DC Comics made a remarkable statement for Superman, one of the most popular comics in the world. The company, which is preparing to release the last comic of the series in November, has announced that the new Superman character Jon Kent will be bisexual. DC Comics also shared some images from the upcoming comic.
Jon Kent had formed a friendship with journalist Jay Nakamura earlier in the series. However, this friendship was only a standard friendship until today. The final comic will change that. The two will form an emotional bond this time. The author of the comic, Tom Taylor, made remarkable sentences in his statements about his work.
“Deciding whether Superman would be bisexual was harder 5-10 years ago”
*Image shared by DC Comics.
Speaking to the BBC, Tom Taylor expressed that he thought about what today’s Superman character should be like before writing the novel. Deciding to start with bisexuality, Taylor said, “I realized that if we use a white heterosexual male beauty like Clark Kent again, we will miss an opportunity.”
Stating that such a decision would have been much more difficult 5-10 years ago, Taylor said, “There are people who said that they burst into tears after hearing the news today. These people said that they never thought they would find themselves in Superman, the most well-known and powerful superhero. There will always be people who say, ‘Don’t mix politics with comics.’ But they also forget that every comic book published is political in a sense. These people don’t realize that the Marvel series X-Men is an analogy to the civil rights movement We’re trying to get those people to join us. But we’re writing this so they can say, ‘This Superman is like me. This Superman is struggling with what I’m worried about.’
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