It's so fucking cute and charming in a very authentic-feeling way and then you get to that last page reveal and it hits like a fucking train every single time I read it; genuinely fantastic stuff that perfectly captures how depressing John's life really is, and I'd recommend it to anyone

I assume it's a nod to Dorian Harewood, the first person to play him in an adaptation even if it was ultimately just a couple lines from memory (Ron always gets heavily sidelined like that; Superman 2025 just continued that trend), but even if it wasn't it's a very cool middle name for him

Shilo Norman is an odd one; this bit from Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #4 is about as explicitly Jewish as you can get without outright saying the word...but it's also part of an illusion caused by the Omega Sanction...which were drawn from his actual life, so it's a little up in the air

Mettle might be the most infuriating Potential Man in this regard for me; its been mentioned only twice as far as I know (Avengers Academy #5 and Avengers Academy Infinity Comic #26), but I think there's a lot to mine from how not looking "conventionally Jewish" in either form is alienating for him

-to pull a Kitty and give the character a Star of David necklace, or stick a Menorah in the background of their room?), it's also kinda disheartening how many cases are just singular off-handed mentions or come off as obligatory Hanakkah mentions during Christmas:

John also has an uncle called Mike in current continuity

-formula, which goes against the whole gimmick behind Captain Marvel and imo should only be done in mainline if Billy gives up his mantle to a new kid), but as a broad rule I think it really, really works

For example, Spider-Man was 15 when he got his powers, and has been around for 63 years. 63/4 = 15.75, making him around 30/31, which is around where people want him to be instead of perputually 25.

There are exceptions to this of course (Billy, Freddy & Mary would all be firmly adults under this-

-into "Alexander James Sartorius" on Page 115 of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia, and finally it was shown on-panel in full for the first time (as far as I know) in Arkham City: The Order of the World #4.