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
      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: