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Superhero vs Superhero Superboy #8 Superboy vs. Superboy! Part 3 of “Stop Hitting Yourself!” “Big Trouble in Smallville!” Writer – Karl Kesel Penciler – Tom Grummett Inkers – Doug Hazelwood and Dan Davis Letters – Starkings / Comicraft Colorist – Tom McCraw Editor – Frank Pittarese December 1994 You couldn’t ask for a more complicated roadmap to a 'person fighting themselves" plot than this issue of Superboy. Between this version of Superboy being an experimental clone of Superman and his doppelganger in this issue being caused by a crossover with the reality warping event known as Zero Hour there is a lot here to unpack. Superboy should go first, as it is his name on that bannerhead. This is Kon-El or Conner Kent, a clone created with human and Kryptonian DNA. Made to mimic Superman’s power set as closely as technology was able, Kon-El was vat born in secret by the super-science laboratory outside of Metropolis called Project Cadmus. Due to his mixed human/Kryptonian DNA, Ko...

Superhero vs Superhero Daredevil #156 Daredevil vs. Daredevil? Part 2 of “Stop Hitting Yourself!” “Ring of Death!” Writer – Roger McKenzie Penciler – Gene Colan Inker – Klaus Janson Letters – Elaine Heinl Colorist – Francoise M. Editor – Bob Hall Editor-in-Chief – Jim Shooter January 1978 Up next, we hop over to the Marvel side of the aisle and look in on that man without fear, ol’ horn head himself – Daredevil. Today’s tale is something he’s going to have a devil of a time explaining, because he’s leaping into the ring against a version of himself wearing his old red-and-yellows. Who will come out on top? How did this even happen? These questions and many more will be answered below. We begin our tale with Daredevil confronting his sweetheart of the moment, Natasha Romanoff A/K/A the Black Widow, while standing over the mostly unconscious bodies of his foes. Which is saying something as his foes this time out appear to be three Avengers. Looks like I should try bin diving for Daredev...