The New Superman's Next Threat is DC's Most Important in Decades
Warning: contains spoilers for Superman: Son of Kal-El #12!
DC's new Superman is about to face the most important challenge of his entire career — and an enemy that has yet to be defeated by the Man of Steel. Superman's boyfriend is a popular character among DC fans, but in the DC Universe proper, most of the public have no idea that Superman is dating anyone, let alone a man. But after he publicly reveals himself, Superman must face homophobia in the aftermath of Superman: Son of Kal-El #12 — and hopefully eliminate hate and bigotry in the DC Universe forever.
Superman's identity as Jonathan Kent — Clark Kent's son — is public knowledge after Jonathan publicly revealed himself to stop a gunman from murdering dozens of students at a school. By contrast, Jay Nakamura has managed to maintain a relatively low profile throughout writer Tom Taylor's Superman run; as a journalist who investigates powerful people, Nakamura often wears a mask while on the job. He even gave Superman a mask of his own, but Superman understood the value of not wearing a mask in his line of work, and the necessity of wearing on in Jay's.
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In Superman: Son of Kal-El #12, written by Tom Taylor with art by Cian Tormey and Ruairi Coleman, Superman and Jay unravel a conspiracy involving President Bendix, the evil ruler of the island nation of Gamorra. The two interview a United States senator who purportedly had a hand in the attack on the Kent farm that nearly killed Superman's parents. When the senator is revealed as a monster controlled by Bendix (thanks to Superman's faithful dog Krypto), Jay uses his powers to defeat the entity. Unfortunately, his mask is left behind in
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