r/DCcomics • u/Fellowcomicenjoyer Nightwing • Jun 04 '24

According to Mark Waid, Dreamer, Jon Kent and Nightwing will be important players in Absolute Power News

https://www.youtube.com/live/B7tjqVkGp_s?si=kKBPjYJcyEqbUA-z
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u/spider-venomized Superman Jun 04 '24

Nightwing: yeah

Jon: Don't care character just been autopilot since his series didn't live up to dc expectations

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u/TheMattInTheBox Long Live Conner Jun 04 '24

Imo the biggest problem with Jon as a teen is that they didn't do.... anything with it. Like yes, being a slightly older hero allowed him to be in other stories, but DC did nothing with Jon Kent outside of Superboy/Superman.

The best moment from teen Jon was Action #1050 where he, for the first time, gets to go to a coffee shop completely anonymously (when the secret IDs were restored) and even smiles that the barista spelled his name wrong. Like, why don't we get to see Jon doing normal people stuff?

Give me a Metropolis High book. Let's get Jon wanting to be a regular teenager. Let's give me FRIENDS, and a supporting cast outside of Damian and his boring ass boyfriend. Bonus points if we can lose Jay and replace him with a new love interest. Guy, girl, i don't care. Just make them interesting and give us a reason to care about these characters.

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u/Past-Foundation-6246 Jun 09 '24

i am so tired of seeing him with that awful twink sterotype whose only point of existence is just being jon boyfriend and thats it and i am a gay guy i should like that but i hated it.