Convergence In the 2015 DC Comics "
Convergence" storyline,
Brainiac gains access to Vanishing Point, which allows him to gain the ability to look back into the histories of the DC Universe. He collects cities and inhabitants from various timelines that have ended, trapping them in domes on a planet outside of time and space. When
Flashpoint resets the DC continuity, Superman and Lois from the post-
Crisis continuity have been trapped on the planet Telos in
Gotham City, with the city transported there by Brainiac and sealed under a large dome. The couple is trapped in the city for almost nine months, and as Superman's powers are suppressed during this time, he and Lois conceive a child. During the event, Superman manages to get Lois out of danger and into safety and helps her with the birth of their son Jonathan, after she was kidnapped by a mentally unstable Flashpoint Superman. At the end of the Convergence story arc, Superman, Lois, and Jon travel across time and dimensions along with
Parallax, the pre-
Crisis versions of
Supergirl and
the Flash, where they can prevent the events of
Crisis on Infinite Earths and save the original
multiverse. Afterward, with their world no longer existing, Brainiac offers to send Superman and Lois to a universe of their choosing.
Superman: Lois and Clark In the series
Superman: Lois and Clark, after Convergence, the Kent family arrive during the beginning of the New 52. Superman and his family live in secrecy for many years. Moving to California and adopting new identities, taking the surname "White" (a tribute to
Perry White) and keeping a low profile, they stay out of the lives of this world's superheroes, with Lois becoming an anonymous author, while Superman continues his superhero duty quietly behind the scenes. Jon grows up in a normal life with his parents and is unaware of their real identities and secret activities. He begins noticing contradictions in his parents' stories and begins to suspect that his parents are more than they claim. Jon is eventually shown starting to develop superpowers of his own similar to those of his father, Superman. After he and his mother were kidnapped and almost killed by
Intergang, his parents finally reveal their true origin to him.
DC Rebirth In June 2016, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic books series with
DC Rebirth. DC once again re-established the Post-Crisis Superman as the Superman in DC Comics, along with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son Jonathan. In the "Son of Superman" story arc, the Kent family relocate from California to a farm in Hamilton County. At the farm, Jon tries to save the family cat from a hawk but accidentally kills both animals. Clark decides to take Jon on a mission. Arriving in the Arctic together with his father's encouragement, Jon successfully helps Superman rescue a submarine attacked by an
Enteroctopus. Afterward, father and son have a long conversation about superhero responsibilities and that soon Jon will have to embrace the superhero mantle himself. Back at home, Jon falls off a tree and becomes unconscious. Clark and Lois decide to take him to the
Fortress of Solitude. At the Fortress, the Kent family is met by the
Eradicator, who informs Superman that he is one of a series of robots created by
General Zod to seek out and arrest Kryptonian criminals, extract their life force and transfer them to a
Phantom Zone projector, where they will await trial with their bodies placed in cryo-chambers. The Eradicator witnessed the destruction of
Krypton. Part of his protocol is finding Kryptonian survivors; he eventually found Superman in the Earth solar system, including his son. The Eradicator tells Superman he can rebuild Krypton, but because his son is half human, his human genome will have to be eradicated for Krypton to stay true and pure. He attempts to ingest Jon, and Superman fights the Eradicator. After some reassurance from his mother (that he has the best of both worlds and has the ability to do great things), Jon joins his father in the fight against the Eradicator. With the combined forces of Superman and son, the Eradicator's outer shell is shattered, releasing the Kryptonian souls he has captured and causing a massive explosion in the Fortress. Superman and his family are teleported into a bar in
Metropolis. The Kryptonian spirits decide to help Superman and allow themselves to be reabsorbed by the Eradicator, while Superman puts Lois and Jon inside a fully equipped submersible and escapes with his family to Batman's secret
Batcave on the Moon. The Eradicator soon arrives in the Batcave and continues his battle with Superman. During the battle, the Eradicator absorbs Superman and begins to search for Jon in the cave. Lois finds and puts on Batman's Hellbat armor and battles the Eradicator with Jon joining the fight. Superman eventually escapes the Eradicator. The entire Kent family fight the Eradicator, who is finally destroyed. Later, after returning to the family farm, Clark gives Jon a pair of glasses and a hat as Jon's new civilian disguise. He takes Jon to the
Watchtower and officially introduces him as Superboy to the
Justice League. Jon's origins are retconned in the four-part story "Superman Reborn". Jon is kidnapped by
Mister Mxyzptlk and taken to the Fifth Dimension. As Superman and Lois race to his rescue, Jon encounters the spirits of the deceased New 52 versions of Superman and Lois and begs them to help. Taking their power in his hands, Jon attacks Mxyzptlk and accidentally transforms his parents into their New 52 counterparts. Though they no longer remember him, Jon manages to get them to remember who they truly are and their love for each other. The two versions of Superman and Lois merge, forming a new, complete version of Superman and Lois and rewriting the DC Universe's history. In this new reality, Clark and Lois conceived Jon shortly after they got married after
the death of Superman. Lois ran afoul of a ring of arms smugglers who blew up the Kents' apartment in an attempt on her life. Fearing for Lois's life, the couple left Metropolis, and Lois gave birth to Jon in the Fortress of Solitude. Clark and Lois then took sabbaticals and moved to California to raise Jon. They eventually moved to Hamilton County and went back to work at the
Daily Planet. .|thumb When Jon's grandfather
Jor-El visited the Kent family, he offers to take Jon on a trip to better educate him about the known universe. Lois and Clark initially refuse, but Jon reveals his fears and insecurities to his parents as this could be an opportunity to understand himself better. Lois agrees to go with them. While Lois soon returned to Earth, Jon and Jor-El traveled through space for some time until their ship suddenly fell into a black hole. Jon found himself on
Earth-3 where he was quickly taken prisoner by
Ultraman. After being imprisoned in a volcano for years, Jon was eventually rescued by Jor-El and sent back to Earth, finding that while years have passed for him, only a few weeks have passed on Earth since he left.
