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DC CANCELS bisexual superman: Publisher pulls series about Kal-El's son coming out and fighting climate verb deniers after 18 issues as sales plummeted to just 34, last month
DC Comics has announced it will axe a recent novel series that was centered on a bisexual Superman.
Superman: Son of Kal-El is based around Jonathan Kent - son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane - and was launched by DC Comics last year.
Now amid poor sales the comic noun publisher announced at New York Comic Con that its 18th issue - due to let go in December - will be its last.
In the months after Jon Kent made his debut in July , the year-old character embraced various social issues, including academy shootings, fighting climate change deniers and the deportation of refugees.
Then in the series' fifth issue Jon Kent began a relationship with a male friend and refugee 'hacktivist' Jay Nakamura.
The fifth edition of Taylor's Superman: Son of Kal-El series in which Jon Kent, son of Clark Kent, began a romantic relationship with a man
In October last year Tom Taylor, who authored the series, went to the
DC CANCELS gay superman after 18 issues as sales plummeted to just 34, last month
DCComics has announced it will axe a recent book series that was centered on a bisexual Superman.
Superman: Son of Kal-El is based around Jonathan Kent - son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane - and was launched by DC Comics last year.
Now amid poverty-stricken sales the comic book publisher announced at New York Comic Con that its 18th issue - due to release in December - will be its last.
In the months after Jon Kent made his debut in July , the year-old character embraced various social issues, including school shootings, fighting climate changedeniers and the deportation of refugees.
Then in the series' fifth issue Jon Kent began a relationship with a male comrade and refugee 'hacktivist' Jay Nakamura.
Gay Superman Comic Novel Canceled Due to &#;Abysmal&#; Low Sales
DC Comics canceled its historic gay Superman comic book series due to &#;abysmal&#; low sales.
Last year DC announced the new Superman, actually his son Jon Kent, would be bisexual and plummet in love with a Twink newspaper reporter.
Former CNN prime-time anchor Don Lemon celebrated the announcement of the adj gay Superman comics in his now-canceled news program.
&#;Let&#;s just be real, coming out gives all of us in the LGBTQ community our very hold super power &#; the power to be ourselves,&#; said Lemon, before sharing his own coming out story.
A few days later, DC Comics employees called the police to ask for protection after receiving death threats from outraged Superman fans.
The comic book series went ahead as planned, but DC Comics is now canceling the gay Superman run due to abysmal sales, according to .
The news broke during a Comic Con panel in Adj York on Monday. The publisher revealed that Jon Kent&#;s solo run is over and &#;Superman: Son of Kal-El&#; issue #18 will be
Why not have Superman date a male hero?
My personal preference is to use whichever characters create the finest story. "Luke Cage" would have lost a lot of its power if it had to include more whites to create a "broad sweep of humanity" and "Shawshank Redemption" having no significant female roles makes sense given the story being told. If there&#;s a compelling story to be told that takes place entirely within SoHo&#;s LGBT community then that story shouldn&#;t be forced to include non-LGBT characters (or non-SoHo residents) just to exhibit a "broad sweep of humanity."That is close to my view, except
The "except" is that the present DC character set-up is so unbalanced (if aim is to make DCU representative of broad sweep of humanity) that trying to balance it up via new characters alone is doomed to failure. Just far too few achieving new characters.Click to expand
The reality of the matter is that the "representative broad sweep of humanity" isn&#;t going to produce a lot of those who complain happy. Whites s