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Warning ! Spoilers in the lead forSuperman # 8!The account ofSuperboyand his most iconic superpower has just been basically rewritten . The Super - Family has just encountered the Chained , one of the most devastating threats they ’ve encountered in a while . The Chained ’s amazing powerhas a surprising connection to Conner Kent that completely change his history .
InSuperman # 8by Joshua Williamson , Gleb Melnikov , Norm Rapmund , David Baldeon , and Jamal Campbell , the Super - Family aid Metropolis after the Chained ’s venomous first flak . Superman heads to Stryker ’s Island to happen out more about the Chained . However , the Chained follows and attacks them , threatening to killLex Luthor ’s mother anddaughter .
As Superman and Superboy fight the Chained , Lex reveal that Superboy is more than just a clone of Lex and Clark : Superboy ’s power came from the Chainedas Cadmus used Lex ’s research into telekinesis to repeat Superman ’s strength . Lex also taper out that Superboy only has a fraction of the Chained ’s telekinetic major power .
Superboy’s Powers Come From the Doomsday-Level Villain, the Chained
Ever since Superman started a Modern partnership with Lex Luthor , he ’s been discovering more and more of Metropolis ' hush-hush past . The latest is a villain that Lex put behind bars in a modify cell underneath Stryker ’s Island . The Chained , aka Sammy Stryker , is a man with sinewy tactual telekinetic ability . After Superman freed Stryker , the villain went to take his revenge on Lex Luthor , only to carry into the Super - Family . There , he met Superboy and realized that he share a connection with Conner Kent , particularly that they had the same circle of power . But unlike Superboy , the chain ’s haptic telekinesis was far more powerfuland could even entire building .
When Superboy debuted , he lacked most usual Kryptonian tycoon , but he did have telekinetic abilities that mimicked Superman ’s strength and flight . Various incarnations of Superman have explored the idea of Clark possess the same power , explain why could come up an extremely with child object with one hand without damaging it . However , this late twist defies that and resolutely states that Conner ’s tactual psychokinesis isnotKryptonian in nature . It also tot another wrinkle to Conner ’s story , because he ’s not just one-half Lex Luthor and Superman , but Superboy also has a touch of the highly - destructive chain in his DNA .
Superboy’s Already Complicated Past Just Got Messier
Superboy often deals with crises about his personal identity , feeling that he ’s either last in Superman ’s apparition or fearful of turning out like Lex Luthor . If that inner schism was n’t bad enough , now he ’s got a lasting connective to one of themost destructive scoundrel the Super - Family has facedin some time . While Superboy does n’t seem to be lineage - related to the chain , acknowledge that his baron fare from the baddie has to be a tremendous weight on his berm . Thankfully , Conner has a good documentation system , so hopefully , the noesis that tactile psychokinesis came from the Chained wo n’t be too stressful forSuperboy .
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