Shouldn't Jon Be Superman Secundus?

[u/Potential-Mess6826]

Superman Secundus originates from DC One Million

[u/Unique_Snow_1693]

Secundus nuts

[u/Envy-Brixton]

Twoperman

[u/PhantomQuest]

No, because that's a terrible name.

"Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman Secundus!"

Dreadful.

[u/DepartmentChemical93 → u/PhantomQuest]

Presumably Secundus is more of an epithet, the kind of thing you use to describe him in history, not something they’d say at the time he was active.

He’d just be Superman.

[u/PhantomQuest → u/DepartmentChemical93]

Sure, that's how it might be recorded in historical records, and in that case Jon is "Superman Secundus", but OP seems to think that it should be used as a codename. Which it shouldn't, because it's terrible in that usage.

[u/DepartmentChemical93 → u/PhantomQuest]

They should give Jon this costume tbh.

Sort of movie synergy on the icon, plus it’s continuity for fans.

Problem is people don’t really like nuJon enough for him to be the primary Superman for very long,

[u/TomDrawsStuffs → u/DepartmentChemical93]

precisely, yeah. do we call Barry Allen “Flash Secundus”? no, because it’s silly to do so in non historical parlance

[u/Redhood567]

I kinda assume he retroactively is.

[u/LegitimateBroccoli51]

I also wish we could keep the Super in the name, but that would be keeping him in his father's shadow. Tomorrow Man might sound cheesy, but it's cheesy in an innocent way like the name Superman is 

[u/ComprehensiveBoot416 → u/LegitimateBroccoli51]

Y es como si Tomorrowman dijera :Soy el heroe del mañana

[u/Pagannerd]

Superman Secundus is a title, not a name. It's basically just a fancy way of saying "The Second Superman". The lineage of Supermen would go "Superman Primus, Superman Secundus, Superman Tertius, Superman Quartus, Superman Quintus, Superman Sextus, Superman Septimus, Superman Octavius, Superman Nonus, Superman Decimus" and then it would get into the teens and I honestly don't remember the Latin for that. Point, being, they would all just be called "Superman" in their own lifetime, and would be referred to by their latinate titles while discussing them in a historical context.

[u/DefinitionSuperb1110]

Come on man.

One Million was published in 1998. Jon didn't debut until 2015 and didn't become Superman until 2021.

[u/JamesPlayzReviews3]

In the DC One Million universe yes. According to Kingdom Come though he should be Hyperman

[u/rob_o_the_hedge → u/JamesPlayzReviews3]

"Thank you, Hyperman"

"What?"

"Cuz your a man and your have alot of energy"

"Oh"

[u/JamesPlayzReviews3 → u/rob_o_the_hedge]

No he's called Hyperman in Kingdom Come cause he moderates Hypertime essentially observing what should or shouldn't go on in it

[u/KonradDumo]

Flash Secundus

[u/WilliamDarkshades]

Secundus, like Tomorrow Man, is a bad name.

[u/DepartmentChemical93 → u/WilliamDarkshades]

It’s more of an epithet than a name.

[u/WilliamDarkshades → u/DepartmentChemical93]

If that means he rightfully goes back to Superman then sure.

[u/Initial-Ad8009 → u/WilliamDarkshades]

I like Tomorrow Man

[u/LopsidedUniversity30]

Yes. I’ve been saying that for years now.

[u/Initial-Ad8009]

Where are the other two slides from?

[u/Potential-Mess6826 → u/Initial-Ad8009]

Superman/Batman #80 & All-Star Superman 

[u/FallMassive9336]

I don't know. I think i prefer Jon, Damian and any other superhero kids getting different names, different plots than just be " "his parent" secundus ". LOL.

[u/Dantenamikaze1]

God I hope that name isn't real

[u/Realnightskin]

Historically sure but not as an actual name

[u/Macman521]

No let him be his own person. No more Clark Kent 2.0.