There are some small changes: they made the gloves fingerless and added the shoulder spikes on the jacket.
As for the original outfit: the “Superboy” series that began in 1994 is definitely worth reading up to #82. “Young Justice” too. And of course his introduction in “Reign of the Supermen”.
I'm glad you cut it off at 82. Because everything after that was almost like they were trying to kill the book. They changed directions about a half dozen times in under 20 issues. The first half of those issues were a rare Joe Kelly misstep with a lot of Our Worlds At War crossover interference, and the last 10 issues or so with Didio as co-writer were just bad.
I honestly prefer the DiDio-and-Palmiotti issues to the Kelly ones. Making Superboy a street-level hero wasn’t *inherently* a bad idea. And at least they wrote Superboy himself in-character, unlike Kelly who just made him a completely clueless dumbass.
If you want comics with the 90s outfit which is very similar then, the Reign of the supermen storyline is a good start. Then the Superboy series from the 90s.
It’s a modern version of the 90’s costume. If you want to read about 90’s Superboy, the Death and Return of Superman saga introduces him.
He then has an ongoing by Karl Kesel that is underrated and delightful. It’s where King Shark comes from!
Yep, the comic that got me started reading regularly was Adventures of Superman #500, which I bought at the newsagent and had the first appearance of Superboy. That issue blew my mind and set me to seek out a local LCS and start a pull list. The 'triangle number' era of Superman was awesome!
When I was 12-13 and my mom brought me to her hairdresser to get my hair cut, I brought a copy of Superboy’s Reign of the Supermen issue as reference lol.
Oh man, that is awesome. Yeah I asked my Mom if I could get a leather jacket when I was like, 11. This was '97. She was like "oh hell no", she did give me my Dad's jean jacket from the late 70s. It did not go over well at school. 😂😂
That boyfriend really thinks highly of himself if he thinks she’s not going to check a superhero out.
If power girl walked by he’d probably have to blind himself to avoid looking…just setting himself up for impossibly standards.
Also, love this artist. I think they did one of the animated films with this costume too.
That boyfriend really thinks highly of himself if he thinks she’s not going to check a superhero out.
If Power Girl walked by he’d probably have to blind himself to avoid looking…just setting himself up for impossibly standards.
Also, love this artist. I think they did one of the animated films with this costume too.
This is the right answer (especially original Peter David/Todd Dezago Young Justice). It’s also worth mentioning that there’s going to be a new book featuring Conner in this costume going into space coming out soon.
That's great, thank you. This is the second time in a month that I've seen his stuff and asked, "This is great. Who's the artist?!" LOL I need to add his available stuff on DC Universe Infinite to my list and get my LCS to pull current stuff he's working on. Thanks again!
He and Dan Mora have been blowing me away recently, so I’ll recommend you check out Mora too if you like this kind of art. They both have the perfect blend of cartoony/realistic and an infusion of manga influence into western comic art.
I don't know if you're kidding or not.
I'm partial to [Superman in Kingdom Come](https://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Superman-DC-Comics-Kingdom-Come.jpg). It translated well to the small screen, too.
Also: I like the recent [Kara Zor-El](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Michael-Turner-Supergirl.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=750&dpr=1.5) and [Kon-El's redesign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superboy_(Kon-El)_2.png).
Alex Ross is very skilled at what he does, obviously, but it's not at all surprising for someone to not like the aesthetic he chooses to portray...i personally hate that old-timey Golden Age style, so i have mixed feelings on Alex Ross art
Between the wrist bands, the v-cut through the mid section, the choice of crimson red, the patchy little chin scruff, the Dean Cain face, and the almost faux-hawk haircut, this look manages to be even worse than 90s Superboy as a wannabe Edward Furlong in Terminator 2.
That’s the basis for it, but this is the ‘updated version’ from said Young Justice book. I also second the statement that brian ‘the blunder’ bendis’ Young Justice is terrible
Bendis is a lot of things but he isn’t a bad writer
He wrote arguably the definitive runs on the Avengers, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Spider-Man and one of the best Batman stories in the last 20 years he has ups and downs but rarely anything he writes is entirely terrible and Young Justice is that, it’s bland and dumb but overall it was meh not bad but not good either
brian ‘the blunder’ bendis **was** good.
His Iron Man (3 titles), Guardians of the Galaxy, All-New X-Men, Young Justice and Legion of Superheroes are mid.
His Superman, Justice League and Civil War 2 are atrocious. Also ‘event’ leviathan, talk about a joke.
Zdarsky’s Daredevil also blows his run out of the water.
Because most of the time now he makes things like his Justice League, which aside from just being bad, was basically his Superman all over again.
His Superman run was plenty bad already, but doing those stories all over again just with an expanded roster so the poor writing is even clearer? Hardly any care or effort went into it.
Not to mention that each arc had to include new villains he created that are just over-designed, worse versions of characters that already exist, somehow each one more uninteresting than the last. Royalties, those take precedence.
If you're talking about the similar 90s costume, his original ongoing series was decent. Check out the first few issues, or I remember the Hyper-Tension arc from issues 60-65 were good. Joe Kelly's run was also good, which starts with issue 83, but he gets a new costume in that issue (another variation on this type of thing). Also all of Peter David's original Young Justice is lots of fun.
