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Superboy2 — The Teen of Steel




Name:	Conner Kent/Kon-El
AKA:	Experiment 13
Codename:	Superboy
Age:	Physically 18
Race:	Human/Kryptonian Hybrid
Role:	Hero
Type:	DC FC
Registration:	Registered Codename

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"Oh, please—with my powers the battle’s always on my terms. I’m a living weapon."

Cloned from cells stolen from Superman himself combined with human DNA for stability, Superboy was initially supposed to be Project Cadmus' own private Man of Steel. He escaped and was dubbed Superboy by the media, eventually accepting the name and becoming a hero himself. He's been seen all across the world and until recently was a very common sight in Hawaii.

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Character Sheet

Abilities: Power

Flight: 4, Heat Vision: 4, Invulnerability: 8, Solar Absorption, Super Breath: 3, Super Senses: 4, Super Speed: 5, Super Strength: 9

Abilities: Skill

Brawler: 4

Advantages: Legacy

Flaws: Accelerated Aging, Cadmus Project, Cloning Blues, Kryptonite, Lex Luthor, Magic & Psionics, Match, Superman Lite, Trigger Phrases

Languages: English

Abilities

Power: Flight (4)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Like any Kryptonian Superboy has the power of flight. With effort he can attain supersonic speeds of up to around 4,000 MPH.

Power: Heat Vision (4)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Kon-El like any other Kryptonian has the ability to create beams of pure heat from his eyes.

Power: Invulnerability (8)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Thanks to his Kryptonian heritage Kon-El can withstand phenomenal amounts of damage to the point of being near impervious to some forms of attacks.

Power: Solar Absorption (*)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Due to Superboy's Kryptonian physiology he is a solar energy battery. As such his cells convert solar energy in to a useful form of controlled energy that he can use to fuel his broad range of Alien powers.

Power: Super Breath (3)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Superboy is able to dispel his breath out in large bursts capable of creating gale winds of up to 50 miles per hour. He can also hold his breath for extended periods of time, perhaps up to even 12 hours before needing to take in more. This helps in travel beyond oxygen filled areas. He can also to some limited degree create a cold like effect on areas but it is little more than a frost or chill. Nothing that can flash freeze like something Superman is capable of.

Power: Super Senses (4)

Limitations: Can be obstructed by lead. Susceptible to overstimulation. Yellow Sun Dependent.

Superboy's augmented senses allow him to see all across the electromagnetic spectrum and even view things on a microscopic level. He's able to produce x-rays that can see through almost any substance (with the exception of lead and other super dense materials that reflect x-rays). His other senses, most notably hearing, are also greatly enhanced as well.

Power: Super Speed (5)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Superboy's Kryptonian heritage grants him the ability to move and react at incredible speeds far beyond what could even be considered possible. No Flash or even standard Kryptonian level speedster he is still quite impressive in his own right, capable of running up to 5,000 MPH.

Power: Super Strength (9)

Limitations: Yellow Sun Dependent.

Kon-El possesses incredible levels of strength thanks to what and who he is and enhancement by Earth's Yellow Sun.

Skill: Brawler (4)

Superboy has applied martial knowledge and combat ability. This includes his use of powers in combat and straight up duking it out. Outside of personal experience he has been taught by various teammates in the past such as Ravager, Spartan and several of the Titans.

Advantages

Advantage: Legacy

Superboy is off the same branch, tree, shrub Superman fell out of and tries his best to live up to the legend the Man of Steel has created around himself. As such wearing the family logo has it's perks, whether it's inspiring fear in an enemy or encouraging and inspiring allies. The good name of the El family is strived to be upheld by Kon as well. Unfortunately this legacy can also extend in another direction for those who know the secret origin of Superboy.

Flaws

Flaw: Accelerated Aging

Superboy is a clone with experience in the world that began years later than it does for even the most sheltered of people. Due to the advanced artificial growth he has undergone he knows very little about the real world save what was programmed into his short memory via the fabricated reality he was raised within for months. This limits him primarily only to basic skills equivelant of a high school student.

Flaw: Cadmus Project

The Branch of Cadmus that created Superboy will never fully release claim on him, no matter how much he hides or is protected he will always be seen as a form of 'Government Property' and in such they are even allowed to act downright criminal in some of their attempts to recover him even infringing on personal rights anyone should have. A specific branch of Cadmus named N.O.W.H.E.R.E. has been specially trained for the purpose of containment, control and monitoring of Superboy/Experiment 13 (also possibly similar experiments). This group is also the same collection of scientists and select individuals who programed his memories.

Flaw: Cloning Blues

According to the trope Superboy is meant to sing the blues on occasion. At times Kon does have issues with what he is and how he was created and grown in to the world. It can cause frequent bouts of moodiness and depression that usually manifests as anger or being in general sullen.

