Yeah, Kon-El just feels like an X-Man with the serial number filed off and slapped into an 'S'-symbol t-shirt. Superboy is important to the mythology, and I think Kal should've started out as a teenager. Superboy could really tap into that once and future king kind of feel for Superman, as well as financially draw into some of that Harry Potter appeal. C'mon, it's great storytelling
and sound business sense. Who are you to resist it eh? You bring back Krypto you can at least bring back the real Boy of Tomorrow. You can even keep Kon-El in the continuity, just as Superboy II.
C'mon. . .
-Def.