Super Sons Jon and
Damian Wayne, the son of Batman, are a dynamic duo in the "
Super Sons" comic book series:
Super Sons, the 12-issue miniseries
Adventures of the Super Sons, and the digital-first series
Challenge of the Super Sons. The duo first met in the
Superman two-part story "In the Name of the Father" and was described as a prologue to the
Super Sons series. "In the Name of the Father", when Christmas break starts, Jon explores the Dead Man's Swamp. He encounters Maya Ducard and Goliath (sent by Damian to spy on Superboy) and is taken to Gotham City sedated and restricted by Damian, who distrusts him. Batman finds them and orders Damian to release Superboy before an enraged Superman arrives. After a brief confrontation, Batman takes them to the Batcave and runs a diagnosis on Jon's DNA for further analysis. Jon tries to befriend Damian, but Damian taunts him for incinerating the family cat, instigating a fight between them that destroys the genetics lab. Batman and Superman send them to a mountain boot camp where Jon and Damian have to face several tests and challenges. After some initial conflict, the duo eventually learns to work together.
Legion of Super-Heroes Following the battle against Rogol Zaar, the last survivors of Krypton, the Houses of El and
General Zod gathered all the alien political factions in the galaxy to bring an end to their destructive wars and discuss an idea that could ensure lasting peace and safety for the people in the galaxy. When Jon suggests forming a
United Planets, which can maintain peace and stability, much like the United Nations on Earth, the
Legion of Super-Heroes appears from a time portal. They have come to the present to ask the creator of the United Planets, Jon Kent, to join the Legion in the 31st century. Initially hesitant, after consulting with Damian, Jon accepts the invitation and goes to the future with
Saturn Girl. After spending some time in the 31st century in the
Legion of Super-Heroes comic book series, Jon eventually returns to the present day in the
Action Comics story arc "The House of Kent".
Superman: Son of Kal-El Jon is the protagonist in the comic book
Superman: Son of Kal-El, which began publication in July 2021 and ended in December 2022, with 18 issues and one annual. Written by
Tom Taylor and art by John Timms, the series features Jon taking over his father's mantle as Superman and being entrusted with the protection of Earth while his father (whose stories take place in
Action Comics) is away from Earth. The series premise has been described as "Truth, Justice, and a Better World." In the series, Jon gives up his secret identity in order to save a group of college students from a school shooter. One of the students,
Jay Nakamura, reveals to Jon that he covertly runs a news site known as "The Truth" which exposes secrets that the mainstream media will not report, including the plight of the refugees of Gamorra, an island nation under the dictatorship of their president, Henry Bendix. Jon becomes an ally of Jay and eventually begins a relationship with him. The series was nominated for the
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at the
34th GLAAD Media Awards.
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent Jon stars in the six-issue miniseries,
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, written by Tom Taylor and art by
Clayton Henry. The first issue was released in March 2023.
DC All In Jon appeared in the
Secret Six limited series. After the
Absolute Power storyline, Jon, Dreamer, Jay and others are recruited to form a new
Secret Six team. At the end of the series, Jon breaks up with Jay Nakamura due to Jay's trauma and desire to avenge his devastated home country of Gamorra, which Jon refuses to assist him in. Following the events of
DC K.O., Jon takes on the identity of Tomorrow Man after an encounter with the time-traveling villain Txyz. After Jon beats him in battle, Txyz rewards him by freeing the younger Jon from the volcano on Earth-3, leaving both versions of Jon active at once. ==Powers and abilities==