#superboy 1994

[oneshotprincess]

timkon fans we do NOT talk about this parallel enough like

what do you mean in one world kon died and tim adopted his colors to honor and mourn him

and in another world, tim is the one who died and kon adopted his robin mantle in all but name and moved to gotham and started working with batman in order to honor and mourn tim.

like...wow. they are so normal about each other :)

[strange-0]

Surfing time

[lemonlimestar]

i’ll be suchhhh a good sacrificial lamb dude i promise

[kryptonbabe]

Too eepy

From Superboy #83 (2001) by Joe Kelly & Pascal Ferry

[phobos-exe]

// superboy (1994)

kon is so close to being my fav from dc

[fishyfcuk]

superboy 1993 #92

[littleyarngoblin]

Once again not over Superboy liking Liz Phair. Based on the print period and Phair’s discography, he would’ve been listening to the 1994 album Whip-Smart, which includes the iconic song, Supernova. Idk if this is how fandom decided Supernova would be his mantle upon graduating from Superboy, but I think it’s neat. The song itself would be a cool reflection on his ideal hero-self.

From Zero Hour Superboy, issue 8, by Kesel, Grummett, Hazlewood, and Davis. Published September 1994.

[dailytinies]

Superboy (1994) #2

[the-legendaryboi]

Superboy v4 #55 "Hexed"

The Duality of a Silly Character

I not joking when say these to Kon panels were back-to-back, as in their comic panels, one of them, was on top of the other. There is meme potential here/

[moiynapakhi]

it's actually wild how well-written kon's self-loathing is whenever he's angsting over tana, cuz it's like, he thinks he's the reason why it always goes bad. it's never tana's selfishness, or her inability to catch spence's game, or her being so hard on kon despite his very blatant social ineptitude. it's heartbreaking bc it's not all him, but he never really sees that. even when he's dying in infinite crisis, somehow it's always him that's in the wrong and has to do the fixing. im so sorry the gods hate you, kon 😭

[oneshotprincess]

your honor, they love each other actually

[radioactive-earthshine]

A common question I hear every other week about Clark and Kon in Superboy '94 is "Why didn't Clark take Kon in when he came back to life, and if not Clark, literally anybody else to keep him safe from Rex etc." which is FAIR question that can be answered fairly easily.

1.) Clark genuinely believed that Kon was in good hands. Clark had a very friendly relationship with Dubbilex and trusted him to be able to keep a close eye on Kon and keep him generally out of trouble. Unfortunately Dubbilex was lukewarm at best.

2.) He genuinely didn't know about most of the things that happened, because the writers kept them both Clark and Kon generally segregated into their own comics. It's just the story the writers wanted to tell.

3.) Clark had experience with Cadmus clones in the past and knew how adaptive and quick they were to function and thrive as their own independent people. He assumed Kon would have no difficulty.

Superboy's solo is a very compelling series with a lot of nuance, and while I would struggle to call it 'good' or even recommend it for casual reading, there is a lot going on behind the scenes that explains why things are LIKE that.

[gnomewithalaptop]

Canon facts I will be working into a fic at some point #287: Kon's bellybutton-less-ness

[lemonlimestar]

anything can be yuri if u read enough random 90s elseworlds comics

bonus doodle

[kryptonbabe]

"Leave me alone you psycho-pup"

From Superboy #18 (1995) by Karl Kesel & Tom Grummet

[who-always-pays-their-taxes]