Created by Project Cadmus, he was first presented as a duplicated meta-human clone and the closest genetic equivalent of Superman, but it was later revealed that the young hero was a Kryptonian/human hybrid made from Superman\\’s DNA. and his archenemy Lex Luthor. Created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett in 1993, after Superman\\’s supposed death at the hands of the Kryptonian monster Doomsday, Superboy was created and named Experiment 13 to replace the Man of Steel. He emerged calling himself also Superman, but later became known as Superboy. After the return of the original Man of Steel, Superboy was given the Kryptonian name of Kon-El, after Kal-El\\’s cousin (Superman), and lived, for a while, with Clark Kent\\’s adoptive parents in Smallville, gaining a new civil identity as Conner Kent. Acting alongside Superman, and as a member of the group Young Justice and Teen Titans, where he became best friends with Tim Drake (Robin) and Bart Allen (Kid Flash), the young hero is seen as a modern take on the classic Superboy.