Superboy Prime vs 2 Supermen & 30 Green Lanterns (Infinite Crisis Conclusion) 

To the people complaining about how I mispronounced Jamie Reyes name: I will now mispronounce it intentionally at every possible opportunity.

How do you know a story is epic? When Rob can't finish his sentences!

- I thought you were batma... *slap* - Rob has spoken and so shall it be!!!

Superboy Prime is the best thing coming out of DC rebirth right now.

Moral of the story, If you're throwing a party, ALWAYS invite Joker

Is it just me or is Superboy-Prime is getting more and more popular now than back than?

Infinite crisis is the best thing coming out of DC rebirth right now (got this meme twice in a row)

When you said "Batsman" I had this awesome visual of Batman holding two baseball-bats ready to fuck up crime.

7:54 Golden age Wonder Woman.......should not be wearing that outfit......ever.

Actually, the story behind Conner Kent Superboy & Nightwing are a bit more nuanced than that. You were correct, but didn't get the whole story. Geoff Johns LOVED Superboy. Superboy was his favorite character, you could even see his old letters to the editor in Superboy's book from the 90's. In fact, Geoff had several years of stories planned with the Teen Titans that had Superboy in it. The reason, the real reason that Superboy died, was because of real world litigation. The families and estates of Siegel & Shuster started a suit regarding the Superboy trademark. Originally, the Superman that DC owns outright debuted as an adult, with Siegel later creating the "Superman as a boy in Smallville" Superboy concept later that was argued to not fall under the deal where Superman was bought by DC (especially since Siegel made the pitch, it got denied, but then DC made Superboy anyway). So, their lawsuit presented the real threat that DC could lose the right to use the name Superboy in ANY capacity, so Conner Kent was killed, Prime was renamed (in-universe as an ego trip) as Superman-Prime, and the revised history of Superman where he WAS Superboy (thus bringing back the continuity of the original Legion of Superheroes where Superboy regularly went to the future) had to be hinted at until years later when Johns wrote Superman: Secret Origin. Because his favorite Titan was killed, Johns eventually left that book and it arguably never recovered, even past into the New 52. However, the lawsuit was resolved that DC could later use the Superboy name for OTHER characters (even recently, even for young Clark Kent again outright), so Conner was brought back and Prime went back to Superboy-Prime for his last few appearances, and now the son of Clark Kent is the new Superboy, name and all. With Nightwing, that was a sole editorial fiat from Dan Didio himself. At the time, he didn't see the point in Dick Grayson since he wasn't Batman's sidekick anymore, and that he'd never be Batman (ha!), so he wanted to remove what he considered chaff in the Batfamily. The thing was that almost literally EVERYBODY ELSE at DC fought for Dick to live, Johns at the forefront (who I believed threatened to quit if he was forced to do so). It's similar to the fiat that Quesada has against the Peter Parker/Mary Jane marriage, except in this case, Didio backed down and admitted he was dumb and Quesada still hates the Spider-Marriage (sorry Spidey fans).

Superboy prime needs to fight Dr. Manhattan! That would honestly be the best thing to come out of DC Rebirth

Fan: there's a plot hole/something I don't like here... DC: REBOOT!!!

Infinite Crisis is truly one of the craziest stories in DC history. Awesome breakdown Rob. Hey if your planning to go into Image comics at any point in the future, could you do Invincible? The 12 year storyline is about to end and they just confirmed a movie, so I think it would be the perfect time

This was Glorious. I love Superboy Prime. His origins, his personality, his story line, Everything! So badass.

That was a really nice look back at Infinite Crisis (one of my favorite special events). If I could be so bold though, I think you misunderstood the meta-commentary when Alexander Luthor said "everything comes from Superman." I think you read too much into it. It's meta-commentary, but it's even bolder than what you described (the multiverse as an explanation of how Superman changed over the years). Simply, everything you see in the comics comes from Superman. Literally. "Superman" was the birth of the entire genre. He was the first. Whether discussing DC stories or Marvel or even stories from other publishers, Superman was the first comic book superhero, and the entire genre began with him. THAT is the commentary they were making. It all comes from Superman.

