This is kind of a weird story. Why would his parents be so afraid of something he did as part of a comic written by people in their universe. As far as they know maybe he had no control over his actions because of the authors. I might just need to read it to understand it better...
its fear, does not need logic. they did not need to think on 'whether he was controlled by writers' or something they were thinking 'oh my god if he does this to people he looked up to in a fit of anger what could he do to me if he just decides to snap one day.' and maybe he might have started to recover but by the time we see him again he had proven them right by striking out against lorrie and based on the black lantern ring presumably killing her accidentally.
Also, they may have came to similar theories as was given in the silver age of comics. Writers in one world thought it was their creativity, but it was a psychic connection to another world. Not creating the story, but in reality they were transcribing it. That's how it was explained when the Flash (Barry Allen) didn't understand how Jay Garrick had been on a comic in issue 1 of Barry Allen who Flash named himself after when he got superspeed.
Love that his dead girlfriend shows up at the end with a black ring on and says hope and that "they" sent her to him and she is suppose to tell him that "they" will leave him alone now :)
Sadly Rob, they didn't go anywhere with it. They had him pop back up in one of the last pre-52 teen titans stories and imprisoned him in the source wall, all the while him saying he just wanted to be back in his universe with laurie. Some villain brought him back and, in his rage, prime just vowed to destroy the titans and find a way home until the end of the story. Kind of a ridiculous "end" to his character seemingly. I loved this story because it finally full-circled his character until they broke it with the titans story.
This is an excellent story. It's a shame that Superboy Prime gets the character development he desperately deserves in a one-shot story that doesn't go anywhere. I want to DC to explore SP more, I think there is some real depth to him that we have only just begun to see.
Thanks, Rob! The community, and your videos, let me continue to enjoy comics despite losing my vision. No soapy stuff; just wanted to say I appreciate your work!
See I also love superboy prime just totally obliterating everyone and being a bad ass but I think he is totally underappreciated in his character development and complexity and tbh i almost think this was the writer's way of kinda saying its underrated too or he just did a great job of showing his complexity through the cycling of the spectrum and reasoning why hes feeling that emotion at that point yeah it was totally awesome in making him even more op but it shows even though he went nuts and he's an angsty teenager at the end of the day hes still very human in nature he has guilt he loves people he experiences all the good and bad humanity does in real life and honestly i think he's one of the best characters in terms of that in comics and thats why hes my fav comic character
Robot Chicken still has the best origin short for Superman that his parents are going through a divorce his dad threatens to shoot him into outer space you can have the house the car but you ain't get my son and then he pushed the button and shot Superman into space now jor-el sitting in a prison LOL
Totally wrong about Legion of Three Worlds. It was about Superboy Prime vs. Legion of Super Heroes, except tying into the whole "multiverse is back" thing, they summoned three Legions from three different universes to fight him. The whole Prime fighting himself was just a means to an end...a lazy one I'd say. But serves the purpose of sending Prime back to Earth 33.
Superman Prime!! I love it! I hope DC rolls him into Injustice and he's all like "All you fools are wrong, I'm taking over, get in line or die, and we'll go back to the Silver Age!"
I thought all of those people had got sucked back to the source wall though, because the material of the wall infected the entity of death and black hand himself, trying to tug them into the wall. I may be wrong, but i thought i remembered reading that happen somewhere
After this he comes back one more time, creates his own Legion of Doom but then gets himself trapped in the Source Wall. Should be the end of him but Kyle Rayner def left him a massive opening to return and start tearing shit up again. Make a vid about that Rob, also a more in-depth one of Legion of 3 Worlds would be a great idea too.
I think that one great feat would be someone to redeem superboy prime, which could work, perhaps have him start to get a more solid mindset as to realizing the superheroes back in the day were pure because they were not ment to be completely or super relatable, that now they are, like any other real person they have a good side and a bad side, they along with the rest of the world is often various shades of grey as far as morality goes, especialy if in the "real world" he'd supposedly get accustomed to modern super heroes and mature once he grows older and get out of his angsty teen years, main problem is thinking of a decent alias since if he were to be sucked back into the comic universe, there is already a superman, I mean he could sorta have his powers reworked to since he is from the real world, maybe he has minor reality warping powers that more or less tend to work on himself only, hence would explain things like power boosts and his plot device powers, that since he loved superman so much he basically had unknowingly been using said powers to give him a powerset that was that of superman and sometimes more
Darkest Night 2, all of Earth Prime is black lanterns and they spread out into the multiverse lead by Superboy Prime who is overcome by his regret for killing so many and that the black lantern rings can bring them all back. Probably throw in a fake happy family under his control that he repeatedly harms by accident or harms to prove to other heroes during a monologue that he is right about how to save everyone forever.
