The Injustice Universe will return to DC Comics with the upcoming Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent miniseries by Tom Taylor and Clayton Henry.
The Injustice universe will return to DC Comics with the forthcoming miniseries of Adventures of Superman.
Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, a six-issue miniseries by Tom Taylor and Clayton Henry that will debut in March 2023, will have crossover events with the Injustice universe, according to DC Comics. When speaking with DC, Taylor noted “Injustice for me is a very troubled time. I had so much fun on that book. Obviously, I was on it for years. I think I was originally hired for fifteen chapters, and I wrote over 150. But there’s a lot about Injustice that that rubs me up the wrong way. I don’t believe Superman, no matter what happens to him, can become that person. I don’t believe Wonder Woman becomes that person. So, for me, it’s a really interesting Elseworld, and throwing Jon Kent as sort of that beacon of hope and in a way, quite an innocent character and a character who wants the best for the world, throwing him into that world where his father has become a dictator gives us so much to play with. I’ve been talking about this story to all my friends who will listen for months, long before we knew where we were going with this.”
The first release date for Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent was revealed at New York Comic-Con. Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent follows Clark Kent’s son Jon/Superman after the events of Superman: Son of Kal-El and Lazarus Planet. The young hero tries to stop his arch-nemesis Ultraman from killing other Kal-Els who live within the multiverse. “Val-Zod, and someone who we won’t give away just yet, come to Jon Kent and let him know that they believe he’s the only one who could stop him,” Taylor explained. “So, that’s what everybody knows, but what they don’t know is where in the multiverse that’s going to lead Jon. One of those places—and a very important part—is the world of Injustice.”
What Additional Influences the Injustice Universe Has on the Superman Adventures
Injustice: Gods Among Us, which was released between 2013 and 2016, is set six years before the video game of the same name and takes place in an alternate DC universe where Superman has turned into a homicidal villain after being duped into killing Lois Lane and his unborn child by the Joker. Taylor said he couldn’t “truly articulate” how the Superman from the Injustice universe would feel when he first met Jon Kent, but that it would be a “huge” moment.
Regarding how Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent will fit into the events of Injustice, Taylor noted, “It’s right at the core of it. Around Injustice 2: Year 5, which people know is around the game time. It’s a really exciting time and it’s one of my favorite times to write as well—who’s alive during that time, the dynamics and what that means for Jon. Because it’s not just his father. There are other characters, other players, and other people that he knows in that timeline who are different. And seeing him interact with their different personas, and what’s happened to them, and how he hopes to help is a huge part of this story.”
In Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman from Injustice will all make appearances, according to Taylor, and the youthful Superman will also run into a completely different Damian Wayne. “Literally his [Jon’s] best friend is essentially not on the side of the angels in this world,” Taylor said. “That is going to give us a very fun and entertaining dynamic and quite a tortured dynamic to play with.”
Henry created the main and variant covers for Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1, and other artists who contributed variant covers including Zu Orzu, Rafael Sarmento, Yasmin Flores Montanez, A.L. Kaplan, Megan Huang, Jordi Tarragona, Dan Mora, and Lee Weeks. Sales of the issue begin on March 7, 2023. Source: DC
