The usual people will complain but honestly this is the best way to do it, take a newer character that doesn’t have the same baggage as older legacy characters and have them be more representative of our world today. That way you’re not having to worry about messing with canon but still evolving with the times.
This is pretty much the complete opposite route to what Bendis did with Iceman, I still think that whole plot was Bendis wanting to stroke his ego by permanently changing a legacy hero.
As a bi dude, I’m glad we are starting to see with Jon and Tim more representation of bi men in media. For a long time the majority of bisexual rep seemed to be focused on women
I love all the hateful comments on YouTube by people you know have no interest in comics in the first place saying that they’re just pandering to sexuality.
Yeah. Can you imagine that? Comic books pandering to sexuality. Unthinkable! No precedent set. No sir.
More details at IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/superman-bisexual-lgbt-jon-kent-dc
The variant covers are really cute too:
[cover by Travis Moore and Tamara Bonvillain](https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Superman–Son-of-Kal-El-5-Variant-Cover-by-Travis-Moore-and-Tamra-Bonvillain.jpeg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=1137&dpr=1.5)
[cover by Inhyuk Lee](https://static2.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Son-of-Kal-El-5-Variant-Cover-by-Inhyuk-Lee-.jpeg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=1137&dpr=1.5)
Cool. Wasn’t he also starting a relationship with Saturn girl in Legion? Doesn’t count as cheating if she wont be born for a thousand years!
Developing a supporting cast for Jon is a must. Supergirl (comics) consistently has the same problem where there is 0 supporting cast members and other than being Supergirl 24/7 has no other direction in her life. I hope they don’t make the same mistake with Jon. Develop a secret or semi secret identity and a cast that will survive writer changes.
To be honest, I would prefer if John were still a kid, but if they’re gonna insist on keeping the aged-up thing at least they’re doing something interesting with him.
Gen Z seems to be shaping up to be a very queer generation (https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/24/gen-z-lgbt/), every comics fan should be happy if the big two decide to embrace that and try to appeal to a new generation.
I’m super about this and have consistently gotten LGBTQA vibes from him so it’s really nice to see that undeniably realized and the fact that it is such a prominent character is really wonderful.
Can I just get a slice of life comic about a gay or bi man who’s actually an adult? Always glad to see stuff like this but I hate how gay and bi male representation is either coming of age stories or gay tragedy. And in comics you don’t even get the latter and the former is always ensconced in the superhero genre.
Cool man, totally not my thing but I’m glad that gay folks get some representation. Comics have been pretty great about that if you don’t squint hard enough to see the racisms from a few decades ago.
To the people losing their shit about this : Chill the fuck out, it’s just a dude kiss. One of them is probably going to die if they care this much about each other anyway, it’s just comic logic. We don’t set up a relationship if there isn’t going to be massive turmoil or death ahead for this couple.
i don’t know, i never thought of supes as straight because he’s with lois.
he’s an alien. she’s a human. i mean, to me that always made his sexuality… more complicated? i guess pan would be the closest but like, it’s not like supes is a human male so it’s weird to impose human sexuality on him. with jon it’s even more complicated as he’s half human half alien.
i don’t know. whatever they want to do, just seems a little “wow look at all the press we got for tim drake that issue sold like hot cakes who else can we have kiss a boy?” especially with the press release hyping it.
Kaasjekaascool
Definitely an interesting way to draw kissing
Oh no, they’ve had their mouths melted!!
Lol weird way to draw characters kissing.
Aw hell nah they took his fucking mouth ;(
I’m completely out of the loop. Is this Jon? IIRC he was sent to the future and aged or something and now he’s back?
It looks like their faces are merging
The usual people will complain but honestly this is the best way to do it, take a newer character that doesn’t have the same baggage as older legacy characters and have them be more representative of our world today. That way you’re not having to worry about messing with canon but still evolving with the times.
This is pretty much the complete opposite route to what Bendis did with Iceman, I still think that whole plot was Bendis wanting to stroke his ego by permanently changing a legacy hero.
I’m out of the loop. This is Superman from a different world or a relative?
In any case I hope it works out for him.
Well there goes any chance of Jon ever getting de-aged like I wanted.
on one hand, i’m glad there’s more bi rep
on the other hand, Daken is still the best bi guy in comics in the last couple of years… and it’s still a shame x-factor got canned.
As a bi dude, I’m glad we are starting to see with Jon and Tim more representation of bi men in media. For a long time the majority of bisexual rep seemed to be focused on women
I love all the hateful comments on YouTube by people you know have no interest in comics in the first place saying that they’re just pandering to sexuality.