Wouldn't it be awesome if he went on a path of redemption, where SBP walked the path of a true hero fighting his wrongs and replacing the fear he instilled in others to hope.
In all of my comic book life I've never seen a badass moment like this when Superboy prime turned blackest night ring into red lantern ring it's so fucking awesome
Superboy prime seems like something Grant Morrison would make in that he is meta-contextual and weirdly complicated. I'm amazed Grant has never done anything major with him.
There's something you didn't seem to notice in the end. Her Black Ring is shining Hope. If you didn't notice, Hope was the only emotion Prime didn't channel because it's a time in his life where he has no hope. Laurie represents the hope Prime now feels that all will be well..... Which just ENRAGES me more knowing that they trapped him in the source wall for no reason! Same for Black Hand! Well, the Wall is broken now so maybe we'll see them again.
I know this is a bit of a long shot, but there is a comic called Freddy vs Jason vs Ash and I think it would be cool if you did a Halloween special video on it.
Hey so I know it's late but you should totally explain the suits that Tony uses in the Ironman history. I've always wondered how he got all of them and uses them especially the buster suits
It's a shame we don't see him anymore. These were some fun times in comics, though they did overuse the blackest night stuff kinda like dark knights metal.
I think an interesting twist/tie in to his character could come from that story. What if the Black lanterns took over every single human on the entire planet except superboy prime? Forced to flee off world he takes residents on a distant planet. Or back to the main DC universe in some kind of huge event.
You keep saying nobody knew what to do with him but ALL of the stories you keep bringing up were written by Geoff Johns. He brought Superboy Prime back in Infinite Crisis, Sinestro Corps War, Legion of Three Worlds, and Blackest Night. This was all one big story. Geoff Johns clearly knew exactly what he wanted to do with him.
I like Superboy prime because he's the only Superman who hasn't been nurfed into the ground. Well, they did take away his Super Genius intellect I guess.
Superboy Prime to be in his actual true Prime form that would be awesome if superboy-prime to become a rainbow Lantern that would definitely be the most amazing thing DC could ever do
*"Its prime time"* 😂😂😂
This is kind of a weird story. Why would his parents be so afraid of something he did as part of a comic written by people in their universe. As far as they know maybe he had no control over his actions because of the authors. I might just need to read it to understand it better...
its fear, does not need logic. they did not need to think on 'whether he was controlled by writers' or something they were thinking 'oh my god if he does this to people he looked up to in a fit of anger what could he do to me if he just decides to snap one day.' and maybe he might have started to recover but by the time we see him again he had proven them right by striking out against lorrie and based on the black lantern ring presumably killing her accidentally.
Though kinda tragic as well as the people he loves fear him
Also, they may have came to similar theories as was given in the silver age of comics. Writers in one world thought it was their creativity, but it was a psychic connection to another world. Not creating the story, but in reality they were transcribing it. That's how it was explained when the Flash (Barry Allen) didn't understand how Jay Garrick had been on a comic in issue 1 of Barry Allen who Flash named himself after when he got superspeed.
You think superman's op? Look at superboy prime. But that's not even his final form it's RED LANTERN SUPERBLY.
phantom ring superboy, all emotions...
*meter breaks*
Well the meter didn't break, but the ring broke. Lol
@@Red_Lanterns_Rage the red lantern ring suits Superboy prime because he always angry and bloodlusted
I like red lantern superboy prime more than superboy prime with time trapper powers
7:23 "Its Prime Time!" I love how he still has that kid inside him to make corny lines lol
Love that his dead girlfriend shows up at the end with a black ring on and says hope and that "they" sent her to him and she is suppose to tell him that "they" will leave him alone now :)
Sadly Rob, they didn't go anywhere with it. They had him pop back up in one of the last pre-52 teen titans stories and imprisoned him in the source wall, all the while him saying he just wanted to be back in his universe with laurie. Some villain brought him back and, in his rage, prime just vowed to destroy the titans and find a way home until the end of the story. Kind of a ridiculous "end" to his character seemingly. I loved this story because it finally full-circled his character until they broke it with the titans story.
