The author of the new gay Superman assures that it is more heroic to be homosexual than to fight crime
As of 2021, the Superman comic strip is centered around Jon Kent, son of Clark Kent (the original Superman) and Louis Lane. But in the fifth issue of the 12-volume series, Superman: Son of Kal-El revealed to the world that the new Superman is bisexual and has a boyfriend.
Comic #5, which came out in November of last year, revealed that Jon Kent is dating his best friend, Jay Nakamura, a Gamorrean alien living as an illegal refugee in the United States, who in turn is an activist for LGBT rights and climate change.
According to official ICv2 sales reports , the last issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El to make the top 50 comics lists was #6, in January 2022, no doubt thanks to the boost from the reveal. of Jon as bisexual in the previous issue.
Since then, the series has failed to break into those rankings and for the first time in history a Superman comic has fallen outside of the top 50.
Despite the resounding failure of this new strip, the author of Superman: Son of Kal-El , Tom Taylor , says that it is one of the most important moments in the history of the comic books world, and that Jon Kent is more heroic than his father, the classic Superman.
"The mere fact that Jon Kent exists as a bisexual young man with a penchant for pacifism is a far more heroic act than someone punching a supervillain in the face," he said.
Ignoring the drop in sales, Taylor says that it is a virtue of him and the other authors who managed to focus more on issues of political activism than fighting crime. "Somehow, we've managed to keep readers engaged without Jon hitting any supervillains for six issues. I think that is also very important", He assured.
The DC Comics author shared his take on the qualities of heroism during a recent interview with entertainment news outlet AIPT, granted to promote another one of his gender-dysphoric superheroes, the transgender Dreamer, in DC Comics' Superman continuity: Son of Kal-El #13 .
In the interview, Taylor was asked if there's anything she would have liked to do differently with Jon Kent, noting that Jon and boyfriend Jay Nakamura's first kiss was rushed by the producers to come out on the same day as an LGBT date: "I'm a writer, you know, there were things that were like, okay, this has to happen for Coming Out Day, October 11th. And I would have liked a little more time for Jon and Jay to be together before the kiss."
"He was a hero for a time, and then he was a hero for another time. And a big part of this series asks, 'What is Superman today? What could Superman be today?' And yes, just because he's angry about the climate crisis, or he's angry about guns, or he's angry about dictatorships, or empathizes with refugees, doesn't mean he can act on all of that without destabilizing the world. You know, he has to tread carefully, but he's younger. He is cruder. He's feeling these things in a way that a guy who's been around for a long time can't," he concluded.
Source: La Derecha Diario
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