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On October 11, 2021, Disney-owned DC Comics announced that in a new issue of Superman Comics released in November this year, the protagonist Jon and another Asian male journalist, Jay Nakamura, will develop a close partnership.
In the setting of Superman comics, Jon belongs to the attributes of both men and women, and the protagonist's coming out is not DC's empty wind, after the story published in August, Jon and the face of the beautiful face, hair dyed pink Nakamura Jie has long been in love, above Youda.
In the 90s, CCTV introduced comic-based Superman TV series into China, and many post-80s and post-90s audiences were the first to see Clark wearing a red cloak on the screen, and the concept of Superman gradually entered the audience's field of vision. Unlike television, Superman in comics that are the basis for the story is more towards a sequence of stories than to a specific individual.
These works, which are both independent and interrelated, form part of the DC Universe, and Jon is the son of Clark Kent, the superman clark Kent, and the journalist Lois Lane, both of whom ran fast, and Clark and Louise married in 1996 and subsequently gave birth to Jon.
The independent storyline that belongs to Jon first came out in 2015. Earlier this year, Jon succeeded his father as superman in the comic strip Superman: Son of Kal-El.
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DC's layout is not slow for LGBT characters to appear in the work, and in the latest story of Batman: Urban Legends, published in August this year, Batman's assistant "Robin" Tim Drake also came out as bisexual.
AND DC's old rival Marvel came harder. In the 2020 reboot of the comic book version after the success of the film version of Guardians of the Galaxy, with Al Ewing as the writer, in the December 2020 release of "I Shall Make You a Star-Lord", Peter Quill has confirmed that he is bisexual, and the new character Richard Rider admits that he is in love with Star-Lord.
The movie version of Star Lord is played by Chris Pratt attitude
As for the movie "Eternals", which will be released in November 2021, Marvel has put the gay role on the big screen, and Marvel boss Kevin Feige has no secret: "This role is a Gay, he is married, and has a family, usually living with his family, which is all part of his character setting!" ”
To make the story more natural, Marvel found Haaz Sleiman to play the gay character in the play after some selection, and in reality, Haz himself is a comrade, no wonder he excitedly said in an interview: "What has never happened before [the queer character] is happening now." ”
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Some people may wonder if there are more L*GB*T characters in superheroes, but they are only in single digits, which in itself is also in line with the concept of sexual minority. If you look back at history, the appearance of L*GB*T characters and the stories associated with them did not appear suddenly at a certain moment.
Dating back to 1938, when the first heroic character "Superman" was founded by National Allied Publication (the predecessor of DC Comics) and launched in the comic book magazine Action Comics, and in the following two years, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman and other well-known hero characters have been introduced. On the other hand, Timely Comic (the predecessor of Marvel Comics) has also successively launched characters such as Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Black Panther.
Taking Marvel's comics as an example, the first Captain America comic was ready to launch the comic book market in December 1940, just at the peak of World War II, when Chinese soldiers and civilians fought against Japanese fascism, Western Europe trembled under Hitler's iron hooves, and followed by the Japanese fascists' sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
Captain America, wearing a blue,white, and red coat of the American flag, fought against hitler and the Nazis, an unprecedented villain in history, and naturally became a symbol of the American spirit and a symbol of popular resistance to authoritarian tyranny. At that particular time, the captain in the comics, like the soldiers on the front line, touched people's nerves.
At the time, Captain America comics were very popular among soldiers. Because of the outbreak of war, young people with different educational backgrounds and different religious beliefs have suddenly gathered together from colleges and universities and factories, and there are too many estrangements and misunderstandings between them. However, cartoons became a common topic among young soldiers.
With the victory of World War II, the Iron Curtain of the Cold War fell on Eurasia. The Captain America comic book developed further, and the confrontation with the "Winter Soldier" rose to a fierce conflict between the country and the faction. The bigger change came in 1972, when people's trust in the government fell to a low point with the Watergate scandal.
In the parallel world of the comics, the Hydra Organization secretly infiltrates the S.H.I.E.L.D. power system, causing Captain America, who was originally loyal to the organization, to disappoint the system. He relinquished the title of "Captain America" and returned to Steve Rogers to join the struggle as a stateless ordinary vagabond.
Captain America is not a born hero, nor does he have an immortal body, he is just stronger, braver than the average person, and full of distinct contemporaries. Readers understand and recognize the world through comics, and the changes in the world situation have deeply affected the creators of comics, spawning a batch of works with positive energy, and this value will further strengthen the reader's identification with the spirit carried by the characters, thus achieving a positive cycle.
In the 1980s, there was an unprecedented AIDS crisis in the United States, the public blamed the White House for fighting the epidemic, and Washington poured dirty water on the L*GB*T+ group, and in 1980, a number of cartoons containing L*GB*T characters appeared on the market. But in these stories, the gay community is not portrayed positively, such as one of which portrays rapist.
Marvel wanted to do something different, and in 1992, the X-Men character Northstar chose to come out. An editorial in The New York Times at the time commented: "Mainstream culture will one day live in peace with homosexuals in the United States, and when that time comes, Beichen's appearance will be seen as a pity indicator of social change." ”
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Since the millennium, whether it is DC or Marvel, the vitality of creating stories stems from the extensive and in-depth attention to social issues, such as race, drugs, poverty, environmental pollution and other issues are reflected in the works, which makes the story related to the L*GB*T+ group presented.
In terms of changes in individual roles, with the opening of the war on terrorism in the 21st century, the myth of freedom has also made the role more "blackened", especially DC-based, whether it is Nolan's Batman trilogy or "Joker" released last year, all of which try to portray a deeper side of human nature.
The appearance of the character can be seen as a re-discussion of the majority and the minority, fairness and justice by the creators of the comic. For Americans, same-sex marriage is legalized throughout the country, and the problem of L*GB*T+ groups has not been eliminated, on the contrary, such as same-sex couples being denied weddings, transgender soldiers being expelled, L*GB*T+ and women's many dilemmas in employment and schooling... These social realities, which most readers may have heard of but have not encountered, have brought more inspiration to the creators of comics and are the reason why comics have maintained a long life.
Although Jon's "second generation" Superman is not the first and will not be the last L*GB*T character, Superman's appearance has a certain special significance. "It's not the North Star your aunt never heard of," Glen Weldon, a Superman biographer and NPR radio host, said in an interview with The New York Times. Not witchcraft. Not fire and ice. It's not the Tasmanian devil. It is Superman. This carries a certain weight. ”
Superman's appearance also drew some criticism, some seeing Superman's appearance as a marketing campaign for political correctness, while others were bluntly critical: "Bravery is to make him fight for those gay people in Iran — because you're gay you'll be thrown out of the building." They were discussing climate change and refugee deportations, and he was dating a hacker activist. Why not fight against the injustices that cause refugees, the right of women to study... That's bravery. ”
Dean Kane, who starred in Superman in the new version of Superman, commented: "They said it was a bold new direction, I said they were following the trend, Robin just came out as bisexual, who was shocked? The new Captain America is gay, and my daughter in Supergirl is gay. I don't think it's any bold, brave or crazy new direction, if they did it 20 years ago, maybe. ”
Tom Taylor, the author of the new Superman story, said in reference to Superman's coming out that while there are some opposition voices on social media, most of the voices are positive and positive. "Some people say they burst into tears when they see the news today; some say they never expected to see themselves in Superman in their lives," some say.
"I've always said that everyone needs superheroes and everyone should see themselves in superheroes." "You always hear old sayings like, 'Don't put politics in comics,' but they forget that every comic story is political, he said. ”