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word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for Shazam ! # 20!DC Comics has a actual trouble when it come to figuring out what to do withSuperman’sson , Jonathan Kent . It seems only like yesterdaythat the once - Superboy grewup in an New York minute to the impact of fans everywhere . But a return to Jon ’s childhood foreground a real issuing facing Superman ’s offspring .
InShazam ! # 20by Sina Grace and Dan McDaid , Jon Kent is in the faulty position at the wrong time when he flee over Philadelphia just as Billy Batson calls down the endure Lightning to transform into the Captain . The magic force that turn over Billy into his counterpart has , strangely enough , turned Jon back into hisyounger Superboy form .
Jon stayswith the Shazam Familyuntil they can picture out a way to get him back to normal . But it is n’t until Jon ’s swain Jay Nakamura visits and suggest Jon say " Shazam ! " , which does return Jon to his adult form .
Jon Kent Becomes Superboy Once Again
Is DC Comics Ever Going to Move On from the Super Sons Era?
Jon ’s time as Superboyduring the Rebirth era was a huge hitting among buff . From reckon his adventures with his pop to watching him get into hijinx with Robin in Super Sons , Jon was a breathing space of invigorated breeze for many . However , Jon ’s meter as Superboy was short - exist , as he was taken into space to be trained by his grandpa , Jor - El , where Jon was eventually kidnap and imprisoned in a vent on Earth-3 for years . Jon made his way back to the Prime DC Universe , butby the time he refund , Jon was onetime enough to be a new Superman .
To be fair , this topic does its best to say that Jon ’s Superboy era is over . The job is that DC Comics go on to revisit this concept long after the decision to age up Jon . A younger Jon appeared inAction Comics“Lois and Clark : Doom Rising ” and a prison term - send away version of the Super Sons even appear inThe jiffy # 797 . DC Comics has made it clear that Jon is not going to be de - aged , yet the newspaper publisher keeps revisit his Superboy geological era in various report . Ultimately , it ’s doing a ill service to both Superman ’s son and the readers .
DC Needs to Stop Revisiting the Superboy Era for Fans to Move On
Going Back Keeps Bringing Up the Decision to Age Jon in the First Place
To be fair , DC has made some positivist stairs with Jon ’s fictional character , especially inAbsolute Power : Super Son , which at last acknowledge the trauma Jon has been through in the last several years . However , fans are going to have a tough time accepting all the progress Jon is making if write up keep reminding readers of the decision to have Jon aged up in the first position . All it does is prompt them of the fun fan had during the Rebirth epoch andthe jar that came with Superboy losing his puerility in such a tragic way .
This issue does seem to come off as a net good-by to Jon ’s Superboy and that ’s smashing if DC really sticks with it . Jon ’s been through a lot and get him deal with his psychic trauma and healing will take him in a steering that fans might care . But if DC keep reminding readers of Jon ’s bloom as Superboy , it ’s going to be a lot more hard for them to accept the forward motion thatSuperman’sson is trying to make .
Shazam ! # 20is available now from DC Comics .
