Jonathan Kent (Earth-38)

"Jonathan really has your eyes, huh?"

"I'll take it so long as he has your everything else."

—Lois Lane and Clark Kent on their son, Jonathan Kent^[src]

Jonathan Kent (born 2019) is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, the brother of an unnamed boy, the first cousin once removed of Kara Danvers, the nephew of Lucy Lane, and the grandson of the late Jor-El, a late unnamed woman, and Sam Lane. He is also the adoptive grandson of Ma and Pa Kent.

Biography[]

Original multiverse[]

Birth[]

Jonathan was born in 2019 in Argo City to Clark Kent and Lois Lane;^[1] who were moved there as they feared that the pregnancy would strain Lois's health the longer they stayed on Earth.^[2]

Anti-Monitor Crisis[]

"Jonathan really has your eyes, huh?"

"I'll take it so long as he has your everything else."

—Lois Lane and Clark Kent on Jonathan^[src]

Clark and Lois, who were enjoying their peaceful time with their son in Argo City, received a holographic message from Kara Danvers, warning them of the city's impending destruction by antimatter. They evacuated Jon to his pod with help from Alura Zor-El.

Jonathan's pod took off just seconds before the city perished. Though his evacuation was successful, the antimatter knocked Jonathan's pod off-course, which in turn landed him on Earth-16 through temporal disruption. Lois traveled there with Querl Dox and Sara Lance in tow, and found Jonathan inside the Arrowcave in Star City, where he had been rescued by Oliver Queen. Lois, Jonathan, Brainy, and Sara then returned to the D.E.O. on Earth-38.

Soon after, they evacuated to Earth-1 just before National City (Earth-38) was destroyed by the antimatter. Lois and Jonathan reunited with Clark just before Oliver Queen died.^[1]

While Clark and Lois ventured the multiverse in search for the Paragon of Truth, they left Jonathan in the care of Mick Rory from Earth-74,

who is revealed to be surprisingly good with children. Mick decided to read his own novel, Caged Passion, to the baby in order to calm him down. Ray Palmer commented on how the book doesn't seem too "kid-friendly", to which Mick objected, claiming that Jonathan does "love" it.

After Lois and Clark returned to the Waverider with the Clark Kent of Earth-96, he met his counterpart's son, commenting he looked a lot like his own son, Jason.^[3]

Later Jonathan, as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,^[4] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.^[5]

New multiverse[]

Early life[]

"Clark, I need you to get to Metropolis now; it's the boys."
"The boys?"

—Lois Lane and Clark Kent^[src]

As a result of the merging of Earth-38 with Earth-1 and Earth-TUD5, the timeline was changed, resulting in Lois and Clark having two sons instead.^[6] It is also possible that like his Earth-TUD25 counterpart (and his brother), they both may have been born much earlier than in the pre-crisis timeline, possibly in 2006.^[7]

Appearances[]

Supergirl[]

Season 4[]

• "Elseworlds, Part 3" (mentioned)

Season 5[]

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

Batwoman[]

Season 1[]

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"

The Flash[]

Season 6[]

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" (mentioned)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]

Season 5[]

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" (mentioned)

Comics[]

Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant[]

• "Infinite Luthor, Part 1" (mentioned)

Trivia[]

• Jonathan is the youngest known time traveler and breacher.
• Clark and Lois son Jonathan is their third son that appeared in the live action in Superman franchise. Lois and Clark’s son appeared in Lois and Clark son appeared in the series finale of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Jason the son of Clark and Lois child from Superman Returns.
• Jonathan is the fourth known hybrid of two different species, after Nia Nal, Elizabeth Hawkings, and Maeve Nal.
  • He is also the first confirmed human-Kryptonian hybrid (due to Ruby Arias' status as a human-Kryptonian hybrid being unclear since her mother's Kryptonian side was a separate persona).

Behind the scenes[]

• In the DC Comics, Jonathan Samuel Kent is the son of Superman and Lois Lane, who was born during the Convergence storyline.
  • Clark Kent from Earth-96 even notes how similar the two look, implying that despite the different appearances of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Jason and Jonathan may still be doppelgangers.

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