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DC CANCELS bisexual superman: Publisher pulls series about Kal-El's son coming out and fighting climate modify deniers after 18 issues as sales plummeted to just 34, last month
DC Comics has announced it will axe a recent publication series that was centered on a bisexual Superman.
Superman: Son of Kal-El is based around Jonathan Kent - son of Clark Kent and Lois Path - and was launched by DC Comics last year.
Now amid poor sales the comic publication publisher announced at New York Comic Con that its 18th issue - due to discharge in December - will be its last.
In the months after Jon Kent made his debut in July , the year-old ethics embraced various social issues, including educational facility shootings, fighting climate change deniers and the deportation of refugees.
Then in the series' fifth issue Jon Kent began a affair with a male friend and refugee 'hacktivist' Jay Nakamura.
The fifth edition of Taylor's Superman: Son of Kal-El series in which Jon Kent, son of Clark Kent, began a romantic relationship with a man
In October last year Tom Taylor, who authored the series, went to the
Except, hmm, this seemed attractive unlikely to me. Superhero comics are still overwhelmingly straight, so the odds of DC revealing two major franchise characters as queer within the span of a few months are pretty steep — especially one who is currently wearing the mantle of Superman. So I did a bit of digging to figure out how this rumor got started.
Good news: it’s hilarious.
First, though, who is Jon Kent? Jon is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. He debuted in and is best known for costarring in the delightful all-ages Super Sons with Damian Wayne, son of Batman and current Robin. Due to convoluted plot shenanigans, Jon was abruptly aged up from 10 years old to 17 a couple years ago, something I plan to harbor simmering resentment about for the rest of my natural life.
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Until recently, Jon went by Superboy, but as of July, the regular Superman comic book has been put on hiatus, and Jon has been starring in a monthly series called Superman: Son of Kal-El. The two issues that h
It’sabird, it’s a plane, it’s a refreshingly modern take on a classic superhero.
DC Comics announced Monday that its new Superman will come out as attracted to both genders in the upcoming issue “Superman: Son of Kal-El” #5, by writer Tom Taylor and designer John Timms.
“I’ve always said everyone needs heroes and everyone deserves to see themselves in their heroes and I’m very grateful DC and Warner Bros. divide this idea,” Taylor said. “Superman’s symbol has always stood for hope, for truth and for justice. Today, that symbol represents something more.”
“Son of Kal-El” #5 is due out Nov. 9.
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Jonathan Kent — the year-old son of Clark Kent and reporter Lois Lane — has all the same powers as his dad, NPR’s resident comic book aficionado Glen Weldon reports. Due to this, Jon will pick up the mantle of Superman while his pop, the OG Man of Steel, does some superheroing in space for an indefinite amount of period.
And ka-powing Metropolis’ resident lousy guys isn’t the only way Superman Jr. will emulate his dad: Jon will also plunge for a reporter, a hacker friend of his named Ja
Superheroes and queerness are a natural pairing, as DC Comics unveils new attracted to both genders Superman
DC Comics recently revealed a plot twist for its new Superman comic books: He’s bisexual. Jon Kent is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and he falls in love with a male reporter. Many fans have said a leading queer character is a welcome and long-overdue addition. But it’s strange that Superman was ever straight in the first place, according to journalist and advice columnist John Paul Brammer.
“When talking about aliens, for example, we've always mapped human features, human sexuality onto them, which is kind of weird to do with aliens,” Brammer tells KCRW. “It's kind of humorous that Superman, who hails from planet Krypton, happens to be heterosexual, happens to look a whole lot like a European. I don't think he should have had a kind of human sexuality.”
He says in the past, comic writers have limited themselves to already-existing tropes. He argues: Why not use the imagination and bring representation in fresh and exciting ways?
“It is a really big deal when you move in a different dire