Yeah. Can you imagine that? Comic books pandering to sexuality. Unthinkable! No precedent set. No sir.
I’m shocked… that this is in main continuity. They usually relegate LGBTQ characters to other worlds.
Everyone deserves to be happy. Especially Superman.
I personally hate this.
Because the speculators will just make it harder to buy the comic. Why do it in a press release, DC? You’re just giving them time to prepare.
But good going Jon. He’s a Superman for the new generation, so makes sense to reflect this generations notions of identity in him.
I’m actually pretty cool about this. Jon is a fairly new character, so making him Bi isn’t that big of a change not like it was Tim Drake.
But you know some people will complain about it.
God I’m so oblivious to this stuff. The entire time I thought Jon got a new friend. Definitely didn’t see this coming lmao
More details at IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/superman-bisexual-lgbt-jon-kent-dc
The variant covers are really cute too:
[cover by Travis Moore and Tamara Bonvillain](https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Superman–Son-of-Kal-El-5-Variant-Cover-by-Travis-Moore-and-Tamra-Bonvillain.jpeg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=1137&dpr=1.5)
[cover by Inhyuk Lee](https://static2.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Son-of-Kal-El-5-Variant-Cover-by-Inhyuk-Lee-.jpeg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=1137&dpr=1.5)
We’re all a little Superman at the end of the day tho
Cool. Wasn’t he also starting a relationship with Saturn girl in Legion? Doesn’t count as cheating if she wont be born for a thousand years!
Developing a supporting cast for Jon is a must. Supergirl (comics) consistently has the same problem where there is 0 supporting cast members and other than being Supergirl 24/7 has no other direction in her life. I hope they don’t make the same mistake with Jon. Develop a secret or semi secret identity and a cast that will survive writer changes.
To be honest, I would prefer if John were still a kid, but if they’re gonna insist on keeping the aged-up thing at least they’re doing something interesting with him.
Good on DC for giving more queer male characters with tact as supposes to Bendis’s run of Marvel which was… Bad
Whose the other guy? Another hero?
As a gay guy this is incredible. It’s also great that the run has been amazing so far, Taylor can’t seem to do anything wrong atm
Can’t wait for the people bitching about “make new characters” as if Jon wasn’t created within the last 10 years
Good for him, now if Marvel could treat Mayday and all the other legacy heroes in the same way DC treats theirs that would be great
Nice to see! Like most others I am awaiting the onslaught of videos from the anti SJW crowd.
Gen Z seems to be shaping up to be a very queer generation (https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/24/gen-z-lgbt/), every comics fan should be happy if the big two decide to embrace that and try to appeal to a new generation.
How is sexual preference a demographic? Not trying to be rude, just legit wondering
most people read Jon as queer from very early on. That makes total sense
Ohh yeaah you go Jon
I’m super about this and have consistently gotten LGBTQA vibes from him so it’s really nice to see that undeniably realized and the fact that it is such a prominent character is really wonderful.
After reading the last issue, I knew it was heading toward this.
(See, Legend of Korra writers?)
My hopes for Stephcass becoming Canon are increasing then
As a bi dude, I am not happy about this and Tim’s reveals. DC just can’t seem to get representation right.
Can I just get a slice of life comic about a gay or bi man who’s actually an adult? Always glad to see stuff like this but I hate how gay and bi male representation is either coming of age stories or gay tragedy. And in comics you don’t even get the latter and the former is always ensconced in the superhero genre.
Cool man, totally not my thing but I’m glad that gay folks get some representation. Comics have been pretty great about that if you don’t squint hard enough to see the racisms from a few decades ago.
To the people losing their shit about this : Chill the fuck out, it’s just a dude kiss. One of them is probably going to die if they care this much about each other anyway, it’s just comic logic. We don’t set up a relationship if there isn’t going to be massive turmoil or death ahead for this couple.
i don’t know, i never thought of supes as straight because he’s with lois.
he’s an alien. she’s a human. i mean, to me that always made his sexuality… more complicated? i guess pan would be the closest but like, it’s not like supes is a human male so it’s weird to impose human sexuality on him. with jon it’s even more complicated as he’s half human half alien.
i don’t know. whatever they want to do, just seems a little “wow look at all the press we got for tim drake that issue sold like hot cakes who else can we have kiss a boy?” especially with the press release hyping it.
edit: can anyone who downvoted this explain why?