Superman: Son of Kal-El series. The anticipated development will make Jon Kent the latest to join a growing list of superheroes in the LGBTQ community, with Tim Drake's iteration of Batman's sidekick and Marvel's Loki also joining the list on the page or screen earlier this year.A romantic entanglement will begin between the new Superman and reporter Jay Nakamura in the fifth book of the series due out on November 9, according to a Monday press release from DC Comics.