Why do Superboy and Match look identical if Match doesn't have any of Lex Luthor's DNA?
Match is roughly 50% Superman + 50% blank
Superboy is roughly 50% Superman + 50% Lex
Shouldn't there be some sort of distinction in their appearance aside from Match's black eyes?
The only rational explanation I can come up with is that all of the genes that account for Superboy's appearance came from Superman's side.
Posted Feb 14, 2019, 3:20 AM UTC
The Light/Cadmus had vague plans to use either Match or Superboy to kill/replace Superman. Clearly they made a concerted effort to make sure that both of them looked as much like the Man of Steel as possible.
I mean, just because superboy is 50% Lex gene-wise doesn't mean he has to look 50% like Lex. There are cases where children essentially look like a carbon copy of one of their parents. Don't forget there are many other things genes code for, so perhaps the 50% that is Lex does not code for anything that has to do with physical appearances.
That's pretty much what I figured like I said at the end of the post.
Whelp, I read everything up to that point. >< M'bad.
Well, not all you DNA defines appearance.
They used Lex’s DNA to stabilize the Kryptonian DNA.
It’s probably like you said the appearance of match and superboy came form superman
All the genes that account for appearance came from Superman, the Lex Luthor part of the DNA is mostly his intelligence, or he says so himself.
The original Kon-el who was created by Karl kesel, was created to look identical like superman, even when he was all human.
Lex wanted a replacement superman for himself, so why wouldn't he make his clone look identical to superman in every way?
I assume he was specifically designed so that most of his Kryptonian DNA would be dominant, and most of his human DNA would be recessive.
At least in the DCU comics Superboy is also modified to look the exact same as Superman (and for a long while had no Superman DNA, just looked like him and simulated powers).
His appearance is not random.
Just because Superboy is 50% Lex Luthor doesn't mean his appearance has to be 50% Lex Luthor. Most genes don't encode for appearance.
I think it was purposeful due to SB's initial goal of replacing Superman. Having a replacement Superman look exactly like Superman was probably Lex's goal to get the public to accept him.
Match is %100 superman he has no human DNA
Exactly, so why does he look completely identical to Superboy? Also, Match doesn’t really have 100% of Superman’s DNA, he has the same gaps that Superboy does, they were just left blank.
Well in the tie-ins Match has devolved into a Bizarro-type ugly. So that might be taking into account his unstable gene-age.
What I’m really wondering is why Superboy didn’t inherit any of Luthor’s physical characteristics. He looks identical to Match who has none of Luthor’s DNA.
You’d like the Superboy in Reign of the Supermen. He at least has Lex’s eyes.
Nah, I'm honestly glad he's all Supes in terms of appearance, I'm just curious as to the in universe explanation.
Maybe superboy will go bald someday
You're joking but I think his lack of external aging would prevent that even if he had the genes for it.
Maybe he dose age he will just look 16 for ever but when when like 35 or 40 years old from point of creation he will go bold