What Happened To Everyone Who Joined The Superman Family?

The current fates and whereabouts of DC Comics' most super family.
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[@Jofe000]

DC: "We're rebooting our continuity so new readers can follow it more easily." Also DC: "So the new 52 Superman is dead but don't worry, pre new 52 Superman is replacing him."

[@KalEL224]

More like merged

[@Kakarott03512]

And it fixed him. No other way to word it cause New 52 Supes was broken

[@axelramirez7919]

@@Kakarott03512 Broken how?

[@johnlawful2272]

New 52 has their own earth like kingdom come does now

[@jcaseyjones2829]

I liked the superman who wore the jeans and t-shirt

[@MC-kl3me]

I totally disagree with Jon Kent's age up being 'well received'.

[@HELLO_KORO]

Teah it's still pretty hated. Why give us an adult Superboy when we have Conner it's like how Tim Drake went to back to being a boy wonder even tho we had Damian for that

[@isaiahjackson1211]

It's actually is well received, the Robin, Jon , interactions are some of the favorites

[@TevyaSmolka]

I agree Jon Kent age up was awful change that nobody likes myself included

[@Macewinrude]

@@TevyaSmolka Tevya would like his Super Sons back.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@Macewinrude indeed and nothing would make me happier but a return of the super sons in something.

[@damienfield8144]

Conner Kent will always be my favorite outside of the original.

[@projekttaku1]

mine to

[@kingzee9046]

Ya

[@tonyoriordan7642]

I tried to help my non comic book savvy cousin get in character for superboy on Titans by telling him everything about superboy but he didn’t get it in the end 😐

[@pinoyavenger8850]

Same here

[@projekttaku1]

@@pinoyavenger8850 cool

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Jon being aged up was NOT well received lmaoo. Also WB aint the only ones who keep remaking Supermans Origin story

[@WannabeWryter]

What Bendis did to Johnathan Kent was absolutely criminal. He was robbed of decades of better stories and development.

[@WannabeWryter]

And DC doubling down is easily worse.

[@Lone_Rocket]

I entirely dislike it. It makes me like the character a lot less now. I would have loved more stories of Clark and Lois raising their son.

[@Kakarott03512]

The only thing I dislike about it is it separates John and Damien. But the potential flashback stories, possible brainwashed villain arcs, undercover Apocalypse agent and what not just opened up a ton of stories. Superman having to beat his son to near death or better, John putting Superman down and Conor having to step up to stop him.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@Kakarott03512 ....I would have To say no

[@imspartakizz2195]

If you read the current superman run written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, at the end of each issue Sean Lewis's tales of metropolis, Steel is part of Jimmy Olsens neighborhood watch team 👍🏻

[@Lethal-Protector]

I don't really know what you are talking about when you say that the aging up of Jonathan Kent was well received, everybody hated it back when it all happened and they still hate it today

[@WannabeWryter]

What Bendis did to Johnathan Kent was absolutely criminal. He was robbed of decades of better stories and development.

[@adrianthompson5633]

The Super son's comics were great and then all of a sudden. He's grown. WTF

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Conner is active? Conner has a pretty rich lore I think based on what I've read in his wiki. One that could probably make him arguably one of the more interesting Superman characters. Maybe even more so than Superman himself.

[@HELLO_KORO]

He's leading the suicide squad because Waller kidnapped him

[@spacepenguins8939]

@@HELLO_KORO I don’t think it’s really him, I’m thinking it’s a clone (the clone of a clone)

[@projekttaku1]

I think conner should become superman

[@HELLO_KORO]

@@spacepenguins8939 that would be lame tho

[@spacepenguins8939]

@@HELLO_KORO from what I can tell from the covers of upcoming issues (and the most recent) it’s definitely a clone situation

[@diegocorrea9327]

Superman is my favorite comic character ever

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

The Yin Yang Superman crest of Kong Kenan is a great choice for his costume design. Doesn't get more Chinese Superman than that. I mean that's like perfect. Never was too crazy about the idea of a bully becoming a superhero though. But maybe I'd have to actually read his books to see if it works or not

[@kappadarwin9476]

Not all bullies are jerks, its good to see Bullies getting redeemed instead of being used as punching bags.