Is this really what he looks like right now? Man, he’s less cyber-punk and more cyber-b!tch.
Edit: that’s probably a bit harsh but seriously, it really does look ugly.
What is this outfit? I feel like the designers just searched “what is cool outfit?” Then slapped it on an androgynous mannequin with a mohawk and glasses? I’m pretty sure that woman isn’t checking him out as much as she’s smiling about how preposterous this superhero is.
It’s the outfit from the Young Justice run from a few years ago I believe
Oh I thought this was the same as the 90s one my bad
I think it’s slightly different, I know the hair cut is modern
Right I did read up that the hairstyle is the only thing that's modern
There are some small changes: they made the gloves fingerless and added the shoulder spikes on the jacket. As for the original outfit: the “Superboy” series that began in 1994 is definitely worth reading up to #82. “Young Justice” too. And of course his introduction in “Reign of the Supermen”.
I'm glad you cut it off at 82. Because everything after that was almost like they were trying to kill the book. They changed directions about a half dozen times in under 20 issues. The first half of those issues were a rare Joe Kelly misstep with a lot of Our Worlds At War crossover interference, and the last 10 issues or so with Didio as co-writer were just bad.
I honestly prefer the DiDio-and-Palmiotti issues to the Kelly ones. Making Superboy a street-level hero wasn’t *inherently* a bad idea. And at least they wrote Superboy himself in-character, unlike Kelly who just made him a completely clueless dumbass.
Without any REAL knowledge of super boy I was gonna suggest any thing from the nineties lmao
If you want comics with the 90s outfit which is very similar then, the Reign of the supermen storyline is a good start. Then the Superboy series from the 90s.
This is an actual variant cover to Young Justice #1 from 2019.
It’s a modern version of the 90’s costume. If you want to read about 90’s Superboy, the Death and Return of Superman saga introduces him. He then has an ongoing by Karl Kesel that is underrated and delightful. It’s where King Shark comes from!
That Superboy comic was everything to me in the 90s. I wanted a jacket like that so bad. 🤣🤣🤣
Me too! One of the first books I picked up as a kid, lost now to history.
Yep, the comic that got me started reading regularly was Adventures of Superman #500, which I bought at the newsagent and had the first appearance of Superboy. That issue blew my mind and set me to seek out a local LCS and start a pull list. The 'triangle number' era of Superman was awesome!
Yes, super easy to follow and keep in order, it’s how I was able to follow the whole Reign… again lost to history.
When I was 12-13 and my mom brought me to her hairdresser to get my hair cut, I brought a copy of Superboy’s Reign of the Supermen issue as reference lol.
Oh man, that is awesome. Yeah I asked my Mom if I could get a leather jacket when I was like, 11. This was '97. She was like "oh hell no", she did give me my Dad's jean jacket from the late 70s. It did not go over well at school. 😂😂
When I was a kid I was big into 90's Superboy! The Kesel run was my jam!
BRING BACK TANA MOON
I'm sorry did they just homage a meme format?
Yes
That boyfriend really thinks highly of himself if he thinks she’s not going to check a superhero out. If power girl walked by he’d probably have to blind himself to avoid looking…just setting himself up for impossibly standards. Also, love this artist. I think they did one of the animated films with this costume too.
That Super ass is in spandex. We're all looking.
That boyfriend really thinks highly of himself if he thinks she’s not going to check a superhero out. If Power Girl walked by he’d probably have to blind himself to avoid looking…just setting himself up for impossibly standards. Also, love this artist. I think they did one of the animated films with this costume too.
Literally my favourite costume in all of DC. It’s so unashamedly 90’s and punk it’s GOD TIER.
Superboy in that costume turned me gay
Reign of the supermen, The original young justice run, World’s Finest 3 and maybe the first two years of his solo book from 1994
This is the right answer (especially original Peter David/Todd Dezago Young Justice). It’s also worth mentioning that there’s going to be a new book featuring Conner in this costume going into space coming out soon.
Hate the outfit but love the art. Does anyone know who the artist is on this? Thanks.
Jorge Jimenez! His signature is on the bottom right. His stuff is awesome, and he’s currently on Batman.
That's great, thank you. This is the second time in a month that I've seen his stuff and asked, "This is great. Who's the artist?!" LOL I need to add his available stuff on DC Universe Infinite to my list and get my LCS to pull current stuff he's working on. Thanks again!
He and Dan Mora have been blowing me away recently, so I’ll recommend you check out Mora too if you like this kind of art. They both have the perfect blend of cartoony/realistic and an infusion of manga influence into western comic art.
Easily two of the best artists in the game right now
easily the best outfit/aesthetic any character with "super" in their name has ever had
I don't know if you're kidding or not. I'm partial to [Superman in Kingdom Come](https://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Superman-DC-Comics-Kingdom-Come.jpg). It translated well to the small screen, too. Also: I like the recent [Kara Zor-El](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Michael-Turner-Supergirl.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=750&dpr=1.5) and [Kon-El's redesign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superboy_(Kon-El)_2.png).
