The only Kryptonian who could be more powerful than a Kryptonian god would have to be able to transcend the very pages in which all beings in the DC comics universe—mortal or otherwise—are bound. Of course, there is only one such being: Superboy-Prime, the Clark Kent of Earth-Prime.
Earth-Prime is, for all intents and purposes, the “real” world. For example, on this Earth, DC Comics is a comic book company that publishes stories about Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and so on, with the writers of these stories able to draw inspiration from a subconscious consciousness in the Multiverse (similar to a concept referenced in an episode of the “Justice League” animated series). The Kal-El of this reality is also sent to Earth, raised by a family of Kents, and given the name Clark, and eventually becomes the superhero “Superboy.” Tragically, Earth-Prime was destroyed by the Anti-Monitor, who ultimately drove Superboy insane enough to attempt to conquer the new Earth (the conventional post-Crisis Earth).
Superboy-Prime is as strong as any version of Superman throughout history, but without the heavy canonical asterisk. When he first took his villainous turn, he managed to punch reality so hard that it shattered—and in his most recent appearance in the “Dark Knights: Death Metal” event, his battle with the nigh-omnipotent Batman Who Laughs sent literal, destructive shockwaves throughout the multiverse. Most notably, for our purposes, he’s proven his strength against several other Kryptonians, nearly killing the Power of Power with a punch, surviving an explosion that killed the “fake” Superboy, Conner Kent, and beating the same Golden Age Superman to death with his bare hands. (Did we mention he also lacks the usual Kryptonian weaknesses to magic and kryptonite?)
In raw power alone, Superboy-Prime is the strongest Kryptonian DC Comics has ever created—and they should know, because he showed up at their offices personally to attack them for writing about him too much.
Wait, is it too late to draw this? Anyone? Hello? I think I see red eyes glowing outside my window…
