Still waiting for Lorena to make a comeback though.
I recall reading a thing from Greg Weisman's blog (and also remember when that used to get updates). There, he specifically used the word polysexual, on the grounds that whether Kaldur was Bi or Pan or anything else hadn't been something Kaldur himself has come to direct terms with (from the perspective of "SPOILER REQUEST. NO COMMENT.").
Apparently they broke up because Jackson didn't want him more involved than he already was since it was the final war of Atlantis in that run... or so I heard I kinda left the Aquafam during Rebirth and only paid attention again for this new mini.
Even if they're meant to be the same character, I won't be surprised if Geoff Johns, between Brightest Day to Rebirth where these two disappeared, decided to just change it and make him gay.
I think Weisman was the first one to indicate that TV!Kaldur wasn't "straight," so maybe they had that worked out from the start and Johns capitalized on it for Rebirth.
Jackson coming out was not a Geoff Johns idea, that came about from Benjamin Percy's Teen Titans in Rebirth. in fact, Jackson was missing all of New 52, never appeared in Johns' Aquaman, and only really met and starting working with Arthur recently, from KSD's run.
thats why I generally ignore comic Kaldur, his existence was fleeting and the character's almost exclusively informed by the show and the version introduced in Rebirth. I'm pretty sure Johns only pouched him from the Young Justice production team because his character design and concept was cool; but he didn't have much creative energy for Jackson and ended up sidestepping him as soon as he could.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
My understanding is that Johns worked with the YJ crew to create Jackson/Kaldur early in the development process which was why he was able to appear in the comics as early as he did.
He referenced a boy with purple eyes in his Aquaman run.
His run was all about building Aquaman back from square one, more or less, so I feel like he probably would have introduced Garth first if he'd been on the book longer. He did bring Tula back.
I think it was a Renee Montoya situation. Jackson is credited to have been created by Brandon Vietti, Greg Wesiman and Phil Bourassa. Johns just got the chance to incorporate him into the comics early because comics have a shorter production timeline than cartoons. Renee's creation is credited to Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian while Alan Grant introduced her in the comics in Batman #475.
Aquaman: The Becoming releases next week!
Agreed on everything! This was a great issue for Jackson and I've seen so many positive reviews of the issue. A lot of newer fans are coming into it and I think it has some neat moments for long time fans of the Aqua-world.
The Well is soooooo cool!
Finally got caught up. Great first issue. The art was fantastic and the story itself did a good job in setting up the character, establishing supporting characters and it sets up a clear direction by the end for where it's going to go for the next issue.