i don't get the TV show small ville is he super boy why don't they show him as super boy?

Answer 1

That's exactly what I've been saying!

Finally someone agrees with me.

First DC kills off the original Superboy, but then they bring him back along with the other "Supermen" after Big Blue's death from Doomsday.

They change his history around so that Superboy never existed, but was an alternate dimensional Superboy, or something to that effect, then Smallville (TV show) comes out with the saga of young Superman (which is really Superboy). WTF?!?

God, I can't stand that show!

Answer 2

There are legal issues with " Superboy" so they can't say that's who he is.

Superboy is currently the subject of a legal battle between Time Warner, the owner of DC Comics and the estate of Jerry Siegel. The Siegels argue that the creator of "Superboy" was an independent contractor at the time of the original Superboy pitch, and DC wasn't interested. After returning from World War II, Siegel found that DC published a Superboy story using ideas from his original pitch.

Federal judge Ronald S. W. Lew issued a summary judgment ruling that the Siegel heirs had the right to revoke their copyright assignment to Superboy and had successfully reclaimed the rights as of November 17, 2004. Warner Bros. replied that it "respectfully disagrees" with the ruling and will appeal.


[edit] Consequences of the ruling
The ruling throws into question the ownership of Smallville episodes that have run since that date.[citation needed] At stake is a potentially sizable portion of profits from the Smallville TV program.[citation needed] Though Lew himself feels that Smallville infringes on the Superboy copyright, he has ruled that a jury will make the official decision.[citation needed]
DC Comics may have been forced to kill off Superboy in Infinite Crisis. At the San Diego Comicon, however, Dan Didio and 52 editor Steve Wacker remarked the death of the modern Superboy (Kon-El) was not implemented because of the verdict, but for dramatic purposes, seeing as the character could simply have been renamed.
The Legion of Super Heroes cartoon was originally going to feature Superboy, but the ruling forced Warner Brothers to change it to "a young Superman".

Answer 3

No he is NOT Superboy, he never was (according to WB/DC). Superman is owned by DC, Superboy is owned by the Siegal heirs. There is a current lawsuit ongoing to determine if Smallville is indeed a Superboy or Superman story.

There IS contention as to WHAT Smallville is though among fans.

Some say Smallville is the story of Superman without the suit and others say it is a Prequel before Superman story. This argument stems from a multitude of reasons and is most discussed/argued about in a Chlois Theory context.

Answer 4

He is superman as a teenager and he doesnt do the whole superman thing until he gets older and goes to Metropolis and assumes a secret identity as clark kent and works for the Daily Planet.