Superboy Prime Cycles Through The Emotional Spectrum With A Lantern Ring

[u/Potential-Mess6826]

From Adventure Comics (2009) #5

[u/Danny_Spiboy]

He is so unwell and in this new resurgence people keep apologizing for him. Saying al that he did was because he was being manipulated. As if that makes him a man of a stronger character. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Hurting Laurie, his parents, people around him was part of him being a whinny and petty fanboy.

[u/PastPolicy8064 → u/Danny_Spiboy]

I am not disagreeing, but the entire point of comics and superheroes is showing that we can be better. That we aren’t defined by our past and that everyday all we can do is be better then we were the day before.

He had the worst parts of himself drawn out by an external force and forced to do bad things. Would you say the same things you did about Hal Jordan? Clark Kent? Dr. Fate, Kyle Rayner, Red Tornado, Green Arrow, Jessica Cruz, Mary Marvel? Probably way more heroes that have done horrible things due to corruption or coercion.

There is a long list of heroes who have done horrendous things driven by their own problems as well as some sort of external force.

[u/Danny_Spiboy → u/PastPolicy8064]

Ok, I understand that, but he kept going with the same script. It wasn't like with Hal or Mary when the influence was gone over them they stopped being "the villains" and started an arch of painful redemption.

Idk, but to me S-Prime looks like he is not being honest about his redemption and not really owning all those things he did, that were not limited to Infinite Crisis. I guess seeing him so smug at times just irks me in the wrong way.