Context is Adventure Comics (1938) #222, page 6

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I’ve had worse blows than that, without ill effect! Why did I go into that queer trance before? Well, I’d best forget it! It won’t happen again!

  • Flying SquidM
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    4 months ago

    Maybe never again for you, Supes. Your son, on the other hand…

    Edit: I wonder if whoever downvoted me doesn’t know that Jonathan Kent (the son of Kal-El/Clark Kent and the current Superman) is bisexual or they just don’t like it?

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      4 months ago

      The title says “Superboy” implying it is about Jonathan Kent and not Kal-El.

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        4 months ago

        That is the original Superboy in OP’s comic, i.e. Kal-El as a teenager.

        It’s not even clone Superboy (Kon-El).

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            4 months ago

            I don’t blame you, it’s unbelievably stupid. But I was into it as a kid, so I keep up with the storylines without reading the comics. Once they decided to reboot everything I lost a lot of interest.

            Anyway, if it’s Superboy and it looks like it’s from before the 90s, it is definitely Kal-El because before then, Superboy was just Superman when he lived in Smallville.

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              Yeah, I was also confused at first, but the header for the issue clarifies it: