Posted on 10/11/2021 2:44:40 PM PDT by karpov
It’s a brand new day for the man of steel.
Continuing a recent trend of comic book characters coming out as LGBTQ, Superman is now confirmed to be bisexual and on the fight for global social issues, according to the DC team behind the character, who spoke to IGN.
This news is not for the traditional iteration of Clark Kent, but instead his 17-year-old son, Jon, who has taken up his father’s mantle.
“It is a pretty big deal doing it with Jon Kent as Superman … I hope this kind of thing will not be seen as a big deal in the future,” artist John Timms told IGN.
“It will be interesting to see him not only trying to find himself as a person but a global superhero in the complex atmosphere of modern life.”
That modern life — one where Jon has entered into a relationship with young “hacktivist” reporter Jay Nakamura in “Superman: Son of Kal-El” — will also be addressing the world’s societal problems along with intergalactic threats, according to writer Tom Taylor.
“The question for Jon (and for our creative team) is, what should a new Superman fight for today? Can a 17-year-old Superman battle giant robots while ignoring the climate crisis? Of course not. Can someone with super sight and super hearing ignore injustices beyond his borders? Can he ignore the plight of asylum seekers?”
That desire to do good for the Earth’s everyday needs is a trait not from Clark Kent, but instead one from Jon’s mother, the Daily Planet’s Lois Lane, Taylor said.
“Jon is the son of the fiercest, most effective journalist on the planet. With that, comes a strong sense of right and wrong, an instinctive dislike of corruption and a strong desire for the truth to win over misinformation.”
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As I understand it CatWoman will soon be announce that ‘they’ is self identifying as a CanineMale
kinda surprised they allowed “man” to remain...
maybe superfreak is copyrighted...
I’d rather have Electric Company’s Letter Man.
He will be wearing nothing but a cape.
Superman is fantasy nonsense anyway. The product of vain imaginations, like Zeus, Atlas, etc.
What a superpower! Swap genitals on command!
When female gains the superpower of mind reading.
I am so tired of Hollywood turning our childhood super heroes into fags. There is not a thing wrong with a straight man (or woman) being a superhero or just plain hero! I hate Hollywood these days. Bunch of butt lickers
More like Thuperman....maybe Paul Lynde should have played Superman in the 60s.
I watch mostly old stuff on DVD or Roku.
A binge watch favorite is One Step Beyond with John Newland.
Twilight Zone but not quite.
Episode quality varies.
Sodomite Superman’s sidekick is teenage homosexual Robin? Unfortunately, that makes sinful sense.
But not Samson (super strength) and Elijah (super speed). Real people empowered by the Holy Spirit.
I can’t wait for the stuporman, batthing, and she-hulk b*tch fest.
Just finished "The Squid Game", it was great.
BrokeBack Krypton.
They’ve ‘infected’ everything. They never come up with any original characters such as ‘buggerman’ or some silly crap like that. It’s because no one would watch it so instead they slide it into existing successes. sick.of.it!!!
there’s no such thing, either you do? or you don’t...
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