[@KalEL224]

Read the book it’s great

[@lordofthesithvader9430]

Agent Venom is a good example

[@RyogaEchizen]

@@kappadarwin9476 well said

[@michaelwhitmire9015]

@@kappadarwin9476 Bullies not being used as punching bags lol,kong never apologized to the boy either and yet he gets super powers? Yea a real punching bag indeed.

[@ThomasTheLukeEngine]

My favorite member of the super fam is supergirl and I’m loving Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

[@macktruk13]

No Superhorse? No Streaky, the super cat?

[@oldmanlukeskywalker5374]

I remember that cat

[@WarmLillie]

Superman has the superfamily Superfamily live super lives but that doesn’t mean easy life sometime. Lol.

[@JayJaySaldana]

Power Girl is missing from this list.

[@oldmanlukeskywalker5374]

Supergirl is power girl

[@TevyaSmolka]

I disagree I think a lot of people myself included hate the aged up jon Kent Superboy change because it doesn’t make any sense, also news flash we have Conner Kent superboy right over there let him become the new Superman while Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy can stay as his little 10 year old self and learn how to be a great hero and let him go on fun adventures, but no instead of getting those stories even more we got bullshit from bendis awful Superman series that basically took this little boy and have him get tortured by a mad man like ultraman how is well Received oh wait it wasn’t quite the opposite at least in my opinion.

[@ScottBryanMuseslave]

I agree! And Lois NEVER would have left him in space because she felt like a 3rd wheel. Bad characterization.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@ScottBryanMuseslave indeed and that drove me crazy because the Lois Lane I knew and loved would never ever leave her own 10 year old son Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy to a mad man like Mr oz

[@WannabeWryter]

What Bendis did to Johnathan Kent was absolutely criminal. He was robbed of decades of better stories and development.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@WannabeWryter indeed and that drove me crazy because there was so much potential with Jonathan Samuel Kent Superboy as his little 10 year old self still going on fun adventures and being a great friend with Damian Wayne Robin and robbed us from those stories is just wrong and mess up on so many levels that it ain't even funny.

[@michaelwhitmire9015]

@@TevyaSmolka Jon could of had his own rogues gallery but bendis ruins everything again.

[@obidworld]

Steel is super under utilized. And it always makes me real sad, he just so cool with out having to be be sogood lex Luthor kind of person

[@Anjilstorm1]

He’s one of the best honestly.

[@sheepdog5799]

He’s basically iron man lol

[@KonEl17]

Jon Kent wrong pretty much everyone hates aged up Jon and it was his Grandfather Jor El who took him to space not his Uncle ya goof!

[@WannabeWryter]

What Bendis did to Johnathan Kent was absolutely criminal. He was robbed of decades of better stories and development.

[@lucian-el2547]

Uncle? Seriously?

[@micah4029]

I was going to write this, but I scrolled to find this first. Thank you.

[@AnnHiroCh]

Everyone is relatively happy in the Superman Family compared to the Bat Family.

[@ScottBryanMuseslave]

Better received? Better received? Damn I hope not! Bring back young Jon and the Supersons!

[@michaeltuitt2847]

I wanna see more Kenan Kong. he has sooooooooo much potential. Justice League of China needs a comeback

[@liberalenextrema]

"no one cares, and neither should you" I love this!

[@drake4596]

Edit for Number 8. Jon went into space with his "Grandfather" not "Uncle" 🙂. Also it is one of the most hated retcons by fans because they just aged him up to put him in another comic that was not going to do anything with him 😅.

[@WannabeWryter]

Bendis should have used Connor Kent or a weaken, redemption seeking Superboy Prime

[@o.8.p149]

If they were going to age him up make him thirteen and throw him onto the titans

[@cyberhard]

"Uncle"? WTF? Did anyone research this before it was recording?

[@ktjakes1203]

Great content as always

[@dirtandsilkk]

The Boys, Jon and Connor. The House of El storyline hinted to a great dynamic between the two. More brothers than cousins. I hope to see that again. Soon

[@dirtandsilkk]

@Will N what are u talking about?? I'm literally talking about a story that happened in Action Comics,House of El and you bringing up old else world stories???? Reading in fundamental. If you are unfamiliar, shut up

[@dirtandsilkk]

@Will N well DC doesn't. So all you're talking is fanfic. Especially since Chris "Kent" was de-aged and consider himself Jon's nemesis

[@dirtandsilkk]

@Will N and yet you're ignoring the foundation of Infinite Frontier. All of it is growing out if Bendis run. That's y I can't take you seriously. U denying a run with hope of getting what you want from a story that's in the run you ignoring

[@pinoyavenger8850]

I would love a story showing Jon as a kid with Conner during his teen years when he was still wearing that cool jacket. He was one of the coolest character in the 90s and team up with Jon will be riot.