Wow! Thank you for posting these vids, this has really gotten me interested in reading comics again...well this and a few fb groups. DC has such good stories. I'm currently reading the New 52 Swamp Thing but apparently I need to backtrack and get to some of these older comics to catch me up

12:40 "It was just 'one day he could jump really high, the next day he could fly,' and we don't know really why." BARS from Rob is the best thing coming out of ComicsExplained right now.

Lol "The Super Society of Secret Villains". I love hearing when you messaged up Rob, it makes it all the more charming.

superboy prime will return in countdown to final crisis and let me till u something it's even more awesome

Did anyone notice that golden age superman hit earth 1 superman with the car from the cover of action comics#1 or am I pointing out the obvious?

It is pronounced as Hai-may because he is Latino. Jamie is a typical white American name. His name has been pronounced like that ever since his first appearance in the DCAU.

11:34 - One of my single most favorite panels from any comic ever is that single frame of E1 Superman saying "a perfect earth doesn't NEED a superman". I remember reading that for the first time and got chills because I was thinking the same thing the whole time E2 Superman was ranting about his "perfect earth". 😳😻

I think it was the speed force that added the red sun weakness, and maybe not conciosully, but Prime knew the longer he was in the speed force, which transends, the more he'd be "caught up to speed" and the more weakness of today's superman, magic, kryponite, etc, would start to affect because the speed force was somehow making him more prone to it. But that's just a fan theory.

I just love it when Rob goes: Let me tell you something, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ROBCORP! ^-^

"The funny thing about this is..." That a catch phrase or something?

I've been watching you for a long time and been keeping up to date with "Metal", I kinda feel this is where the Forger started to come into play really

Aww you skipped what Black Adam does to Pyscho Pirate. That was brutal

You give me something to look forward to everyday thanks rob I love these videos

Superboy Prime is pretty badass, but what's there even left to do with him? I suppose they'll just keep him in their back pocket for another reboot.

man Rob, please please PLEASE, tell us the next one is coming! I'm not religious, my wife and kids are, they're all out doing Easter stuff and I'm home catching up. Please help me make this my own holiday, make it a "Very Infinite Crisis Easter" I beg you, good sir! haha once again, great job Rob, and that plea is a testament of how great you are as a storyteller. your timing, the personality you contribute, what you choose to emphasize importance on, even your voice!! for a long time now, you've been my favorite interpreter of stories, Recently while on 'daddy and daughter time' my girl and I went upstairs to play and I heard a familiar voice from inside the master bedroom............ it was YOU! while she was resting in bed she was listening to your channel! I was like "we are truly made for each other" haha thanks for being who you are and for what you do. sincerely, Kevin(and my wife also, haha)

Superboy Prime would be a fantastic secret character in Injustice 2. Especially being as *Boss Character* OP as he is here.

7 years later, still awesome. You are timeless rob.

Rob, I think you you are confused on the difference between the Secret Society and the Secret Six. The Secret Society is the team of villains brought together by Lex Luthor (Alexander Luthor in disguise) to fight off the heroes. The Secret Six are a team of villains that denounced membership into the Society and formed their own team. The Six are enemies of the Society. It is all covered in Villain's United.

The most appropriate statement concerning Superboy Prime I feel is, "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." And He has had a very long life as a O.P. Superpowered teenager. He's lost his freakin marbles and went Joker level kill crazy. I guess spending decades as a massively powerful teenager living in the shadow of the main hero that you realize you will NEVER take that mantle for yourself would drive anyone nuts eventually.

This is the best thing coming out of DC rebirth right now.

"Lemme tell ya sum mannnnnn lemme tell ya summmm" lol i love you rob

Superboy Prime? More like SuperBOI

"Superman and I always have to be at odds with each other, no matter which universe we're in." "Do you always have to be bald?" "Yes, but I don't always have to be self-conscious about it."

