DC Confirms Clark Kent is A Better Hero Than Superman

DC Confirms Clark Kent is A Better Hero Than Superman

In Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2, a young Black girl is saved from words Clark Kent wrote about an African-American Civil Rights activist.

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DC Confirms Clark Kent is A Better Hero Than Superman

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Mikel Janin!

The latest issue of Future State shows that Clark Kent can do what even Superman cannot. Superman possesses many of the greatest and most celebrated powers that any superhero could possibly have, allowing him to perform some of the most incredible feats in comic book history while saving countless lives. Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 attempted the impossible task of cramming as many of these amazing accomplishments as possible in one issue when a group of people that Superman once saved gathered together to share their run-ins with the Man of Steel. But the latest issue just proved that Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent the reporter, easily transcended all of these monumental achievements merely through the written word.

In Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #2 written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with art by Mikel Janin, a young Black girl shares one of Clark Kent’s obituaries honoring an African-American man named Edgar Watters. What saved her wasn’t a punch or a kick. As she says, “He wrote something when I really needed it. He helped me find my purpose. Pulled me off a literal edge.” The man Clark Kent writes about suffered many losses but never wavered in his fight for achieving Civil Rights at home and abroad, aiding those who needed help even if he didn’t know them, and ensuring his son grew up in a safer, racially just world, regardless of how much the pursuit hurt and tore him down.

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This girl never mentions how Clark Kent’s words saved her, but in a world filled with racism and bigotry, one can only imagine what she could have endured, for Black men and women still face injustices and prejudices just based on the color of their skin. What specifically in Clark Kent’s story resonated with her? There are many possibilities.

Was it the fact that Watters continued getting up to fight for Civil Rights and equality even when counter protesters and prison inmates beat him mercilessly? Was it that he fought in a war to help a race he didn’t even know even when he himself faced segregation and racism at home? Was it that he continued to raise money for the scholarship he made in his son’s name even when he was homeless and living in alleyways? Was it that he was a Black man who achieved so much in a white man’s world and continued fighting even when he lost everything? Or maybe it was the fact that a prominent white journalist at the Daily Planet chose to recognize a Black man whom he saw as a true visionary and someone everyone should strive to live like?

While the words are stunningly beautiful and honor a man who deserved to be recognized, what stands out is that the excerpts from the obituary are juxtaposed against images of Superman struggling to survive in the gladiatorial pits — and the words are the main focus. This creates a powerful image where the piece that Clark Kent wrote about Civil Rights and equality outshines the mighty deeds of Superman, even though they are clearly taken from a pivotal time in his life that would have normally taken center stage. By pushing this momentous battle in the background, it sends the crucial message that while supernatural abilities are awe-inspiring, what’s more important is the fight for equality, justice, and Civil Rights for all peoples and races.

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