[@dirtandsilkk]

@@pinoyavenger8850 when they first met, they both were teens but Connor was wearing his jacket. He's apparently gone back to his original look. In a recent issue of Suicide Squad, it was revealed that the Connor with that team isn't the real Connor.

[@zzay3345]

Analytics.

[@slumpymann]

Ur mom

[@heidifedor]

I ‘m assuming that John Henry is named the folk character. I’m surprised that he doesn’t have either blue Pit Bull, or Russian Blue cat, named Babe.

[@Broly-xg5gm]

How the hell you forget Mon-el

[@ShinobiSora]

Krypto has to be one of my favorites. Along with Streaky. And I guess the weird super horse, not really. Comet was weird.

[@talkanders6058]

Plus Krypto did the impossible: he redeemed Superboy/Superman Prime.

[@MaxH0ward]

I love the fact that theres a dc hero named john henry that uses a big hammer and noone ever mentions what its referencing

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

they knew what they were doing.

[@Hallel2006]

Conner is my favorite superfamly member

[@StephenLeGresley]

No love for the Eradicator Ewan? He was part of the family for a decent amount of time before and after New 52.

[@midowryy.]

I was waiting for him too

[@thejimg]

How could you forget Power Girl?!?

[@jcaseyjones2829]

Personally I've always loved Superboy Prime

[@l0sts0ul89]

Underatted and Misunderstood

[@jcaseyjones2829]

He is! And he didn't even really need his recent redemption arc. His fall was tragic and made perfect sense. He's every comic book fan who ever wished to be Superman.. if it all then immediately went terribly wrong. The single most disturbing thing I've ever seen in a mainstream DC comic was his horror when his fight with Conner went off the rails. "You're ruining me!"

[@RetroBuck]

"Insanely popular?" Hasn't the Supergirl TV series pretty much gone into the dumpster ratings and writing-wise the last couple of years? Also canceled.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

it was canceled bc the actress wants to move on

[@jortega1990]

At its height is was pretty darn popular and her story is more generally known now.

[@The4cp]

Yes

[@HELLO_KORO]

@@ItsOver9000Productions it's popular but incredibly hated

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

@@HELLO_KORO as are most popular things

[@ReverendRaff]

On the whole "Time in space" thing. Time works the same on Earth as it does everywhere else in the Universe. I've not read the comic, but I suspect there is a "we were travelling at the speed of light so things got weird with time" thing at play. Even so, that's backwards. Time would be SLOWER for those moving near the speed of light, and they would have experienced a shorter time passing than those on Earth.

[@KalEL224]

Well the Jon aging isn’t cause if E=MC2 it’s cause he was stuck in a volcano for almost a decade in another dimension and got sent back in time.

[@Anto_85571]

"DIY Iron man" seems redundant. Tony did make his suits mostly by himself

[@Kinvo-3]

how superman created his family: hey batman has a family i should make on too!

[@Agent_Volkat]

I find your lack of Streaky disturbing

[@sachamusica1]

I guess I'm the only one who's never heard of a Chinese Superman

[@neloangelo7454]

Nah me too. Guess it happened during New 52. Kinda skipped that and went straight into Doomsday Clock and Rebirth

[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

There's another Superwoman that you forgot and I'm not talking to one from the alternate world where everything is evil. I'm talking about the Superwoman who is Lois Lane sister.

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

He is death and she is bad guy not a member of the superfamily

[@dragonicus2614]

Kryto the super dog is a fun one I remember the TV show 😄 on of my favorite

[@Bluesit32]

Has Kong Kenan met Jon? Jon's new role as Superman is a pretty good time as any to bring him back, I suppose.

[@tyherty45]

The John physics is backwards…. As he moves faster, closer to the speed of light, time dilates

[@Kentrc11]

Weird that no one talks about Smallville Conner Kent, he's the Superman in the Smallville universe now since Clark gave up his powers for good

[@jortega1990]

This list is more mainstream characters (with the possible exception of Chinese Superman). Smallville universe is an elseworlds story, essentially.

