After Nightwing, Superboy's my favorite DC character. He was the only reason I ever read Superman comics. I liked how different he was from Superman. He's a clone, he's got different powers. He holds girls up in the air -- by the ass -- with one hand. What's not to like?

I really liked Tom Grummett's design. When they first changed Superboy's suit a little I wasn't too bothered by it. But I absolutely hate the black shirt and jeans thing. Hate it. There wasn't any reason to Michael Bay Superboy.

So...

My first rule was no black. I liked the original design, but I wanted to stick to Superman's colors. Since Superboy's from Metropolis and he was always following the trends, I went for a more current "urban" look. It was kind of hard to find a nice medium because I didn't want him to look like a poser or a douche bag. Everything is actually current, right down to the Oakley sunglasses (which are very hard to draw). Actually, this is kinda close to his second suit, just not shiny. But I wanted them to look like street clothes so I pulled the color value down some. It's still costumey, but if you took off the S-shield you could imagine someone wearing something like this.

The idea behind all the red is that it's sort of reminiscent of a cape. The red sort of drapes his arms and legs like a cape would. Plus when he flies you'll get that nice red streak with the blue in the middle.