Superman Group Solicits February 2013

[Superlad93]

I think He'l is the Kon that led the clone rebellion on Krypton. The way he refers to Superboy would suggest otherwise, but I'm thinking maybe he's forgotten what he is.

Could you give any spoilers to the issue?

[Sacred Knight]

Sure. After the preview pages, Bunker convinces Kon to go out with him. As they're walking down the street Kon is confronted by H'el, whom at this point Bunker can't see, so he doesn't know who Kon's talking to. H'el remarks on how Kon is indeed a clone but remarks surprise at Earth having the technology to craft one. Superboy tries to just get him to leave him alone, but H'el telepathically pulls Superboy up toward him and knocks him around, saying he's testing a theory. The two fight, but H'el owns him pretty handily, knocking him down through the street into the sewers. Bunker signals the rest of the Titans from the air for help by fashioning a big "T" that they can see like a bat signal. When the group (minus Tim) arrive, H'el has Kon in some odd mental grip while at the same time his skin is tearing away showing muscle, like H'el's experimenting on him alive. He notes interest in his Kryptonian/Human DNA, suggesting he'll be useful to him, and after knocking the Titans aside rather easily, teleports away with Superboy.

When I say H'el's words might suggest he's not a clone, he uses such terms as "you clones" when referring to Kon giving into his rage. But I'm not convinced he's not one too.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Eh, fortunately I skipped your post because I knew it was going to be spoiler-filled and I haven't read the issue yet. Could you please use the spoiler tags?