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The spotlight may be on Tim Drake lately — with both his novel Pride Special andannounced on-going solo series — but Tim ’s best friend , Superboy , has found a new supporter inBatgirl . Stephanie Brown — Tim ’s ex - girlfriend and another of his upright friends — has been blab to Superboy out of concern for the divided Robin . This new connection between Batgirl and Superboy is far more polite than one of their first encounters , designate fans that Superboy has outgrown his brash origins .
Though Stephanie Brown and Conner Kent ’s Superboy both debut in the ninety , and despite being mutual Quaker of Tim Drake ’s Robin , the two have seldom met on the page . Superboy , the clone of Superman and Lex Luthor , was usually adventuring with a rotate stamp of supporter and allies , while Stephanie — then know as Spoiler , the daughter of a C - list Batman villain — was usually pass on to Gotham . After long time being either dead or erased from DC history , Stephanie andSuperboy have since been re-introduce to canon , where Stephanie presently come along as one of the titularBatgirls , and where Conner will soon begin a new adventure in his recently announcedSuperboy : The Man of Tomorrowmini - series .
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In one of their rare anterior coming together , during a short menstruation when Tim had retired from Robin and Stephanie had taken up the mantle , Superboy and Stephanie Brown nearly get to blows . InTeen Titans#13 by Geoff Johns , Tom Grummett , Lary Stucker , and Jeromy Cox , Superboy flies to Gotham to look for for Tim Drake and finds Stephanie in her Robin uniform . When she insist she is , in fact , the unexampled Robin , Conner respond : " No . You ’re a girl in Robin ’s costume . "
Superboy andBatgirl appear again inDC Pride : Tim Drake Special#1 , where their off - panel conversations are alluded to more than once in stories by Meghan Fitzmartin and Belén Ortega . In " Sum of Our Parts , " Superboy tells Tim that Stephanie called him to talk about Tim ’s " weird " behavior . In the special ’s new story , " The Elephant in the Room , " those discussions are alluded to again , with Tim tell to Superboy : " Right . I block you guy talk now . "
Despite have a sight in vulgar — both the descendants of superintendent - villains , both dear friends to Tim Drake ’s Robin — Superboy and Batgirl have antecedently been too stubborn or proud to really connect when they did meet , making this raw connectedness a sign of growth for both reference — but particularly Superboy . When he antecedently met Stephanie during her time as Robin , he was antagonistic and ill-bred , calling her " little miss dress - up " and not affording her the esteem he does Tim . Now , however , it appear as though both Conner and Stephanie — now farm into her persona as Batgirl — are fast friends , talking often about Tim . Superboy has gotten over his original mistrust and disfavor of Stephanie , prove his maturity in this new earned run average of DC . Superboy ’s new friendship with Batgirl prove he ’s grown as a character and is quick to take on more obligation across the DC Universe . He ’s no longer the brash — and slenderly misogynistic — child he once was . Hopefully the two will meet again soon , as Stephanie seem inBatgirlsand Superboy appears inYoung Justice : Dark Crisisand his novel mini , Superboy : The Man of Tomorrow .
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