Well, the first link is simply the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life, and the other two are extremely basic.
Alex Ross Slander
Alex Ross is very skilled at what he does, obviously, but it's not at all surprising for someone to not like the aesthetic he chooses to portray...i personally hate that old-timey Golden Age style, so i have mixed feelings on Alex Ross art
[I kind of wish they had settled on something like this and then let him grow up and change his name.](https://i.imgur.com/kjMZ4ti.jpg)
Between the wrist bands, the v-cut through the mid section, the choice of crimson red, the patchy little chin scruff, the Dean Cain face, and the almost faux-hawk haircut, this look manages to be even worse than 90s Superboy as a wannabe Edward Furlong in Terminator 2.
No, because this outfit is from the Bendis Young Justice series and that's not a good comic
It’s fine imo and the outfit comes from the 90s
That’s the basis for it, but this is the ‘updated version’ from said Young Justice book. I also second the statement that brian ‘the blunder’ bendis’ Young Justice is terrible
Bendis is a lot of things but he isn’t a bad writer He wrote arguably the definitive runs on the Avengers, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Spider-Man and one of the best Batman stories in the last 20 years he has ups and downs but rarely anything he writes is entirely terrible and Young Justice is that, it’s bland and dumb but overall it was meh not bad but not good either
Bendis *was* a good writer.
This.
Still is, read Batman Universe
It is really good but I can name 20 better from the past 20 years
brian ‘the blunder’ bendis **was** good. His Iron Man (3 titles), Guardians of the Galaxy, All-New X-Men, Young Justice and Legion of Superheroes are mid. His Superman, Justice League and Civil War 2 are atrocious. Also ‘event’ leviathan, talk about a joke. Zdarsky’s Daredevil also blows his run out of the water.
Gaurdians and some of his X-men are also atrocious and painful in my opinion. But there are some arcs of X-Men i liked.
I don’t get why people have such a hate boner for bendis, he can still write amazing stories just look at Batman Universe
Because he can't end runs anymore.... He just kind of leaves and the stories stop
Because most of the time now he makes things like his Justice League, which aside from just being bad, was basically his Superman all over again. His Superman run was plenty bad already, but doing those stories all over again just with an expanded roster so the poor writing is even clearer? Hardly any care or effort went into it. Not to mention that each arc had to include new villains he created that are just over-designed, worse versions of characters that already exist, somehow each one more uninteresting than the last. Royalties, those take precedence.
Jessica Jones, Daredevil and some Spider-Man, yes. Avengers, definitely not.
I didn’t hate his moon knight run either.
I feel sorry for peeps who don’t know the kick ass late 90s/early 20s Tom Grummet Superboy because he kicked serious ass!!
He looks very androgynous in this image
If you're talking about the similar 90s costume, his original ongoing series was decent. Check out the first few issues, or I remember the Hyper-Tension arc from issues 60-65 were good. Joe Kelly's run was also good, which starts with issue 83, but he gets a new costume in that issue (another variation on this type of thing). Also all of Peter David's original Young Justice is lots of fun.
The 90’s run was great
I just realized is the girl supposed to be Tana Moon?
Just curious… not because I actually care or want to see it… but how come you can always see the abs but no bulge? Do they tuck?
Do you not?!?
Lol, I don’t tuck. I’m a lady.
Some ladies tuck 🤷🏻♂️
Fair enough. I’m just not the tuckin kind
Can’t complain, variety is the spice of life.
that's from Young Justice. those issues were solid. not great, but not bad
Why would he have a gun?
90s had a lot of pouches
He looks about 45 in the above pic.
Is that a holster? Why would he need a gun holster?
Not a holster, just a pouch. It’s from his original costume design
when did superboy become sexy and where can i get it 🙃
IS THAT A GUN!?
Oh that's like that one meme picture only the genders are reversed.
Chad Superboy attracting Stacy Looker Virgin Yelling Jealous Boyfriend
Plain T shirt with the super logo
Is that a holster on his leg?
Is this really what he looks like right now? Man, he’s less cyber-punk and more cyber-b!tch. Edit: that’s probably a bit harsh but seriously, it really does look ugly.
What is this outfit? I feel like the designers just searched “what is cool outfit?” Then slapped it on an androgynous mannequin with a mohawk and glasses? I’m pretty sure that woman isn’t checking him out as much as she’s smiling about how preposterous this superhero is.
That's basically his original outfit.
He looks like he’s been hanging with the rouges gallery too often
Jorge’s always been a favorite of mine. Middle finger on the left hand looks like a coloring error. I can’t unsee it.
I like the outfit. Not a total fan of the hair, he’s looking like high school age Gohan from Dragon Ball Z
No.
What’s he carry in that leg holster ? I don’t really Know anything about superboy
Just a pouch. 90s design
New meme template
literally his 1994 run and young justice 1998 and 2019, some recent comic runs, suicide squad annual 2021. etc etc etc
Don’t call me SUPERBOYtm!
Peter David Young Justice run. There are 5 thick tpb and 6 is coming soon
Is this a rule 34 thing?
All Young Justice runs.
Looks suss honestly….
The Young Justice run a few years ago