Jon Kent, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane who is the Superman of Earth, will come out as bisexual in Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, due out November 9, DC announced. The storyline has Kent becoming romantically involved with reporter Jay Nakamura. The comic is written by Tom Taylor, with art by John Timms, colors by Gabe Eltaeb and letters by Dave Sharpe.
The A cover is by Timms, with variants by Inhyuk Lee and by Travis Moore and Tamra Bonvillain.
DC announced that Tim Drake/Robin would reveal he was bisexual in Batman: Urban Legends #6 in August (see "Media Lights Up with Tim Drake Reveal").
The timely announcement on Superman: Son of Kal-El allows retailers who believe the storyline reveal will affect their orders to change them before the final order cut-off of Sunday, October 17.
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Jon Kent Is Bisexual
Posted by ICv2 on October 12, 2021 @ 3:22 pm CT

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