One of the most iconic locations in Superman’s life was just targeted — and Future State hinted it might gone for good.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Superman: Son of Kal-El #3, on sale now
One of the consequences of Clark Kent revealing his identity as Superman to the world at large meant putting a giant target on the back of himself and his loved ones. While his presence kept anyone from trying to pull that trigger, it seems that his long-teased absence from Earth will finally allow someone to take a shot at the Man of Steel and his loved ones. But the wildest part is that it’s not even his fault.
Instead, Henry Bendix is targeting Jon Kent — the new Superman — in Superman: Son of Kal-El #3 by Tom Taylor, John Timms, Gabe Eltaeb, and Dave Sharpe, and the attack may have already cost the Kents their famous farm. Making matters worse, this lines up with the events of Future State — hinting this development might be for keeps.
Jon Kent has been working alongside his father recently, trying to prepare for the day when he’s forced to take over as Superman in his father’s abscene. Along the way, Jon has increasingly been enraging Henry Bendix — a super-scientist who currently controls the nation of Gamorra. He saved a number of refugees from the nation and has increasingly become dedicated to their well-being — even speaking out about Bendix’s claims that his nation are a paradise on Earth. Although Jon’s natural invulnerability and father make him largely untouchable, Bendix decides to make his point anyway once Superman is forced to leave the Earth for another mission.
Recapturing one of his experiments — a young woman codenamed Faultline whose personal density is comparable to a fraction of a neutron star — Bendix decides to use her as a living weapon. His agents fly her over the Kent fam in Smallville and then simply push her out of the plane. Activating her powers as she falls, Faultline has no choice but to crash into the Kent Farm with the force enough to cause an explosion — wiping out the farm in a single moment. It’s a potentially deadly attack, as it would likely be more than enough to kill Martha and Jon Kent if they were indeed caught in the blast. But regardless, it appeared that the home of the Kent family was just wiped from the map in the most brutal way possible.
All of this actually hints that the Future State-era fate of the Kent Farm might actually be the in-canon fate of the family home. Future State: Superman – Worlds of War #2 focused in part on Sadie, a Metropolis-born fan of Superman who comes to Smallville to visit where her hero became the man he is today. In this possible future, Smallville has become a tourist trap, full of mementos and historical ties to the history of the Man of Steel. Sadie ends up splintering from everyone else to walk around an apparently vacant field — in reality the original site of the Kent Farm. After some cybernetic villain attacked and destroyed the farm, the site was hidden from the public. Instead, a recreation elsewhere in town became the Kent Farm and the believed site of the Kent Family, while the other remained forgotten.
It was a bittersweet final fate for the Kent Farm, and now it seems that Superman’s actions put a target on it far sooner than anyone could have expected. As an opening salvo against Jon Kent right after his official tenure as Superman begins, it’s a huge statement from Bendix. It hints that unlike Brainiac or Cyborg-Superman — longtime foes of Clark Kent — it was instead a foe of Jon’s who got the Kent Farm wiped off the map. It’ll likely attract the full attention of the new Superman to this threat, and will probably put Lois Lane’s gaze towards the nation of Gamorra as well. But even if it just inspires the heroes to track down Bendix and try to get some payback for the attack, it’s possible this is indeed the final fate of the Kent Farm.
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