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DC ’s newSupermanhas a weakness not shared by his more celebrated Father of the Church , and it will ultimately destroy him . Jonathan Kent , the Word of Clark Kent , has inherited all of his Father-God ’s super - powers as well as his pity for all living things , on Earth or otherwise . But inSuperman : Son of Kal - El # 8 , the party expose Jonathan ’s debilitating impuissance that his father completely lacks : Bible .
When Clark Kent departed Earth , he left his boy Jonathan in thrill of the planet ’s auspices - and also fall in him his title of respect as Earth ’s new Superman . Jonathan is much younger than Clark ( he even missed his teenaged years as a termination of skip several years ) and as such has dissimilar want and needs than his more famous father . Superman ’s planned secret identity that allowed Jon to livea normal life was revealed in minute after Clark deliver bystanders from a gunman , so he is destined to be Superman forever .
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InSuperman : Son of Kal - El # 8 , Superman assay to hive off a large creature aside from Metropolis and back to the depths of the sea . The creature ’s design is n’t maliciousand Superman does n’t need to fight down it , but that ’s not enough to stop the evil President Bendix and the Gamorran guard duty whom he order - and can ensure directly , if need be . This is just what bechance when Bendix on purpose place one of the guards in the way of life of the gargantuan creature , who kills him effortlessly . While Superman is ultimately suceessful at advertise back the demon from the depths , the death of Bendix ’s Garmorran haunts him .
" You could have put the creature down in a second , long before it was a threat,“shouts one of the Gamorran guards as Superman provenance ’s the idle sentry duty ’s exanimate body . “This did n’t have to happen . You could have stopped this . “The guard ’s quarrel cut deep;even Superman ’s boyfriend Jay’snarration captions reveal that ' coarse , vile run-in cut directly through invulnerable skin . ' Clark Kent , being more mature , does n’t this payoff - but Jonathan is much more susceptible to ridicule and painful revilement .
Superman proves the honest-to-goodness adage wrong : wordscanhurt if the recipient believes they are worthy of the abuse . Without hisfriends by his side such as Damian Wayne , Supermanis as vulnerable as Clark was to Kryptonite . Perhaps more so , asSuperman’sweakness is inside his own psyche , and ca n’t be easily dealt with .
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