How did the preview for Reign of the Supermen put it? “Superboy is what Superman would be like if he was raised by the Kardashians”? Sounds about right: the original idea wasn’t that Superboy was rebellious; it was that he wasn’t raised by the Kents. He was in it for fame and fortune and just to have fun, not because he felt some great sense of duty to fight a never ending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.