Secret
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Legion of Super-Heroes
Base of Operations: Earth-One: Smallville, Kansas and Metropolis (of the 30th century).

Origin

Place of Birth: Kryptonopolis, Krypton
Known Relatives: Jor-El II, (father, deceased); Lara Lor-Van (mother, deceased); Jonathan Kent (adoptive father, deceased); Martha Kent (adoptive mother, Deceased); Zor-El (uncle); Alura (aunt); Nim-El (paternal uncle, deceased); Jor-El I (paternal grandfather, deceased); Nimda An-Dor (paternal grandmother, deceased); Lor-Van (maternal grandfather, deceased); Val-El (paternal great-grandfather, deceased); An-Dor (maternal great-grandfather, deceased); Kru-El (uncle); Zim-El (great-uncle, deceased); Kalya Var-El (great-aunt, deceased); Gem-Zee (uncle, deceased); Van-Zee (uncle); Kara Zor-El (cousin); Don-El (cousin); Fedra Shu-El (ancestor, deceased); Gam-El (ancestor, deceased); Hatu-El (ancestor, deceased); Plen-El (ancestor, deceased); Shu-El (ancestor, deceased); Sul-El (ancestor, deceased); Tala-El (ancestor, deceased); Thar-El (ancestor, deceased); Wir-El (ancestor, deceased)

Future Relatives (includes alternate timelines): Laurel Kent (descendent); Buddy Blank (descendent from Earth-AD); Jon Hudson (son); Kamandi (descendent from Earth-AD); Lois Lane-Kent (wife); Lisa Kent (future daughter); Kara Zor-L (cousin from alternate reality); Tommy Tomorrow (descendent)

First Appearance: Historic More Fun Comics #101
in canon as Earth 1 Superbaby & Superboy: Superman #145
Final Appearance: Superboy (Volume 2) #54

History

Years ago on the planet Krypton, the scientist known as Jor-El made a startling discovery. He learned that solar flare activity from the planet's sun, Rao, had caused a great geological change in the core of the planet Krypton. Within a short period of time, Krypton's core would become unstable and it would explode. Jor-El addressed his fellow colleagues in the Kryptonian Science Council, but they ignored his concerns. Although they respected Jor-El's brilliant work, they treated him as an eccentric doomsayer.

Jor-El returned to his apartment in Kryptonopolis and told his wife, Lara Lor-Van the news. As the forefather of anti-grav technology, Jor-El had designed a rocket equipped for deep interstellar travel. He had invented Krypton's first lunar module, and even launched his son Kal-El's pet dog, Krypto, into outer space in a test rocket. The time had come however when hard choices had to be made. The remaining rocket in Jor-El's possession was not large enough to accommodate all three family members, so Lara and he both decided to place their infant son inside of it, in the hopes that he might survive Krypton's ultimate destruction. He plotted a course for a planet called Earth and the Els tearfully waved goodbye to baby Kal-El as the rocket broke free of the planet's atmosphere. Moments later, Krypton exploded.

After traveling through space for an indeterminate amount of time, Kal-El's rocket finally reached Earth. It crash landed in a farming community in Kansas known as Smallville. General Store owners Jonathan and Martha Kent were driving down the road when they discovered then smoldering space craft. Extraditing baby Kal-El from the ship, they took him to the local orphanage. Although they were not yet aware of Kal-El's alien heritage, they knew that he was not like other infants as this Superbaby began running amok throughout the orphanage displaying wild feats of super-strength. The administration had no means by which to control him, so the Kents volunteered to adopt the child as their son, naming him Clark.

Raising a babe of steel was not easy for the Kents, but they committed themselves towards providing him with a healthy home and teaching him strong, moral values. By age three, young Clark began adventuring on his own in the surrounding neighborhood, often engaging in various unbelievable feats of strength and speed. Miraculously, few people made a connection between these random bizarre acts of derring-do and the Kents adopted son, and the identity of Superbaby became something of a tabloid urban legend (See Superbaby for more information on Superboy's adventures as a toddler).

By age fifteen, Clark learned about his Kryptonian heritage. Guided by his foster parents' strong principles, he elected to become Smallville's first costumed protector – Superboy.

Characteristics

Height: x'xx"
Weight: xxx lbs (xxx kg)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers

Known Powers: No known powers.
Known Abilities: No known abilities.
Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous

Equipment: No known equipment.
Transportation: No known transportation.
Weapons: No known weapons.

Notes

The character of Superboy was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, trademarked under the name, Superman. Siegel and Shuster's original vision for the character was that Clark never became a costumed hero until adulthood, and they balked at DC's editorial decision to chronicle young Clark adventures under the guise of Superboy. ^[1]

Trivia

Some readers mistakenly believe that Superboy played a critical role during the Crisis on Infinite Earths event. However, this Superboy was actually from Earth-Prime and had little connection to the original Earth-One Superboy.

External Links

References

↑ Kal-El, the original Superboy at Wikipedia

[1] Kal-El, the original Superboy at Wikipedia

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