Monday, August 20, 2012

The Return of Superboy?

Superboy, pre-DC's New 52
As I've intimated probably way too much on this blog, I haven't been very happy with the Superboy in DC's New 52.  I think Conner Kent became one of DC's best creations (mostly thanks to Geoff Johns in his revival of the Teen Titans in 2003), killed him, resurrected him, and then retconned his entire existence.

With the most recent issue of the Teen Titans, the new Superboy is finally starting to look like himself.  Er, old self.  






He's no longer the scrawny guy who crawled out of a lab.  
from Superboy #1 (2011)
Or the guy wearing a rejected costume from the movie Tron.
Superboy (2012)
The boy has finally got some muscle.  He's also sporting a tank top and jeans. 
There's even a jacket now, reminiscent of his beginnings in the early 1990s after Superman's "death."  
Superboy #1 (1994)
Let's hope that DC is realizing their mistake and recreating the three-dimensional Superboy that once was. 

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