Hey Rob, if you ever need any digital comics, I got a hook up who has a huge hard drive full of complete runs, including anything from the main events to the GL run you're covering and all their tie ins, so if you're ever missing anything again like the full "Sacrifice" run in your Countdown to IC video, hit me up! I'd love to help out as a member of the RobCorp.

When Rob gets so excited about a story he just grunts. x'D Hilarious!

I felt like they really nerfed the Spectre recently. He went from the nigh invincible Wrath of God who managed to make Silver Age Superman yield to his wrath to the fall guy that makes the next big crossover villain look threatening.

Ahhh Superboy-Prime's armor the most badass thing to never be explained fully.

robs community is great simply because none of the first comments actually say "first" :D

Thanks for these 2 videos. Superboy Prime was pretty much my favorite character from pre New 52, and I loved every story he was in except for the finale Teen Titan arc where they sealed him, cuz that made absolutely no sense that they could trash him. However, the storyline was always a bit difficult to keep up with because I wasnt aware of some of the motivations of the authors in wanting to clean up the universe and tie up loose ends of certain characters. Certain things never made sense to me, especially since I try to make the comic make more sense story wise than even the authors intend to, which means I end up with alot of non-explanations for why certain events take place, or how Superboy was so inconsistent throughout his entire run. I really loved Superboy vs. the guardians and the DC roster where he almost died on the bridge but stuck his hand into the sun and just blitzed everyone. Such an enjoyable read. I hope you continue to cover the rest of his storyline into Legion of 3 Worlds. I'd appreciate it so much

maybe because in Spanish culture a j is pronounced as an h? #LanguageExplained

Awesome! Superboy Prime is by far one of my favorite versions of Kal-el.Love how he's incredibly powerful and managed to take on all the heroes by himself,plus I love his physique.

R.I.P. 33 Green Lanterns and a some useless superheroes.

GEEZUS!!!! i had love for DC before and thats why i subscribed to this channel but now.... MAH GAUD!!! This is too intense i will probably have a hearth attack if this keeps up... youre the best Rob!!!

The dark nature of some heroes is cyclical. It reminds me of wrestling. As a kid, hulk Hogan and John cena, would be appealing; however, when that audience grows up, they want stone cold Steve Austin and ECW. At some point you run into the dilemma of what audience you want to appease. Reboots are a great way to try to strike a balance, but if the execution is botched, it's back to square one.

Great work as always Rob :D,i hope that sometimes when you got time,to do 52,it's ( as you probably know :D ) a amazing storyline :D

the J makes an H sound in spanish thats why jamie is pronounced hamie (or however its spelled)

Man i look forward to these so much thank you rob for all the great work

Hey Rob can you do a video on Superboy Prime vs Sodom Yat. I know it's kind of an obscure fight but it's one of my favorite fights in DC history.

My Favorite Channel, excellent ep..

Hey Rob, it'd be pronounced like "himay" because he's Hispanic...

This video almost made me change my mind and say Superboy Prime is my favorite DC villain, but after the Joker randomly shows up and kills Alexander because he "wasn't invited" Joker still has my heart.

Not sure what documentary but one of my favorite comic creator quotes, " Why Blue Beetle? Two words, Green Hornet..."

Rob I'm a Marvel guy, but as far as convoluted reboot crossovers are, the way you added in insights of DC editorial, really was the glue that logically made this understandable. You're a genuis. 🙌

I never understood superman and thors attraction to normal human woman, they have thousand year lifespans, its guaranteed your going to outlive them, why would you put yourself through that kind of pain when there are other woman in your universe who will live just as long? people hate MCU odin because he thinks thor having jane is stupid but hes kind of right isnt he? imagine we had a race of humans on this planet who were born, became adults and then died all in the space of 1 year would you really see that as a good place to find a partner?

Your excitement is amazing =)

10:22 Your semi-heroes, Your Quasi-heroes, Your the Diet Coke of Heroes(Only one calorie! but not heroic enough!)

you have to do the story line where superboy prime fights ion the daxomite green lantern!! superboy prime is such a badass!!

