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Light of Justice
I think Jon's saga start's on Superman #7 until #16. However, I barely recognize that Jon. What makes Jon different from Clark is that he's more feisty because of Lois's blood and influence. What makes his partnership with Damian successful is because he can mentally stand against Damian and not willing to be pushed around (and because Damian is watered down). However Bendis's character of Jon is, should I say, weak of depth. He was tortured on Planet Volcano with evil version of his Dad for 7 years, yet he came back without any trauma or effect from his terrible experience, just said "don't worry I am fine". He's supposed to be important person on Legion, their predecessor, inspiration, one true Superman, their ultimate guru or something, yet when I read LSOH, he's being pushed around by other Legion member with sentence 'you should watch our orientation presentation, you will know about this' or 'wait till you hear stories about this'. He barely has dialogue on there except voicing his agreement, his excitement, or praising other legions members. Now on the newest issue, his father brought entirely new and unfamiliar person to his family, ad Jon already praised Conner and said that Conner is 'cooler son' than him. It just..... I know fandom often look at Jon as literal angel with personality of happy sunshine (which is definitely not true), but Bendis's version just plain infuriating for me.
Sorry for long reply, and if it's improper for me to rant about Jon on Damian's thread.