The Superboys of The New 52

Hundreds of Years Ago: Kryptonians begin making clones to serve in space travel. A clone named Kon (meaning "abomination") leads their rebellion.

Superboy vol. 5 #0 (Nov. 2012)

Part 1: A temporal tsunami brings Superman, Supergirl and Superboy to Krypton before its destruction. Their quarry, H'el has killed Jor-El and set out to rule Krypton. NOTE: H'el first appeared in Supergirl vol. 6 #13 (2012).

Action Comics vol. 2 Annual #2 (Dec. 2013)

Part 2: One week before Krypton's destruction, Superboy uses his newly-enhanced powers to connect with the fabric of Argo City. He meets the young Kara Zor-El. Note: This is the last regular issue of Superboy that features the clone.

Superboy vol. 5 #25 (Jan. 2014)

Part 3: Superboy pushes the Eradicator through a portal, landing him on Earth, in Smallville.

Supergirl vol. 6 #25 (Jan. 2014)

Superboy is resurrected by a cosmic entity known as the Oracle, becoming its new herald and patrolling the timestream. Note: The Oracle first appeared in Supergirl #6 (Mar. 2013)

Teen Titans vol. 4 Annual #3 (July 2014); Superboy vol. 5 #33 (Sept. 2014)

A human known only as the Colonel arrives from the 30th century. Now calling himself "Harvest," time travel has eaten away his body and drained his chronal energy, trapping him in the 21st century. He attempts to reanimate his adopted son, Jon Lane Kent, by creating a clone from Superman and Lois Lane's original DNA. Harvest builds armies of Ravagers to serve in his war against metahumans. The clone is released without Harvest's intervention and takes the name "Superboy." NOTES: Harvest first appears in Superboy vol. 5 #7 (2012).

Superboy vol. 5 #19 (June 2013)

The clone called Superboy frees himself from the paramilitary facility, N.O.W.H.E.R.E. He's aided by Dr. Caitlin Fairchild, and classmate/protector Rose Wilson. NOTES: The historical clone Superboy first appeared in Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993); Caitlin Fairchild in Wildstorm's Deathmate Black (Feb. 1994); Rose Wilson in Deathstroke #15 (1992).

Superboy vol. 5 #1 (Nov. 2011)

Superboy meets Supergirl. When they touch he is infused with the knowledge and language of Krytpon. When he tells her he's a clone, she calls him "Kon-El," which means "an abomination" in the house of El.

Superboy vol. 5 #6 (Apr. 2012)

"The Culling": The Teen Titans meet Harvest (Superboy #7, Teen Titans #7) and his minions, Omen and Leash. (Teen Titans #8)

Superboy vol. 5 #7 (May 2012); Teen Titans vol. 4 #7–8 (May–June 2012)

Superboy effectively adopts the name Kon-El, using it when Wonder Girl inquires about his his "real" name.

Superboy vol. 5 #10 (Aug. 2012)

Superboy meets Dr. Psycho and goes up against H.I.V.E. and the Psycho Pirate. (#23)

Superboy vol. 5 #19 (June 2013)

Superboy goes undercover at a high school using the alias "Conner Kent."

Superboy vol. 5 #22 (May 2013)

Forever Evil: The evil Johnny Quick of the Crime Syndicate uses Kid Flash's unique vibrational frequency to incite a temporal reaction that sucks the Teen Titans (Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Superboy, Kid Flash, Solstice, and Raven) into the timestream.

Forever Evil #2 (Dec. 2013)

Krypton Returns, part 1: A temporal tsunami sends Superman, Supergirl, and Superboy back in time, to Krypton. (After this, Superboy's dies in the past, on Krypton) Note: Superboy vol. 5 #25 takes place in Krypton's past.

Action Comics vol. 2 Annual #2 (Dec. 2013)

Jon Lane Kent (Superboy II) arrives from the late 30th century, his body breaking down. He is 'rescued' by the Guardian and Dr. Grey, of S.T.A.R. Labs.

Superboy vol. 5 #30 (June 2014)

Superboy discovers another clone of himself in a N.O.W.H.E.R.E. facility. When he makes contact with it, it creates a time paradox and Superboys from across the multiverse appear.