This is an excellent story. It's a shame that Superboy Prime gets the character development he desperately deserves in a one-shot story that doesn't go anywhere. I want to DC to explore SP more, I think there is some real depth to him that we have only just begun to see.
Thanks, Rob! The community, and your videos, let me continue to enjoy comics despite losing my vision. No soapy stuff; just wanted to say I appreciate your work!
I hope comic books Authors will use Prime in future. We could all enjoy an good redemption story.
Łukasz Milewicz dare god NO!
yea, but keep him disturbed and conflicted. No redemption necessary. I'd love to see a current iteration of him. Possibly after doomsday clock.
They just need to let Superboy prime join the red lanterns and push the teen angst as far as they go. I'd love to read that.
Beyond omega level buggs bunny
(....he was omega before being omega was cool....)
Changes laws of physics at will, makes objects out of thin air, near invulnerability....damn
See I also love superboy prime just totally obliterating everyone and being a bad ass but I think he is totally underappreciated in his character development and complexity and tbh i almost think this was the writer's way of kinda saying its underrated too or he just did a great job of showing his complexity through the cycling of the spectrum and reasoning why hes feeling that emotion at that point yeah it was totally awesome in making him even more op but it shows even though he went nuts and he's an angsty teenager at the end of the day hes still very human in nature he has guilt he loves people he experiences all the good and bad humanity does in real life and honestly i think he's one of the best characters in terms of that in comics and thats why hes my fav comic character
Superbly made! It's so superb, it's superbly prime.
A 2 No my friend it’s superbly prime time!
Lol at that autocorrect haha Superboy Prime is the plot device of all time
As much as I love you doing this story bit by bit, it's torture! I need more now! 😂🙏
Superbly Prime? I think you have a bit of typo mate. Also, nice video.
Retrofuge Mate? are you constantine? Australian?
Nah, not an Aussie or a Constantine.
Why? Do you like them? But if you do. I'm not one to judge your sexual preferences. lol
F*ck Google wow. Just wow, had a bad day at school kid?
Ginger Nation Gaming it's Sunday...
The thing Luthor said about Superboy Prime and the internet so accurate.
ComicsExplained is the best comic book page!
I love Superbly Prime, he is my second favorite character next to Shabam.
Superblyat Prime!
Who is shabam
XD
SHABAM!!!
@@RyanConIon
He means Shazam
Superboy prime is in the Shazam universe he’s going to kill Shazam
Robot Chicken still has the best origin short for Superman that his parents are going through a divorce his dad threatens to shoot him into outer space you can have the house the car but you ain't get my son and then he pushed the button and shot Superman into space now jor-el sitting in a prison LOL
Taje ware “you can gave the car and the house but you’re not getting the bay bitch” that was his words not mines
Superbly presented vid Rob. 😉
Totally wrong about Legion of Three Worlds. It was about Superboy Prime vs. Legion of Super Heroes, except tying into the whole "multiverse is back" thing, they summoned three Legions from three different universes to fight him. The whole Prime fighting himself was just a means to an end...a lazy one I'd say. But serves the purpose of sending Prime back to Earth 33.
Superman Prime!! I love it! I hope DC rolls him into Injustice and he's all like "All you fools are wrong, I'm taking over, get in line or die, and we'll go back to the Silver Age!"
Dc doomsday clock first 6 pages is AMAZING
Batarang Nerd it came out?
Jason Nge no just a preview and it is bananas
ROB WILL SAY BEST THING COMING OUT OF DC REBIRTH its been a while since he has said that
Did you touch on how Superboy Prime was the reason AntiMonitor became the battery for the Black Lanterns?
I wonder if Prime ever escaped the Source Wall.
Daemon Blackfyre maybe when black hand brought back relic and others from the source wall during godhead
I thought all of those people had got sucked back to the source wall though, because the material of the wall infected the entity of death and black hand himself, trying to tug them into the wall. I may be wrong, but i thought i remembered reading that happen somewhere
Relic was still free and it didn't look like he was being sucked toward the source wall
He stood on it which is more impressive
Superman's son Jon will be the next Prime.
Prime has always been a favorite, I keep saying that DC Comics is the only one who made me a villain fan
Misspelled Superboy, superbly
Ah my favourite of all alternate universe superboys Superbly prime!