[@Herowebcomics]

OMG! These characters are awesome!

[@jcaseyjones2829]

I gotta say, believing Kal will ever be allowed to die seems really, really silly

[@alphahyperion5831]

I believe Kon-El is the most humble of the superfamily because of his human heritage. He has al the attributes of a true leader. He is the most worthy successor to the mantle of Superman, NOT Jon.

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Yeah Kon is awesome

[@felipehernandez-pedroza8288]

Yes, Kon-El should be the next Superman.

[@karabearcomics]

You say it's all of them, but you don't include all of them. One of the entries, you explicitly said you weren't considering some (specifically with Supergirl, but remember that the Matrix version is a different character than Kara Zor-El). I can think of some you left off, including Power Girl, Mon-El, Comet, and Lex Luthor.

[@Ventz-El1061]

Conner Kent, Superboy in the 90's and Rebirth will always be my Favorite but really love what they did with Lana Lang Superwoman and I hope we get to see more of her, Also you left out Steel Natasha Irons and Power Girl Kara from Earth 2

[@projekttaku1]

conner should become superman

[@alphahyperion5831]

Ofcoure. I hope he does one day.

[@projekttaku1]

@@alphahyperion5831 It would feel so good after all this time if he became superman. A hell of alot more impactful than jon being superman.

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

He is

[@projekttaku1]

@@user-rf8ho2ng7y when?

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

@@projekttaku1 oh sorry I read Jon but Conner is the superman of the possible future titans tomorrow

[@karenstarr]

How old is this list? Or did you not do proper research before making it? Jon being aged up is hated by a lot of fans. Also Connor is not currently with the Teen Titans. Somehow he’s in the Suicide Squad.

[@renk9290]

Wait wtf how is he in suicide squad

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

No there was the clone of Kon match

[@sakura5697]

So happy for this

[@RyogaEchizen]

yesss

[@Kentrc11]

Too bad we don't know what happened to Jason White, would be cool to see how he turned out

[@jonbrewer297]

Forgot the child he taught his people's customs, language, and mythology so their world would never be truly extinct, who took the name of their god of death and rebirth. Especially since he just got his memory back.

[@stevenmcdonald4078]

Conner and John Kent. They are pretty awesome. Also Conner has shown up in the suicide squad

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

No there was match the clone of Superboy

[@mattmeure2454]

Will see, a video for flash, green lantern and everyone else from the jl?

[@mainsink6385]

John’s uncle? You mean grandfather: Jor-el!

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Yep

[@tristancampbell4941]

You forgot Shaq and Giannis. They're both champions

[@yaniszambeis6599]

I’m sure someone mentioned this about John, but don’t you mean his grandfather took him into space?

[@tonyoriordan7642]

I tried to help my non comic book savvy cousin get into character for a superboy audition on Titans but he didn’t get a call back 😐

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

When

[@tonyoriordan7642]

@@user-rf8ho2ng7y wdym

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

@@tonyoriordan7642 audition the titans audition you mean in teen titans vol 3 #66 or 69

[@tonyoriordan7642]

@@user-rf8ho2ng7y the show

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

@@tonyoriordan7642 ah sorry I don’t see te series well not the 3 season

[@user-op5gr7vr7e]

2:08 : She and superman are inseparable Injustice joker: *are you sure about that?*

[@metalb0087]

the current superman lois and conner kent are the pre flashpoint versions, and the "uncle" jon went to space with was his grandfather jor-el, he was trapped on earth 3 for years after going through a space rift so it was a bit more that just time is different in space

[@metalb0087]

@D f still the precrisis personally in charge from what I remember of that story

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

No are the prime war version

[@dingle2987]

You don’t mention Beppo the Supermonkey, Streaky the Supercat and Comet the Superhorse. Also, Powergirl is my fave.

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Comet and beppo aren’t in the main universe

[@xlr_1165]

Plz do this for the flash family next

[@AjNar]

it wasn't Jon's Uncle that took him to space but Jor El his Grandfather.

[@johnlawful2272]

Aging him up too fast and forgetting zod has a son

[@TevyaSmolka]

Who technically shouldn’t even be alive and kicking because last time I remember he was taken away by dr Manhattan to somewhere but then bendis came in and brought him back for bs reasons and still made no sense for to Jon to go with him because he was freaking nuts during the oz effect but that’s just my opinion.

