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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Superman # 8!One ofSuperboy’spowers has the potential to sprain him into the most powerful hero in the DC Universe . The Super - Family has just met the Chained , a dangerous villain that ’s just leveled a good portion of Metropolis . But the new foe suggest howSuperboy ’s unique power hasreality - changing potential .
In a preview forSuperman # 8by Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov , a flashback reveals the Chained ’s puerility . Sam Stryker is a normal - seeming male child , though he possess thesame tactile telekinesis powerSuperboy has . Sam is inform his baron is an aura that can bear on anything he touches .
However , Sam points out that he ’s touch melodic line molecules and that , hypothetically , his air couldextend and alter reality around him . Sam ’s theory is turn up right as he begins to psychically cook a nearby plaything . celebrate Sam is his Fatherhood , who marvels at the power his son now has , as Lex Luthor watches the nipper intently .
Superboy’s PowerCouldAffect the Reality Around Him
Superman has faced scores of muscular scoundrel before , but the Chained is on a whole other degree . The villain was sink in a prison designed by Lex Luthor to hold the most powerful prisoners indefinitely . Superman freed the Chained , unaware of just how destructive Sam Stryker really was . Using his sinewy tactile psychokinesis , the Chained was able to airt Superman ’s passion vision and wreak down buildings all over Metropolis . During the conflict , the Chained took banknote of Superboy and recognize that the he partake in a exponent with the untested hero , though Conner had no estimate how that was potential .
InSuperboy : The Man of Tomorrow , Connerchanneled his tactile psychokinesis into energy gust . He also recently discovered his unparalleled index could be used to disrupt electric signals in the currentAction Comicsrun , give Superman a major reward over Cyborg Superman . Conner is aware that his powers can go further than simple object manipulation , but he ’s never crowd his power as far as the Chained . Stryker ’s mightiness is virtually measureless and he was capable to take on the entire Super - Family at once , not an easy project for the strong of baddie . The Chained ’s control of tactual telekinesis is prove one thing : Superboy is not living up to his potential .
Superboy Could Be the Strongest Super-Family Member if He Pushed Himself
Superboy ’s already one of the strongest heroes in the DCU thanks to the Kryptonian DNA he shares with Superman . But if Conner could push his tactile telekinesis a bite further , he ’d be able-bodied topsychically manipulate anything in the humanity . For all Superman ’s military capability , even the Man of Steel ca n’t deepen the man around him by falsify line molecules . IfSuperboycan figure out how to bring his telekinetic powers up to the level of the chain , he ’d undoubtedly be the strongest being in the Super - Family , possibly even the DC Universe .
dose # 8goes on sale November 21st from DC Comics .
