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DC has revealed Superman’s new mission statement, which substitutes out “the American Way” for something more inclusive.
DC revealed Superman’s new mission statement at DC FanDome — and the American Way is no longer part of it.
The image, which you can see below, reveals Superman’s new mission statement as “Truth, Justice and A Better Tomorrow.” The art for the image is actually a repurposed version of the cover Renato Guedes did for 2007’s Action Comics #847, by writer Dwayne McDuffie, Guedes and letterer Travis Lanham. That issue saw Jonathan Kent telling Martha Kent about a trip he once took with Superman to help calm her nerves about an invasion of Kryptonians from the Phantom Zone.
Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman first debuted in 1938’s Action Comics #1. As a baby, Kal-El was sent from Krypton to Earth just before his home planet was destroyed. The future hero landed near Smallville and was adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Soon, Clark discovered that he had superhuman abilities and later used them to become one of the DC Universe’s greatest heroes. Superman’s adventures have appeared in pretty much every medium, including film, television, video games and radio.
Many of Superman’s outings have featured a reference to Man of Steel’s “never-ending battle for Truth, Justice and the American Way.” However, it wasn’t until 1942 during World War II that “American Way” was added to the mission statement. “American Way” was again dropped for a time until being used once again in the Adventures of Superman TV series, which ran from 1952 until 1958.
Over the past decade, Superman’s relationship with the “American Way” part of his motto has definitely been fraught. In 2011, DC made waves when Superman revealed his plans to renounce his American citizenship as part of a back-up story by writer David S. Goyer, artist Miguel Sepulveda, colorist Paul Mounts and letterer Rob Leigh in Action Comics #900. More recently, in Batman/Superman #16, by writer Gene Luen Yang, penciler Ivan Reis, inker Danny Miki, colorist Sabine Rich and letterer Saida Temofonte, the Man of Steel used the phrase “Truth, Tolerance and Justice.” Yang noted on Twitter that phrase was a nod to the 1948 Superman film serial.
The announcement of this change to Superman’s mission statement comes less than a week after DC revealed November’s Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, by writer Tom Taylor, artist John Timms, colorist Gabe Eltaeb and letterer Dave Sharpe, will reveal that Jonathan Kent is bisexual. Jon is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
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