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In the wake of Dean Cain ’s vituperative unfavorable judgment toward the son ofSuperman , longtime comics writer Tom Taylor speaks out and defendshis current series , Superman : Son of Kal - El . Cain , 55 , is best do it for his work on the XC television showLois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman , which aired for four seasons on ABC . He of late took toFox & Friendson Tuesday to air his grievances toward DC Comics ’s decision to have Jonathan Kent issue forth out as bisexual person .
InSuperman : Son of Kal - El , Jonathan Kent is finding his place in the macrocosm as a person and as a submarine sandwich . WhenClark Kent departs the planet , Jonathan officially takes up his father ’s legendary name and begins a never - ending struggle for"Truth , justice , and a better world . “Jonathan confront natural disasters , supervillains , and the peril of workaday sprightliness as he attempts to equilibrise it all - and in an coming issue ( a puzzler image of which was revealed on National Coming Out Day ) , he begins a human relationship with reporter and fellow scholarly person , Jay Nakamura .
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react to the reveal , Dean Cain accused DC Comics of"bandwagoning”,saying“Robin just come out as bi — who ’s really appalled about that one?The new Captain America is gay . My daughter in Supergirl , where I play the father , was gay . So I do n’t recall it ’s sheer or brave or some disturbed Modern direction . “He also asked if DC would harness ' real issues ' , wondering“They’re talking about having him press climate change and the deportation of refugees , and he ’s date a hacktivist — whatever a hactivist is . Why do n’t they have him crusade the injustices that created the refugee whose deportation he ’s protesting ? That would be brave , I ’d interpret that . “Superman writer Tom Taylor subsequently responded via Twitter :
Almost every previously - released emergence ofSuperman : Son of Kal - Elhas answered Dean Cain ’s criticisms in some form . In the second number , Superman saves a gravy boat full of refugeesfrom a violent storm and delivers the immigrant to Metropolis , only to be alarm when the police begin handcuffing every single one . Later inSon of Kal - El # 4,the Kent theatre is destroyed by an blowup , and the culprit ( unidentified to Superman ) hails from the Gamorran government - who wanted the United States to return the refugees to their shores . So consecrated was Superman to their cause that he was willingly manacle along with activists who protest the regime ’s actions .
It appear Dean Cain is perfectly willing to criticize comics , but is not uncoerced to study them . This is not the first time aSuperman writer has answer to Cainwhen he expressed a standpoint that was fundamentally amiss . It is slightly disheartening that one who portrayedSuperman , champion of all humanity , would be so quick to judge and disparage .
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