
When we last left Conner(
Superboy)Kent, soldiers from the future had attacked Smallville High, and the visitor from the future calling himself Psionic Lad. In issue 4 of Superboy,by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo, Conner takes them on, with less than impressive results:

Surprisingly, the arrival of Simon Valentine results in the soldiers' departure:

Conner invites the guys back to the Kent Farm, where Psionic Lad tells of a bleak future somehow centering around Smallville and a malevolent being called the 'Prime Hunter', whom Psionic Lad wishes to defeat using training by Superboy. (Of course, Superboy wasn't even very effective against the future soldiers, so why would he be more effective against their leader?) Martha Kent invites Psionic Lad to stay at the Farm, and, after a short detour dealing with the bad guy from issue 2, Simon goes home, and Conner visits Lori Luthor (whom earlier Psionic Lad scanned and found had latent psychic ability, which might explain why she out the entire high school had been unaffected by the kid's arrival last issue):

The
break up with Wonder Girl is, of course, discussed, as the potential for a Conner/Lori hook-up was obviously the catalyst behind the move. Not sure if Lemire's read Krul yet, but here he has Conner seemingly bummed out by the break-up, when, in Teen Titans, not only did he do the breaking up, but it had been in the works for a while. On the subject of cloning, though, I probably should have paid more attention in Biology, but I think Lori is the one who is wrong here. Most incest taboos are based upon the possibilities of genetic problems arising from close relatives procreating, and Conner's DNA would indeed be close enough to Lori's to merit concern. Besides, she's annoying.
Meanwhile, back at the Kent Farm, the houseguest gets a visit from the future:

It seems he's here for nefarious purposes. But, while the obvious target is Superboy, Psionic Lad never actually mentions his name. Could the target be the one who caused the soldiers to flee, earlier in the issue, Simon? More next issue!