After this he comes back one more time, creates his own Legion of Doom but then gets himself trapped in the Source Wall. Should be the end of him but Kyle Rayner def left him a massive opening to return and start tearing shit up again. Make a vid about that Rob, also a more in-depth one of Legion of 3 Worlds would be a great idea too.
I think that one great feat would be someone to redeem superboy prime, which could work, perhaps have him start to get a more solid mindset as to realizing the superheroes back in the day were pure because they were not ment to be completely or super relatable, that now they are, like any other real person they have a good side and a bad side, they along with the rest of the world is often various shades of grey as far as morality goes, especialy if in the "real world" he'd supposedly get accustomed to modern super heroes and mature once he grows older and get out of his angsty teen years, main problem is thinking of a decent alias since if he were to be sucked back into the comic universe, there is already a superman, I mean he could sorta have his powers reworked to since he is from the real world, maybe he has minor reality warping powers that more or less tend to work on himself only, hence would explain things like power boosts and his plot device powers, that since he loved superman so much he basically had unknowingly been using said powers to give him a powerset that was that of superman and sometimes more
Gosh diddly darn it what's with the early morning uploads first benny now you come on rob I need sleep
No swearing on this christian minecraft server
Lex Bosch sorry its just a little infuriating cause I have a sleep schedule to keep
Great video! Very well explained
Love watching ur show you always explain things the best way and very passionately! Keep up the great work
Hey Rob. Where is the Silver Surfer in Marvel now? I haven't seen him in forever!!!! Did he die in Secret Wars?
Superboy Prime shows up one more time before Flashpoint in the final two issues of Teen Titans for one more fight against Superboy Conner Kent.
Rob you’re the most notorious cliff hanger story teller ever
Could you do Hellstrom that'd be pretty dope.
Very cool run through oh the story. From how that ended there is definitely more they could do with superboy prime
Darkest Night 2, all of Earth Prime is black lanterns and they spread out into the multiverse lead by Superboy Prime who is overcome by his regret for killing so many and that the black lantern rings can bring them all back. Probably throw in a fake happy family under his control that he repeatedly harms by accident or harms to prove to other heroes during a monologue that he is right about how to save everyone forever.
Wouldn't it be awesome if he went on a path of redemption, where SBP walked the path of a true hero fighting his wrongs and replacing the fear he instilled in others to hope.
Corey Guffey I second this.
That would be cool n like to see but my god he has ALOT to do to redeem himself
Will you ever cover the time Superboy Prime attacks DC HQ?
looking back, is kind of nice they managed to redeem him a little bit years later with him choosing to side with the heroes against perpetua
In all of my comic book life I've never seen a badass moment like this when Superboy prime turned blackest night ring into red lantern ring it's so fucking awesome
Love your channel ROB! Keepin' comics alive!
Man, you completely forgot to mention the word on the last panel!
The black lantern ring detects "hope".
But has he ever turned himself into pickle ?
Media Addict he probably has lol
Umbra
Superpickle Prime*
I hate you all.
Andrew Pacely I do what I can to inspire.
LivingLaserHD Panels or it didn't happen.
Can you do a video on Genis-Vell?
thanks rob for the upload for all the insomniacs
Just throw a pickle at him. The density of that pickle will crush him indefinitely
Superboy Prime is stuck in the Source Wall.
Superboy prime seems like something Grant Morrison would make in that he is meta-contextual and weirdly complicated. I'm amazed Grant has never done anything major with him.
When Superboy-Prime went after Dan Didio I was like "wait, was Prime based all along? Linkara lied to me!"
Yellow Lantern Superman from Injustice vs Red Lantern Superboy Prime would be a hell of a decent fight.
Gotta give it to prime
ᕼᑌᗰᗩᑎ ᖴᗴᒪᒪᗩ no it wouldn't
This title is everything I needed and didn’t know until I got it
every character is a plot device. nobody writes characters in a consistent manner.
Yeah, they nerfed Bugs Bunny pretty hard in Space Jam
This is CRAZY! Dig this
There's something you didn't seem to notice in the end. Her Black Ring is shining Hope. If you didn't notice, Hope was the only emotion Prime didn't channel because it's a time in his life where he has no hope. Laurie represents the hope Prime now feels that all will be well..... Which just ENRAGES me more knowing that they trapped him in the source wall for no reason! Same for Black Hand! Well, the Wall is broken now so maybe we'll see them again.
