Quote Originally Posted by Blue22 View Post
There is no version where we get both Jons that's going to be totally New-reader friendly. But then, not every comic is made with that in mind. And this doesn't have to be one either.
But to be quite frank, it is and it does because of the very nature of the book. That's what they've set out to do. That's very, very clearly why they picked Jon "the son of Clark and Lois" Kent to be the only suitable successor that commands the nearest thing to Clark's level of readability while being new. It's not devoid of continuity, but it's also not going to sacrifice it's streamlined and adaptation friendly nature (Jim Lee more or less called DC comics an IP farm this time last year) just for the sake of pleasing a relatively small subsection of die-hards.

Ultimately this book will live or die by Taylor's skill as a writer and DC's promotion. And Taylor is someone who knows how to please a crowd and play to the fans...to a point. In at least this case, he won't sacrifice the new fresh start this book offers. No writer would or should in this context, and no publisher would let them.