Superman’s Latest Twist Was a Moral Evolution – & Now a Priest Explains Why

Warning: this articles contains spoilers for Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #6!Since beginning work on the character in 2021, Tom Taylor has been providing something fans of Superman haven’t seen for a very long time: an authentic evolution of the character’s moral core. Finding a genuinely innovative way of exploring the mythology of an iconic superhero can be a high bar to clear, but Tom Taylor’s recent work on Jonathan Kent, the son of the original Superman, may be a rare example in mainstream comics of a new take that truly evolves an older archetype. And one fan, an Episcopal priest no less, recently explained how.