Flaw: Kryptonite

Superboy is a clone of a Kryptonian but as far as nature is concerned, that makes him just as much a Kryptonian as Superman. As a result, Superboy suffers the same weakness to Kryptonite. When exposed to green Kryptonite's unique radiation, Superboy grows sickly, incredibly weak and is rapidly drained of his powers (stats drop appropriately). Prolonged exposure, perhaps several hours worth, would likely kill him. He is equally as affected by the other colors of Kryptonite as well.

Flaw: Lex Luthor

Kon is the brainchild and product of one of Lex Luthor's grand schemes. Every dark little secret incorporated in to his inception is all thanks to this man and his mechanisms. Every trigger phrase encoded in to Superboy is known by the mastermind and beyond the blood they share their fates will be forever linked.

Flaw: Magic & Psionics

Like any Kryptonian, Kon is virtually defenseless against magic. He has little to no resistance against assaults of this variety. Psychic attacks also affect him as they would anyone else with his same level of willpower.

Flaw: Match

Superboy and his alter self will be at odds even at the best and worst of times. It is inevitable they will clash and be enemies. One could say it is almost fate or quite possibly genetic programming, who knows, no matter the reasons it is a written story for the two of them as such they will always be at eachothers throats. Besides a copy of a copy has to get it's love somewhere.

Flaw: Superman Lite

Due to his unique creation process and origins Superboy is NOT on par with Superman, he is younger, inexperienced and untrained in comparison and perhaps may never even come to the full abilities of his predecessor or a full Kryptonian. As it stands he hasn't learned to fly yet (leaping around instead), cannot fully utilize sensory powers, his breath abilities are far less impressive, his heat vision is wild and uncontrolled and his invulnerability isn't as polished.

Flaw: Trigger Phrases

Upon his inception and growth Experiment 13 had failsafes programmed in to his subconscious mind. These specific phrases or words can send him in to various mental states; which all result in him blacking out and not remembering what had transpired. It would take a very very powerful psychic and perhaps even years to help unwire these from his psyche. They are known only by a select and elite few Cadmus affiliated persons (such as Lex Luthor and Amanda Waller). The mental states include:

Catatonic Stupor: While in this state Kon-El becomes stricken with muscular immobility and is muted; his eyes are wide open and he looks as if he is simply staring off in to space unable to move or react. While in such a state Superboy's subconscious mind is very vulnerable.

Mindless Rage: This dangerous alteration turns the Clone in to a berserking irrational maniac who violently lashes out at everyone and everything around him that draws his attention. He cannot separate friend from foe, has no fear and feels no pain. This state is temporary and he generally burns himself out pretty fast and he is still susceptible to psychic and magical assault (and really any typical form of harm he just has no reaction to it like normal).

Aut Vincere Aut Mori: A combination of the previous and perhaps the most dangerous of his various programed states this pushes him over the edge: his eyes light up in a constant red glow and he is completely enthralled by the one who spoke the initial commands. He becomes cruel and hostile; little more than a monster. Psychological jolts (harming loved ones or innocents is an example) or Psychic attacks can snap him out of it.

History[]

Created by Project Cadmus, Superboy is a clone of both human and Kryptonian DNA. He was originally planned to be the Cadmus' private replacement for Superman in the event of the Man of Steel's death or disappearance, even if they had to arrange that themselves. They tried many times to make a pure kryptonian clone but failed, eventually figuring out they could stabilize the genetic matrix by splicing in human DNA. The result was the being that would eventually become Superboy. They began conditioning and educating the clone as soon as they could, trying to program an obedient weapon.

Unfortunately for them, some members of Cadmus felt this was wrong and helped the clone to escape before the process was complete. Dressing him in a costume, they secreted the teenage clone away while pursued by Cadmus Agents. Eventually they settled on bringing him to Hawaii where he would be hidden until strong enough to defend himself. All the yellow sunlight helped the clone grow strong and soon he declared himself the hero of Hawaii. He tried to forge his own path in the world as hero, calling himself Superman. The media however dubbed him Superboy much to his annoyance.

When he decided to start researching Superman, he became a little like a stalker, soaking in every bit of information he could on the man and eventually just sticking with the Superboy name while resolving to live up to what the S-shield represented in his own way. He grew close to several in Hawaii and even ventured out into the rest of the world to practice heroics there. When someone he was very close to was killed as an indirect result of his actions, Superboy decided it was time to leave the 50th state and start anew in Metropolis working to be a better hero and better man in general.

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Associations[]

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Justice League of America

Superboy is a reserve member of the JLA. Though a primary member of Stormwatch he is always prepared, ready and able to work alongside the greatest heroes our world has to offer.

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Young Justice League

Former team, friends, allies and memory palace. Kon was with them long enough to form bonds and begin the path he is on now.

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The Super Family

Superboy's /Blood/ relatives and others of the Kryptonian race or associated individuals who all under the banner of the house of El and their patriarch, Superman or quite simply just the Kents. Whatever the case they're family. Fitting

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Magik

Her

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Ravager

Her & Confusion

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Scion

Him

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Spartan

Warrior

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Superman

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Velocity

Her Past

Wanted[]

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Conner Kent's Wanted List