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

Transcript:

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 Squid@lemmy.worldM
    3·
    11 hours 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).

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
        4·
        11 hours 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.

        • m_f@midwest.socialOPMEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

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