The thing is I don’t know what happens next. Clark Kent grew up in the middle of nowhere, hidden to the world, and became Superman. He used his power to lift tractors off trapped people and to save them from storms. He didn’t kill three people before first grade. This kid has no control and was thrust into an impossible to win situation, at least in Superman’s eyes. But this kid killed. And maybe manifested his powers for the very first time in an act of violence. What does the hero do?

If he asks for advice, Batman will almost immediately come up with a plan to eliminate the child; almost reflexively, this would put Superman into conflict with Batman. I think Clark Kent would write about the hero mother who fought off three attackers. I’m no so sure how it would play out behind the headlines.