Great Geoff Johns interview at Newsarama.
Thanks for making me cry, Geoff. At work.
NRAMA: Knowing how you feel about Superboy, it must have been so difficult for you to have to write his death and then lose him from your title.
GJ: It was. I loved the character. It's like, I thought he wasn't the smartest kid in the room, and he wasn't the dumbest, but he just had a good heart and a good soul, and that's why I just loved him. He was a nice, normal kid despite the crazy background, and he had so much growing to do.
You know, I think if Superboy was still in the book, I'd probably still be writing it.
"he had so much growing to do" pretty much sums up everything.
I miss him.
And I know how you feel, Geoff. If Superboy was still in the book, I'd probably still be loving it. (I do still enjoy the book, however, but I can't bring myself to get attached. Not like I was. Never doing *that* again.)