[@someguy9345]

Better received changes of Bendis’ run..? Literally no one liked when that happened

[@rtten6900]

superman in the thumbnail looked like comic homelander at first glance

[@galacticwafflehero]

When did grandfather become equal to uncle lol

[@pyche]

I caught that too!

[@jorgegavino7458]

Streaky the Super Cat?

[@michaeltuitt2847]

Damn! A list that doesn't mention Sharon Vance aka Strange Visitor, Lucy Lane aka Superwoman or Natasha Irons aka (female) Steel.... Again!

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Lucy is death and she is a bad guy

[@spiderslayer3640]

0:51 I know this clip, but I’ve forgotten which Superman movie it’s from

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

man of steel

[@spiderslayer3640]

@@ItsOver9000Productions Thanks!

[@fabiovieira3045]

4:10 that's neat, but here's the thing, they did it wrong, time passes slower in space not faster, so he shouldn't be older but younger than he would be if he hadn't left Earth

[@oppboyputt]

Yo bruv, you forgot Mon El

[@HELLO_KORO]

Not really part of the family. More of a Leigon if super heroes character. He's what Huntress is too the family a distant family friend

[@chechibatta5673]

The current fates and whereabouts of DC comics most super family

[@enderpup9289]

Krypto the super dog is a super good boi

[@robot8290]

Insanely popular cw super girl show? Lemme laugh 😂

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Time moves different in outer space? Since when? Isn't it all the same.

[@dakkthemetalhead9302]

Time is affected by gravity so depending on how close you are to large gravitational objects, time can move at a different rate. Think its called Gravitational Time Dilation if I remember right...

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@dakkthemetalhead9302 So how does that work? The less the gravity the faster time moves or is it the other way around? And the gravity depends on Solar system the planet is in? The star?

[@pyche]

@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu Interstellar covers this quite a bit, they even did it in All Star Superman. The heavier the gravity the more time passes relative to us is the long and short of it.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@pyche thanks

[@dakkthemetalhead9302]

@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu think it was Einstein who theorised it.

[@Dr._Geno]

You forgot about lex Luthor, who took up the super man name in the rebirth universe when his superman died.

[@shannonpollard3964]

Kong Kenan did China really create their own Superman lol

[@thedarkjw6219]

7:02 war machine Superman

[@rockingthemike]

no eradicator... no bibbo? c'mon, superman's biggest fan deserves an honourable mention!

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Beppo doesn’t exist on prime earth

[@the_real_idoit8166]

Krypto is my favorite one

[@otisrichards9035]

What about Powergirl?

[@stevegallo8483]

What happened to Supergirl's Supercat?

[@kevinmcc3147]

Power girl and conner Kent and john irons

[@ewanbinnie5550]

where is power girl

[@pyche]

Pretty sure outside of the New 52 version, she JUST showed back up in continuity in Infinite Frontier last Wednesday

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

@@pyche yeah

[@heidifedor]

What about Streaky?

[@Dxbailey]

What about the new 52 version of superboy?

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

He is death

[@Anjilstorm1]

Steel and Conner Kent.

[@akidajasper6545]

His uncle? You meant Jon’s grandpa

[@hectorandfabianstopmotiong2478]

Krypto: Is alive Everyone liked that

[@talkanders6058]

It's the Krypto story nobody wanted. Still, that's why he went with her. Clark want someone he could trust to look out for her and keep company. There's still six issues though, so maybe it'll get corrected.

[@Macewinrude]

Isn’t Oz his grandfather, not uncle?

[@HELLO_KORO]

Yeah

[@PhantomKnight37]

What about power girl?

[@Chrysis3]

What happened to power girl?

[@Deadpool3E]

Uncle? I thought it was grandpa.

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

Yea he is, is the uncle of Kon

[@reggielacey2235]

What about power girl

[@thepaper888]

Super Boy Prime

[@user-rf8ho2ng7y]

He isn’t a member he kill Conner

[@callam0547]

Isn't Jor-El Jon Kent's grandpa, not his uncle?

[@TevyaSmolka]

yes

[@fabiovieira3045]

10:11 no dude, it makes sense for krypto to look just like dogs from earth, because since the people fom Krypton looks exactly like people from Earth why the other animals wouldn't look exactly like animals from Earth?

[@popeye697]

"Uncle"?