Context is Adventure Comics (1938) #222, page 6
Transcript:
I’ve had worse blows than that, without ill effect! Why did I go into that queer trance before? Well, I’d best forget it! It won’t happen again!
Context is Adventure Comics (1938) #222, page 6
Transcript:
I’ve had worse blows than that, without ill effect! Why did I go into that queer trance before? Well, I’d best forget it! It won’t happen again!
That is the original Superboy in OP’s comic, i.e. Kal-El as a teenager.
It’s not even clone Superboy (Kon-El).
I can’t keep track of this shit
I don’t blame you, it’s unbelievably stupid. But I was into it as a kid, so I keep up with the storylines without reading the comics. Once they decided to reboot everything I lost a lot of interest.
Anyway, if it’s Superboy and it looks like it’s from before the 90s, it is definitely Kal-El because before then, Superboy was just Superman when he lived in Smallville.
Yeah, I was also confused at first, but the header for the issue clarifies it: