If you bring him back as just Kon-El, clone of Superman, who has tactile-telekinesis powers?
Well, I think then you’d be able to keep around. And yeah, the whole “Young Superman” thing is sketchy to me, as well. I get DC’s position, but I think it works a lot better in Smallville than it does in the upcoming Legion cartoon. “We’re just looking at Clark when he was younger.” That seems a better argument than “We’re just looking at Superman when he was younger,” because the latter almost sounds like it would HAVE to be Superboy.