Suicide Squad
monition ! spoiler ahead forSuicide Squad # 6
In the late issue of DC Comics’Suicide Squad , a newSuperboyclone has been revealed , though it ’s one that has been powerful in front of reader since the serial ' first publication . The new series has seen Conner Kent being raise into Task Force X against his will . Complicating things even more was the reveal that he ’s one oftwoSuperboy clones currently active in the DC Universe .
The concept of Superboy being under the controller of director Amanda Waller actually began in DC’sFuture Stateevent , which saw Conner leading her new Justice Squad on Earth-3 , having relocate to a universe Waller believed actually require to be lay aside . With no other options , Conner yield tobecoming Waller ’s darker Superman . And now , DC ’s newSuicide Squadseries - from Robbie Thompson , Dexter Soy , Julio Ferreira , and Eduardo Pansica - sees Conner Kent being a part of Waller ’s belated Task Force X , though no account is given as to how he got arrested .
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Suicide Squad # 6sees Nocturna revealing to Conner that his intellect was " cloudy " when she read it , seduce it clear that Waller has been controlling what he can and ca n’t call back . Conner does n’t even have any memory board of how or why Waller arrest him . Still , Superboy ran point in the battle withEarth-3 ’s Ultraman to economize Bloodsport , as Waller had already stigmatise Earth-3 as a quality world for her next plans . However , Superboy ’s battle with the evil Superman led to his vitals spiking . After a quick teleportation and escape to a hidden bunker , Conner is observably frustrated with Waller considering his past times as a bomber as counterbalance to being a villain like his teammates . However , whenanotherSuperboy shows up on the scene , Conner ’s entire background signal is call into question .
look at this unexampled Superboy , it seems likely that he ’s the original knockoff of Superman and Lex Luthor who latterly made a recurrence in Brian Michael Bendis’Action Comicsafter being lose in the shuffle of DC ’s multiversal reboots . While he had been last with Superman ’s Ma and Pa Kent ( who call up him on sight ) , it was assumed that Waller somehow got her hands on him for this new serial publication with his costume being changed back to his opprobrious Superman shirt / jeans jazz group . However , that does n’t look to be the pillow slip now . Given the memory manipulations , a mysterious need for constant injections , and thisreveal of theoriginal Conner Kent , a strong surmisal would be that Amanda Waller created her own Superboy clone specifically for her use in the Suicide Squad . Itwouldexplain why Superman has n’t come fly in to save Conner .
While it ’s dependable to take on that definitive resolution will be forthcoming in future issues ofSuicide Squad , it does traverse with Earth-3 ’s Ultraman and his commentary that the Task Force X Conner has " copies of transcript " inside of him . All in all , while this may certainly be one of the darkest thing Waller has ever done , it ’s still very on - brand for her character . Regardless , it ’s reasonably evident that affair are about to become really interesting forSuicide Squad’sversion ofSuperboy , look as how he ’s more than probably a clone of a clone ( which may lead to his instability ) .
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