DC’s Current Superman Has a Boyfriend

In the DC Universe, it’s a superb time to be the vital ward/subsequent technology of a legacy superhero mantle and get a date, apparently.

Revealed at IGN this morning, DC Comics introduced that Jonathan Kent will hook up with Jay Nakamura, the hacker buddy and Lois Lane fanboy readers have been seeing Jon get near within the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El. For those that aren’t acquainted, Jon is Clark and Lois’ son, the previous Superboy, and now at present the precise Superman of the DC Universe after the occasions of Future State. While Clark has been off-world, Jon’s been tackling duties on Earth because the Man of Steel, even at his younger age. He’s actually simply been saving the day time and again, however now he’ll not less than have somebody to speak in confidence to by his aspect.

“We are in a very different and much more welcome place today than we were 10, or even five years ago,” Son of Kal-El author Tom Taylor instructed IGN in regards to the determination to have Jon come out as bisexual now. “When I was asked if I wanted to write a new Superman with a new #1 for the DC Universe, I knew replacing Clark with another straight white savior could be a real opportunity missed. I’ve always said everyone needs heroes and everyone deserves to see themselves in their heroes. Today, Superman, the strongest superhero on the planet, is coming out.”

Jon’s popping out follows the current waves made when Tim Drake—former Robin and present Red Robin—additionally got here out as bisexual in August, within the pages of Batman: Urban Legends. He’s simply the newest in a line of a number of legacy DC characters to have come out as members of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood lately. While it’s vital for publishers like DC to forge a path with newly created numerous characters, with the ability to embody acquainted characters in these sorts of tales—and acknowledging that popping out is a common queer expertise that occurs at any and all ages, and is one thing that occurs a number of instances in an individual’s life—lays vital groundwork for the tales to come back. And whereas Jon is one in all a number of characters now to have taken on the Superman and Superboy mantles in his time, past his position as a hero it’s a giant second for one in all DC Comics’ most iconic characters to now have a queer member of their household.

“It is a pretty big deal doing it with Jon Kent as Superman,” Son of Kal-El artist John Timms instructed IGN. “As we have seen Jon grow up in front of our eyes, it will be interesting to see him not only trying to find himself as a person but a global super hero in the complex atmosphere of modern life. On the other hand, I hope this kind of thing will not be seen as a big deal in the future. You could visualize how it could pan in the future when the most powerful man in the world is part of the LGBT community. So many things are on the horizon and beyond.”

Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, that includes Jon and Jay’s first kiss, will probably be on cabinets and launched digitally on November 9.

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