Hey Rob, I love Superboy Prime, too! Awesome vid, man! Keep 'em coming!

Superboy Prime scares me.

this was a SUPER story Rob!!👊👊👊

Rob corps RULES!!

you are so awesome rob,never was into comics but now fan boy.

Rob you're videos are amazing! keep it up man! And daaaaamn am super boy is a bad ass lmao 😂. #RobCorp

12:53 (as the Joker said... "and here we go" :)

With all due respect Rob, it's pronounced "high-meh" Reyes because he is Hispanic and Jamie is English also it's more of a female name; it's also spelled differently Jaime.

Really enjoyed this.

You made a mistake with Batman staying on new earth. Batman of earth-2 died when darkseid invaded back in the 1960's. He was the commissioner of Gotham, married to Selena Kyle, father of Helena Wayne, and adopted father of Dick Grayson. He came out of retirement to help the heroes fight against the invasion.

I absolutely love your videos.......thank you.

O.k I smell hypocrisy here, didn't the old school super heroes kill. i mean sups let a man die because he found out his secret identity, right?

been watching a ton of your videos bro i just thought it would be a good idea. I know for a fact you'll get views for it. especially considering your current fanbase. PS happy Easter Rob & everybody

video published a minute ago. comments 20 hours ago . What the hell RU-vid

great video rob always wanted to read this comic, keep up the good work

You re such a great guy. I loved the Batsman. You re so natural. Very happy to finally start with DC

Why can't superboy prime be in Injustice?

@comicsexplained. First & foremost, I am a BIG FAN of your channel. 2nd, I noticed that you are almost at 1 millions subs. So congrats in advance. Now for my Question. Are you ever going to bring back Walking Dead?

after all this I can only assume comic stories are pointless O_o heroes die then come back alive, they are reset over and over, they gain and lose powers non stop, nothing matters nothing sticks. comics need to be more like movies, books or games. give a story then end it. this whole there is 1 universe now there is a multiverse now just 1 again now many again over and over...who cares if lois lane dies? she will be back it don't matter if superman kills flash some day he will be back powers being taken earth being blown up whole time lines erased? nah don't matter all will be reset next time a new guy takes over the pen. just kind of stupid

This was amazing !!! thank you Rob and shout out to the Rob-Core !!!!!!

This was great!

Take a shot every time Rob says 'The funny thing about this is..'

I think it come down to a Thor Avengers quote.You were ready for a higher form of war.Loved those stories where earths champion fought galaxies champions.When we/earth/heroes are considered a threat someone comes to combat that.

I love it when you talk too fast your awesome thanks for all your videos ☝💗

Alexander Luthor is like those kids who got scared when his daddy hire a clown for his birthday party.

That's also why Conner was brought back to life so quickly, DC regained use of the word Superboy from the original creators estates.

what's up notification squaf!? always enjoy your compressed explanations Rob! You rock!

"nd yeeaaaah, I love superboy prime"😂

Rob, you have an incredibly entertaining channel and you're doing a great job. I will make sure to hit the like button and keep up the great job.

You didnt mention that the whole green lantern Corp put up a wall of pure will power hundreds of kilometers thick to stop superboy prime and punched through it with one punch

I collected comics for 25 years, but I stopped because I can't understand what's going on now without the narration balloons. I was completely lost reading this book.

Unknown superhero (to me)-That guy's insane! Batman- You don't know the half of it kid.

The reason Conner Kent was killed off was due to the Siegel family's lawsuit against DC Comics over ownership of the Superboy IP. That was also the reason that Superboy Prime was aged up and renamed Superman Prime after Infinite Crisis. Once the lawsuit was settled, DC was clear to bring back Conner.

Hey man love you work, but I have a question. Could you do a comic theories segment? If there's anything comics have given us in length through history is that burning question of what if?

very fitting to have Jerry Ordway do the Clark and Lois scenes

Rooooooobbbbbbbbb! You have done it again! Great Video!

Great explanation bro.

Excellent Infinite Crisis review!