That does give some wiggle room for interpretation. Still, it's far less time in space and more time on earth-3 than I'd have liked.
Oh, Im not. Bendis has telegraphed the direction he wants to go here, and I'm all for it. But what sounds better for the Space Prince? Spending a total of two years on earth-3 and five in space......or five on earth-3 and two in space? I'd rather have the former. And while I'm not recalling the details (I used to retain this stuff so well....now its all boring adult crap) Jon *was* on earth-3 for five years, right?I wouldn't count out space prince Jon yet.
Nope, you can totally speak for me on this since we're in agreement here. "Space Prince" is not a literal title or description, just short hand for a broader concept.But, and I don't really wanna speak for Ascended, "space prince" is more so just short hand for Young Well Traveled Space Adventurer, and that's not really headcanon at all. Jon makes mention of doing a lot of space adventuring with Jor-El. It's in the text. The degree is up for debate, but as I've mentioned before, the alien slang Jon uses in issues 8 and 9 seem to indicate he's made his way about a fair bit of space for it to have rubbed off on him.
Love me some cosmic Superman. Cosmic Superboy is just fine too, and I love that Bendis is leaning into these elements that have practically always been there. About time someone went all out with it. In fact, this is probably one of the only directions they could've taken Jon that could make me forgive the aging thing. If I get a good cosmic Superboy out of this, I'll consider the loss of the ten year old an even trade.
Of course, with mini's and teen imprints, there's really no need for us to lose ten year old Jon anyway.
I am, and its a lot of fun. Ten year old Jon is a treasure. I'm also enjoying seeing where things go with teen Jon in Superman. We're getting the basics of teen Jon's "origin" and I'm curious to see how things will look once the dust settles. I might not like it, I might find it inferior to ten year old Jon, but I'm intrigued by what this could end up being.