Overall, Kyle has super intelligence but due to not being raised by a family, but grown in a pod, lacked basic knowledge of human society and how people interact. Kyle excels at analyzing mathematical data but has high analytical skills in general and can excel in any scientific area. In superpower speak this is some type of algorithmic pattern awareness. Kyle can detect mathematical patterns intuitively. Kyle XY premiered in 2006 and has a super brain. Marvel then really exploited the teenage superhero idea with the X-Men who are mostly teenagers and reside at the Xavier School for the Talented and Gifted rather than something like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude which is more a married with children man’s fantasy than a teenage guy fantasy. Stan Lee, of Marvel comic books, figured out in the sixties that male teenagers might relate more to a hero that shared their insecurities like Spiderman. The fans of comic books are largely male teenagers. In recent years Superman has been depowered and the current Superman is far less powerful than the silver age Superman. Kryptonite was created by the Superman radio show in the thirties precisely to address this problem. One of the recurring plot line weaknesses of Superman is that Superman has been too powerful for interesting battles and/or adventures. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Superman is a DC character and Marvel is their competition. The early Spiderman could be summarized as “insecure teenager becomes superhero” and this is what Clark is doing. I think one of the keys to the success of Smallville is that the creators have taken a lot of the plot line from the Marvel superhero Spiderman and interjected that plot line into the Superman mythos with great success. Clark hasn’t even put on a costume but this may happen in the upcoming ninth season. Clark will probably skip the Superboy phase in this version of the Superman story. The silver age comic book Superboy would demolish the Smallville Clark. As of episode eight Clark cannot fly with any regularity. Heat vision turns out to be especially problematic in one episode. Clark is still discovering new superpowers during the first three or four episodes.
An episode of Smallville starring the Legion of Superheroes, from the 31 st century, lets us know that Clark will become Superman but the Legion in general finds Clark less than impressive compared to the legend of Superman. Clark is young and much less experienced than Superman. Clark of Smallville is very different from Superman of the comic books and movies. I would say there is a strong chance that the creators of Kyle XY saw the success of Smallville and decided to make their own teenage superhero. Supergirl, Clark’s cousin, can fly while Clark cannot. Kyle’s clone companion, Jessi XX, was created later and is a more advanced clone model and has super strength unlike Kyle. Both have female versions with their powers that are slightly more powerful. Both have “normal” human parents that teach them lessons in humanity. Clark’s dad is Jor El and is dead due to the destruction of Krypton and Clark deals with a holograph of his dad rather than a living dad. Kyle is a clone of a super scientist Adam Baylin and Kyle has to hunt his father down. Kyle XY and Clark Kent of Smallville have a lot in common.
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