Superboy is an american superhero, created by Jerry Siegel in 1938 - abandoned through a numebr of years - finally published in comic form by DC Comics in 1944. Superboy is a self-proclaimed superhero with purpose to maintain justice, truth and (especially) the american dream - without ever killing anybody, whatever the circumstances. He is constantly challenged by a number of arch enemies such as fx. Lex Luthor, Brainiac etc. who constantly attemt to obtain world dominance through various obscure plans.

Superboy has two identities : his exterterestial origin as Kal-El and his present position as Superboy - and the human schoolboy Klark Kent. As baby he was sent away in a rocket by his father, Jor-El, just as their home planet Krypton was destroyed. The rocket landed on Earth, near the city Smallville. Here, a married couple named Kent, found and adopted the little boy and raised him under the name Clark Kent. Superboy is constantly facing the common problems for a normal teenage boy - and he is also vulnerable to a special mineral by name Kryptonit, which is repeatedly used by various enemies to their own advantage.

Superboy er en amerikansk superhelt, skabt af Jerry Siegel i 1938 - forkastet i en årrække - og endelig udgivet i tegneserieform første gang af DC Comics i 1944. Superboy er selvbestaltet superhelt med formål at opretholde retfærdighed, sandhed og (i særdeleshed) den amerikanske drøm - uden at måtte dræbe nogen, uanset omstændighederme. Han udfordres til stadighed af en række ærkefjender som f.eks. Lex Luthor, Brainiac osv. som konstant forsøger at opnå verdensherredømme gennem alverdens sindrige planer.

Superboy har to identiteter : hans udenjordiske ophav som Kal-El og nuværende skikkelse som Superboy - og den menneskelige skoledreng Klark Kent. Helten blev spæd sendt væk i et rumskib af sin far, Jor-El, lige før Krypton blev udslettet Raketten landede på Jorden, nær byen Smallville. Ægteparret Kent adopterede den lille dreng og opfostrede ham under navnet Clark Kent. Superboy er dels stillet overfor en teenage drengs normale udfordringer - og desuden også sårbar overfor et specialt mineral ved navn Kryptonit, hvilket diverse skurke naturligvis forsøger at drage fordel af.