Post by DSkillz on Jan 18, 2014 8:33:33 GMT
Superboy (Kon-El)
Superboy (Kon-El) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. A modern update of the original Superboy (who is a younger version of Superman), the character first appeared in Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993), and was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett.
Originally a metahuman clone of human origin genetically engineered to approximate Superman, he was retconned in Teen Titans vol. 3, #1 (September 2003) as a Kryptonian/human hybrid clone of Superman and his arch-nemesis Lex Luthor. After DC relaunched its continuity in 2011, Kon-El's origin is revised; he is a clone derived from the DNA of Jon Lane Kent, Superman and Lois Lane's son in a potential future timeline. DC has twice killed off Kon-El. First in 2006, as part of its Infinite Crisis miniseries; the character was revived in DC's subsequent 2008–9 Final Crisis crossover event. The character was killed off again in 2013 comics, two years after rebooting the character, with Jon Lane Kent featuring as Superboy in subsequent stories.
After the death of Superman at the hands of Doomsday, Project Cadmus Executive Director Paul Westfield wanted to create a clone replacement of Superman that would follow the agendas of Project Cadmus as well as his own personal agenda. Failing to acquire the bodies of Superman and Doomsday by federal authority when Lex Luthor and his security force Team Luthor puts a halt to their plans, a Cadmus team secretly steals Superman's body from the tomb with Westfield overseeing the entire operation. Superman's body was sent to the Project Cadmus genetic research facility to begin the planning stages of creating the clone in secret via a DNA sample from Superman and implanted brain pattern scans taken when Superman was alive by the genetically engineered "DNAlien" Dubbilex.
After the Guardian discovered what Westfield had done, Westfield was able to convince him that it was for a noble purpose. Unable to create a clone because it was impossible to obtain a direct DNA sample from Superman's indestructible body, and because the usual cloning techniques were useless on his alien physiology, Superman's body was given an electron capillary scan by the other directors of Cadmus formerly known as the Newsboy Legion. They were able to use the results of the scan along with educated guesswork to create data stored on a disc that contained a close approximation of Superman's actual genetic code data. While the scanning team wanted to test the experimental "digital DNA" and thought about a suggestion made by the Guardian to make clones of the Guardian to fill the void during the DNA testing, Westfield wanted to create the clone of Superman immediately. He sends Auron, a cybernetic super-soldier cloned from the Guardian and created by Westfield's secret genetic engineering team, to retrieve the disk by force via the code word "Sanction Blue". Before Westfield could obtain the disk, the clones of the original Newsboy Legion convinced Auron that he was just like the original Guardian based on having a link with him via his DNA. He rebels against Cadmus and departs with the digital DNA disk to protect Superman's legacy.
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Originally a metahuman clone of human origin genetically engineered to approximate Superman, he was retconned in Teen Titans vol. 3, #1 (September 2003) as a Kryptonian/human hybrid clone of Superman and his arch-nemesis Lex Luthor. After DC relaunched its continuity in 2011, Kon-El's origin is revised; he is a clone derived from the DNA of Jon Lane Kent, Superman and Lois Lane's son in a potential future timeline. DC has twice killed off Kon-El. First in 2006, as part of its Infinite Crisis miniseries; the character was revived in DC's subsequent 2008–9 Final Crisis crossover event. The character was killed off again in 2013 comics, two years after rebooting the character, with Jon Lane Kent featuring as Superboy in subsequent stories.
After the death of Superman at the hands of Doomsday, Project Cadmus Executive Director Paul Westfield wanted to create a clone replacement of Superman that would follow the agendas of Project Cadmus as well as his own personal agenda. Failing to acquire the bodies of Superman and Doomsday by federal authority when Lex Luthor and his security force Team Luthor puts a halt to their plans, a Cadmus team secretly steals Superman's body from the tomb with Westfield overseeing the entire operation. Superman's body was sent to the Project Cadmus genetic research facility to begin the planning stages of creating the clone in secret via a DNA sample from Superman and implanted brain pattern scans taken when Superman was alive by the genetically engineered "DNAlien" Dubbilex.
After the Guardian discovered what Westfield had done, Westfield was able to convince him that it was for a noble purpose. Unable to create a clone because it was impossible to obtain a direct DNA sample from Superman's indestructible body, and because the usual cloning techniques were useless on his alien physiology, Superman's body was given an electron capillary scan by the other directors of Cadmus formerly known as the Newsboy Legion. They were able to use the results of the scan along with educated guesswork to create data stored on a disc that contained a close approximation of Superman's actual genetic code data. While the scanning team wanted to test the experimental "digital DNA" and thought about a suggestion made by the Guardian to make clones of the Guardian to fill the void during the DNA testing, Westfield wanted to create the clone of Superman immediately. He sends Auron, a cybernetic super-soldier cloned from the Guardian and created by Westfield's secret genetic engineering team, to retrieve the disk by force via the code word "Sanction Blue". Before Westfield could obtain the disk, the clones of the original Newsboy Legion convinced Auron that he was just like the original Guardian based on having a link with him via his DNA. He rebels against Cadmus and departs with the digital DNA disk to protect Superman's legacy.
Links:
DC Comics Database
Comic Vine
Copyright Owner/Official Site
DC Comics
Record:
W: - 0
L: - 0
T: - 1
electricferret.freeforums.net/thread/2876/conquest-superman-family