Just Read Superman Unlimited 13
I still stand by that it is too early to tell, but there seems to be evidence pointing to an idea that while this isn’t a fake Jon, this might still be an Earth 3 variant. I did say before it was possible and I’d be down for. The first thing that stood out to me was the nightmare. Ultraman intended on making this Jon his subordinate, which wasn’t his intention for adult Jon as a kid.
The second was Kryptonite having a seemingly opposite effect on little Jon. That one definitely stuck out like a sore thumb. It made him stronger instead, which would make it possible that the Kryptonite tests at Steelworks in the next issue were the green ones instead of red. The only versions of Supers that were affected by Kryptonite in this way are the Earth 3 variants. Before, I did say that there was much stronger evidence that this is the real Jon with the possibility that he could still be another variant, and it looks like there’s stronger evidence to suggest the Earth 3 variant. It would not make sense if it was any other variant of Jon, since Tomorrow Man stripped this one from Earth 3.
Does this change the return of little Jon or the Super Sons? Hell no! Actually, it was expected that since this was like the double Superman and then Clark situation. Even the canon Superman and Lois were not from Earth 0 at the time they returned (remember, Jon Kent never originally was born on Earth 0 until Mxyzptlk got involved. He was always an anomaly). At the time, the New 52 Sups was from Earth 0 and the OG Sups and Lois were yeeted from their Earth by Brainiac. At the end of the day, we wanted a little Jon that was like the one from Pre Aged-Up, and if that means we can only get an Earth 3 variant, then I say this is a better solution.
Better yet, this changes what’s often assumed of Earth 3, that any Earth 3 variant of a hero must be evil. This would be the first time we’re introduced to an Earth 3 variant of a character that isn’t evil. Assuming this is an Earth 3 Jon, he had been tortured by Ultraman longer than older Jon ever had. Both his parents are evil. While there’s no confirmation about his mom or if she tortured him too, it may be possible that Ultraman might’ve set him up to take Jon’s place before he returned to Earth. This Jon might be beelining for Lois because he’s scared of Ultraman hurting him. In this case, we’re looking at a victim pretending to be someone he’s not in fear of being hurt again.
This was likely the best solution to bringing back younger Jon. This Jon may be from a different Earth, but that doesn’t make his stay temporary. It makes his existence as a character unique. He gives Clark and Lois a second chance in raising Jon and returning the Super Sons without erasing the older one or replacing him. Even this Jon’s friendship with Damian will be different since this Jon will be someone Damian can connect with as someone who was raised to be evil but wants to do good. Since he was the only character to give Prime the benefit of the doubt, he may do the same with this variant of Jon.
Either way, we did get little Jon back, just not in the way we were expecting. It may even be a better way of bringing little Jon back because not only can we have older Jon and little Jon, but this may be the first time we can have two Jon’s that are big brother and little brother. By the way, can we stop with claiming this Jon will turn evil when evidence shows the opposite? It’s likely that the Green Kryptonite works on him like cocaine, which is going to spread everywhere in the next issue.
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