Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-76.220.45.29-20130108233409/@comment-4928331-20130109001757

I believe in the comics, everyone is shown to have a dormant metagene. I like to think about it as a random mutation in this Universe.

Superboy's human side MAY be able to express a metagene power - in the comics, he (used to) have tactile telekinesis, something provided by his human genes. The trick is, of course, how is the Reach supposed to capture him.