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The originalSupermanis a hero simply because it ’s the right and tolerant thing to do — and the same may be true for Clark Kent ’s Logos Jon , DC ’s newest Superman . However , Jon also has a more personal reason to go after valiance , having experienced a lot of hullabaloo in his poor history . Those hardship have only further motivated him as both Superboy and Superman . In a fresh preview ofSuperman : Son of Kal - El#12 , Jon sheds more light on how his preceding core his current pursuits as the Man of Steel .
Before star in his own solo series , Jon Kent — then known as Superboy — experienced difficulty his own father , Clark , never had to go through at such a youthful old age . Jon get together his grandfather , Jor - El , on a trip through blank space , only to quickly bleed into trouble of the multiversal kind . Jon was held wrapped — in a volcano , no less — on Earth-3 byUltraman , an malevolent doppelgänger of Jon ’s father , Superman . Jon pass many years in captivity , only to fall upon once he returned home to his friends and family that only a few calendar week had pop off . Jon Kent , now a young piece instead of a 10 - year old Superboy , lost year of time with his loved ace , include his parents Lois Lane and Clark Kent .
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Now Jon is shouldering the role ofSuperman while Clark Kent is off - world fighting Mongul . As Superman , he has been focused on battle Henry Bendix , the megalomaniac president of Gamorra , and Bendix ’s crack - powered and mind - ensure Gamorra Corps . In a preview forSuperman : Son of Kal - El#12 , by Tom Taylor and Cian Tormey , the issue open with Superman reuniting a gentleman’s gentleman who had been kidnapped by Bendix with his loved one . The preview croak on to show Jon hasten to protect his folk — and Batman — from a perceived threat . On the first page , Jon state us that he knows what it find like to be separated from loved ones , and that he knows he will " do anything to stop that from happening to anyone else . "
This small moment , which occurs over only two panels at the very beginning of the issue , break much of what motivatesJon Kent in his raw purpose as Superman . Though youthful , Jon has experienced far more than his own father had at that same age . Kal - El may have been born on Krypton , but he was too youthful to remember his biological parent , nor the loss of his planet . Jon Kent , on the other hand , has invigorated memories of captivity , and he knows very clearly what it is like to be separated from his folk . Not only does this bring out a personal need for Jon to be rescue and reuniting the great unwashed all around the world , as depicted in the first 11 issues ofSuperman : Son of Kal - El , it also provides Jon with a Superman " stemma story " that distinguishes him from his father .
Superman has always been motivated by an inbuilt sensory faculty of selflessness , butJon Kent ’s version of the Man of Steelhas one good — and personal — reason to be fighting for the true , Department of Justice , and a better tomorrow . Jon ’s personal history with snatch drives him to protect others from the same fortune , and this has been made explicit in the newest issue of his solo serial publication .
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Superman : Son of Kal - El#12will be released by DC Comics on June 14th , 2022
