DC Comics’ Bisexual Climate Change-Fighting Superman Is Kryptonite to Sales

PJ Media ^ | 01/28/2022 | Matt Margolis

[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.

[bray]

You mean young boys are not wanting to read about Virtue Soapboxing? Must have surprised all those 24 yr old marketing women.

[lgjhn23]

“All we want it to be able to come out of the closet and live our lives in peace.” They said.
Now, the queer bassturds have just about destroyed everything they’ve touched. They need to go back into the closet...and stay there...forever.
Do I sound mean? Homophobic, etc. etc.? Good, I hope so.

[bk1000]

“ There were lots of sexy babes in comic books when I used to read them. ”

Blondie, Trixie, and Aunt Fritzie come to mind. They owe much to Betty Boop. Life was better in our day.

[hattend]

Who is Kevin Keller?

[DiogenesLamp]

Some character in the newly gayified Archie comic book.

[telescope115]

And Fire that writer. Idealism doesn’t sell.

[Bikkuri]

Tom Taylor



QUEER

[Radix]

I liked Betty more than I liked Veronica.

[x]

The new Archies TV series, Riverdale is also said to be dark and creepy.

I'm not sure Superman comics really have many readers nowadays anyway. Kids haven't been crying out for them even before the gay thing.

[Sawdring]

I was more of a Savage Sword of Conan type of a comic guy.

[hinckley buzzard]

The only people who would buy a copy of this lame edition would be collectors needing to get a first episode copy. Nobody will read it or care about whatever story it tells.

[Bikkuri]

I always liked the horror comics.. :P

[hattend]

And barely out of high school.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I think the disturbing part of all of this is how so many CEOs - presumably of the Klaus Schwab, WEF ilk - don't seem to care if they go broke. The idea appears to be to build a corporate monolith and allow zero alternative views, then force the public to consume the monolith's products whether we want them or not.