Posted on 01/28/2022 11:20:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Last fall, we learned that DC Comics’ new incarnation of Superman, Jon Kent (the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane), would be less a superhero and more a social warrior, leaving the battling of supervillains to others while he tackled climate change. And in Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, it would be revealed he had a boyfriend.
"The idea of replacing Clark Kent with another straight white savior felt like a missed opportunity,” Tom Taylor, the writer of the new comic, said. So instead, Taylor revealed that the new Superman “had to have new fights — real world problems — that he could stand up to as one of the most powerful people in the world.”
While the left collectively cheered for DC Comic’s “bravery,” others lamented the blatant wokeness of the comic series. In addition to going woke with the social justice nonsense, DC Comics also changed Superman’s longstanding motto from “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” to” Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow.” The company’s direction was enough for the comic’s colorist, Gabe Eltaeb, to quit DC Comics.
So, how did this new woke version of Superman do? Well, it turns out that going woke is kryptonite for comic sales. According to the site Bounding Into Comics, while orders for the comic had an initial boost, it went from the 6th-most comic book sold in November to not even breaking the top 50 in December.
“That’s right, the flagship Superman book at DC Comics is not on a Top 50 Comic Books by Units chart only 5 issues in,” the site reports.
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“At least Archie had Betty and Veronica. “
A real plus.
People like this comic writer are the real ‘real world problem’.
i developed a superhero adman to sell flowers...
Flower Arrangement Guy. his tagline was, you get more, with flowers.
As they say in Viet Nam, it’s Nguyen-Nyugen. If Superhomo catches on, another win for the LGBTQIA criwd. If he doesn’t, that destroys a patriotic icon, another win for the Wreck America crowd. No matter what, the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution.
Making him a f@ggot repulses normal people, which is the vast majority of them.
Archie pretty much pioneered queer comics. I may be wrong, but I think they were the first to put homos in their comics.
“Archie pretty much pioneered queer comics. I may be wrong, but I think they were the first to put homos in their comics.”
Ugh, I did not know that. That’s must have come after my time in the comic book realm.
Why Do We Need Heroes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow79eUHFhp0
(NAUGHTY WORD WARNING)
Imagine being an adolescent boy and your friends catch you reading gay ass Superboy - yeepsh
All the comic books have gone nuts.
Post of the Decade!
I think I just threw up a little
My thoughts exactly. There were lots of sexy babes in comic books when I used to read them.
“Go away Gay Superman.”
Never thought we’d actually get to the days when someone would try to actually make SNL’s Ambiguously Gay Duo real.
Bizarro World...
No!
PC Comics
I also recall that one of the newspaper comics started doing queer stuff back in the 1990s. It was one I never liked much anyway and I can't remember the name of that strip. I remember it caused a big controversy when they did it.
I think it was "For Better or for Worse."
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