I remember having conversation in a thread here where people swear that Jon could never be THE superman at DC which is hilarious now that this happen, I played out certain scenarios where DC would do certain things and people were reacting like it was crazy then. Note I am not saying Jon is going push Clark out of picture now. This move is confirming the things I said was appealing about the character and why company would push him for period as THE superman.
It never cross mind that they could make both characters legit "Superman" at the same time. For me it is interesting experiment ,obviously this is not Superman for some of you guys but it could be Superman for other generation depending how they do this. I have seen many comments in this thread about how this can't work but I am literally watching Invincible on Amazon Prime video which basically this very concept working. If I said take Invincible remove all the blood gore and put the one of most recognizable hero franchise as the base do you think it would work?
There is clear blueprint for Jon in Invincible and after watching the show and gobbling up tons of issues. The biggest take away from me is why didn't this catch on big time huge and the only answer was that it wasn't at Marvel or DC. There is a legit lane for character who is Spiderman personality in the Superman format, There is legit lane for stories about Child of the greatest hero learning to grow out of his father shadow into his own hero (which is kinda ironic considering they are giving him the name). This is beautiful irony after years of people taking from DC and Marvel functional using their IP to me this is DC going Jupiter's Legacy and Invincible (probably a bunch of other stuff as well) have done the son of superman as interesting hero and story, We have the real thing here, Why don't we do it ourselves.
There is interest in Superman "BUT" and what I mean is this there is interest in Superman BUT younger and modern, There is interest in Superman BUT dating different people than Lois, There is a interest in Superman BUT maybe a slightly different moral code, There is a interest in Superman BUT not at Daily planet, There is interest in Superman BUT not the Most powerful hero but still a powerful hero. There is an interest Superman BUT not stuck in suit with trunks outside or the old tropes. To get that I once thought they would have to get rid of Clark for a different guy for the "BUT", this option leave Clark in tact for the fans who want him around. I don't know if DC can pull this move successfully good stories is what drives this stuff still but I am 100% certain there is a lane that can be successful with this move.