Rob why dont you make a video on omega level beyond omega level geoff johnns he can write and kill anyone he wants
And change their personalities however he desires
Give him a White Lantern Ring, but Pickle Rick would smack him into oblivion
Guess you weren't getting all the Trade Paperbacks. I knew about this comic as it was in Blackest Night Tales of the Corps
I know this is a bit of a long shot, but there is a comic called Freddy vs Jason vs Ash and I think it would be cool if you did a Halloween special video on it.
Do a vid on Pickle Rick vs the one above all. We need to know who would win
The best thing to come out of DC rebirth right now
what if the Black Lantern Ring that Superboy converted into the other colors is the origin of the Phantom Ring?
Sooo Laurie was killed by SBPrime and the Black Lanterns don't want him to interfere. "They" = Comic book writers/Black Lanterns.
Hey so I know it's late but you should totally explain the suits that Tony uses in the Ironman history. I've always wondered how he got all of them and uses them especially the buster suits
Alexander Luther is Lex Luther(the good guy)'s son. He was a part of the monitors plan.
Ugh...so many universes.....where's my portal gun?
Hey Rob, can you do the rebirth Red Hood and the Outlaws story please.
Anyone else feel like a Final Crisis Explained video is long overdue?
It's a shame we don't see him anymore. These were some fun times in comics, though they did overuse the blackest night stuff kinda like dark knights metal.
I think an interesting twist/tie in to his character could come from that story. What if the Black lanterns took over every single human on the entire planet except superboy prime? Forced to flee off world he takes residents on a distant planet. Or back to the main DC universe in some kind of huge event.
Can you do a video explaining energy superman/s think that would be cool
Last time I was this early Marvel made good comics
hahahaha so true
Ultimates, Secret Empire, Marvel Legacy.....
Oisin Lynch good, bad,pretty good
JiraiyaTV ohhh SHIT 😂😂
Well legacy was quite good
superboy prime is now my favorite dc character
A precursor to the white light and lanterns.
So does that mean that was the first version of Phantom Ring that was ever introduced in DC comics.
"This box. It's a conduit for the RAGE of the people of this Earth."
Oh boy, nobody show god-beings our internet.
Underrated character of all time 😂
alexander luthor was NOT a alternate version of lex luthor. he was the son of earth-3's lex luthor.
After this story he was defeated by the titans and then pinned to the Source Wall if i recall correctly
1st off THANK YOU for all the free entertainment but... Where is Injustice and the Watchmen stories?
I'm super boy prime. It was just a replica ring I bought for her at a canival gift shop. Don't worry about it.
Haven't caught up with DC rebirth but what if this is one of those times when Geoff Johns is planting a seed that will pay off in a few years?
You keep saying nobody knew what to do with him but ALL of the stories you keep bringing up were written by Geoff Johns. He brought Superboy Prime back in Infinite Crisis, Sinestro Corps War, Legion of Three Worlds, and Blackest Night. This was all one big story. Geoff Johns clearly knew exactly what he wanted to do with him.
I really wanted him to be redeemed. I don't know how, but I just wanted him to
I have a story in mind where he gets redemeed, but anyway I imagine it will end in his death.
Superboy prime is back
Well mission accomplished?
Well look at him now
@@lastson5014 ?
I literally asked for this last episode, and Rob delivered. Are you....are you God?
Request a video on conner kent, on the basis that james tynion 4th said he will be coming back soon.
Man Shoon The upcoming season of Young Justice will likely boost his popularity.
Kevin Gomolchak hell yeah, thanks man. I was at the con and james tynion mentioned it. I was like what!
He actually shows up in the last Teen Titans arc before the New 52
Rob you’re that man!
Can you make a video of DC and marvels dumbest super powers or Heroes,villains
Rob please cover Spawn arcs!! (26)
WOW...What the outro song called?
You forgot the time he absorbed the energy and was more powerful. Oh, and that in issue four it said he would be killed in issue 5.
I like Superboy prime because he's the only Superman who hasn't been nurfed into the ground.
Well, they did take away his Super Genius intellect I guess.
Ryan Knapp not necessarily he did.build himself a power adsorption suit
Dammit Rob, talk about leaving me hanging. Good explanation tho
Rob can you cover Spider Man Back in Black?
Superboy Prime to be in his actual true Prime form that would be awesome if superboy-prime to become a rainbow Lantern that would definitely be the most amazing thing DC could ever do
The Night King is a Black Lantern.
Please continue invincible!!!