'Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow' reflects the evolution of what it means to be the Man of Steel.
Dropping the “American Way” makes sense, given the increasingly global markets that DC is operating within. It’s also entirely in keeping with promoting the company’s premiere superteam aseven though it was created and published for close to four decades as “Justice League of America.
Over the past 15 years or so, the Superman that most people are familiar with has been slowly pushed into a new role: Superdad. What started with 2006’s “Last Son” comic book storyline and that year’smovie, both of which tentatively played with the idea of Superman as a father, became comic book canon with 2015’srelaunch the following year, which codified a new status quo for the hero.
Beyond simply reflecting his aging audience, the repositioning of Superman as a parent changed what the larger Superman story is all about. What had previously been the ultimate immigrant assimilation story was altered significantly by introducing a generational element. It’s no longer enough to save the day; now there’s an unanswered question about whether or not Superman has done enough to make the world a better place for his children, and their children, and so on.
That’s a reference intended to be taken literally; aged-up via comic book logic, Jon Kent took on the mantle of Superman for himself in the
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