Superboy vol. 5 #32 (Aug. 2014)

The Kon-El Superboy returns. His essence was rescued by a celestial being after his death on Krypton, and installed in a new body.

Superboy vol. 5 #33 (Sept. 2014)

When the time paradox is resolved, Jon Kent is eliminated from the timeline and Kon-El returns fully. Note: Final issue of this Superboy series. The New 52 Superboy appeared one last time in Superboy: Futures End #1, but was apparently ceased to exist when the "Rebirth" initiative restored Conner Kent to the role.

Superboy vol. 5 #34 (Oct. 2014)

Conner Kent, who was living in the dimension of Gemworld, returns to his role as Superboy.

Young Justice vol. 3 #1 (Mar. 2019)

The young son of Superman and Lois Lane, Jon Lane Kent, dies from complications of his genetics. Superman and Lois disappear in grief. The Colonel from the 30th century (who later becomes Harvest) arrives and uses his knowledge to bring Jon back to life. Jon is taught to hate an hunt metahumans.

Superboy vol. 5 #19 (June 2013)

The revived, adolescent Jon Lane Kent kills nearly all the metahumans on Earth.

Teen Titans vol. 4 Annual #2 (Dec. 2013)

Jon Kent's body begins to fail again. Harvest takes him back in time several decades, when he hopes he can use Superman's own DNA to cure Jon.

Superboy vol. 5 #19 (June 2013)

The Teen Titans from the past emerge in this future time, meeting Beast Man and Rose Wilson, who continue to operate the Titans. The clone Superboy is attacked by Jon Kent, who gives him a massive mental transmission that ignites Superboy's powers. Superboy impales Jon on the Watchtower and then disappears through a mysterious portal. For unknown reasons, Beast Man rescues Jon Kent, dresses him as Superboy, and sends him back to the past with the Titans as their Superboy (II). NOTE: The clone's story continues in Action Comics Annual #2 (2013); this is the end of his Titans involvement.

Teen Titans vol. 4 Annual #2 (Dec. 2013)

A war begins between humans and metahumans. A Colonel loses his son to metahumans and takes his fight into the timestream. Twelve years later, he uses new technology from Echo, a division of the Science Police, to travel backwards in time to the 21st century. NOTE: Echo is first mentioned in Legion: Lost vol. 2 #9 (July 2012).

Superboy vol. 5 #19 (June 2013)

The humans learn about aliens with innate powers (such as those from Braal and Titan) and create an army of human/alien hybrids to help fight against the increasingly dominating metahumans. Eventually the hybrids are recaptured and put into stasis pods by the hundreds.

Superboy vol. 5 #27 (Mar. 2014)

2933: Jon Lane Kent returns to the 30th century and begins his adventures as Superboy II. The Teen Titans do not realize their Superboy (the clone, Kon-El) has been replaced by Kent. When he wakes, he attacks Wonder Girl and later kills an Echo agent. Echo's database asserts that Kon-El was destined to inspire the 31st century Legion of Super-Heroes. He begins receiving telepathic missives from another clone called Schiz.

Superboy vol. 5 #26 (Feb. 2014)

Jon admits he's weaker since his fight with Superboy. He's seeking a cure for the flaw in his genetics.

Teen Titans vol. 4 #27 (Mar. 2014)

The alien telepath, Schiz, reveals herself. She becomes Superboy's first recruit in a mission to establish his "legion" by freeing her friends in stasis. Raven is there, now working with her father Trigon, to manipulate Superboy.

Superboy vol. 5 #27 (Mar. 2014)

Superboy and Schiz free Volt and Lodestone and leads them to kill a cadre of Echo agents. Note: These characters are analogs for Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy.

Superboy vol. 4 #28 (Apr. 2014)

Superboy chooses to stay in the 30th century instead of returning to the 21st century with the Teen Titans.

Teen Titans vol. 4 #29 (May 2014)

In his last meeting with the Teen Titans, Superboy he tells his legionnaires to use the names "Imra," "Garth" and "Rokk," because they are known future heroes. Superboy secretly destroys all the remaining clone stasis pods and blames it on Echo, in order to stoke anger in his legionnaire allies. Harvest compels Superboy to come back to the 21st century. NOTE: Some of the people in stasis pods resemble Mon-El and Phantom Girl.

Superboy vol. 5 #29 (May 2014)