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After herfirst comical visual aspect in last year’sDC Pride2021anthology the sports fan - favoriteDreamer , first create for the CW’sSupergirland played by trans actress and activist Nicole Maines , is ultimately debuting in main DCU continuity in the pages ofSuperman : Son of Kal - El#13written in collaboration withTom Taylorand Maines herself . Nicole Maines has been given the singular opportunity to work closely with DC Comics to fetch her original CW theatrical role , the first transgender superheroeveron TV , to biography on the page , and this iconic trans superhero is about to make a Brobdingnagian splashing in the DC Universe .
Dreamer , civilian name Nia Nal , is a powerful superhero with the abilities of foreknowledge , dreamwalking , astral projection , and Department of Energy jut , and act as a perfect complement to Kara Zor - El in the CW’sSupergirl . Nicole Maines beautifully present Nia Nal , inspiring many rummy fans with her honest and fearless portrayal of a powerful young trans superhero , which Maines meaningfully shine on in her late foreword forDC Pride 2022 .
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Dreamer ’s debut inSuperman : Son of Kal - El#13 - written by the acclaimed writer Tom Taylor alongside Nicole Maines with gorgeous graphics by Clayton Henry - has been in the study for a while , with Nia Nal apparently being an implausibly important part of Jonathan Kent and Jay Nakamura ’s battle against the villainous President Bendix . Tom Taylor , writer ofSuperman : Son of Kal - Elas well asother dear DC Comics series likeNightwing , DCeased , Injustice , andDark Knights of Steel , portion out a preview of the upcoming issue in a Twitter Emily Price Post receive Dreamer , and Nicole Maines , into the DC Universe . Commenting on the tweet Nicole Maines order , " There she is ! And there I go , getting emotional ! " indicating how important this comedian must be for Maines , who is an unbelievable trans activist outside of her playing and now , comic writing . On Dreamer ’s unveiling inSuperman : Son of Kal - ElNicole Maines had this to say ,
" Jon Kent and Nia Nal are two characters that have a circumstances in common , both as superheroes with the weight of the world on their shoulders , and as untested masses with impossibly big brake shoe to fill . Weaving their story together for Superman : Son of Kal - El with Tom was a complete pleasure , and there is only a little punning intended when I say that Superman and Dreamer make for a brilliant novel Dream - Team . "
The prevue forSon of Kal - El#13 showsboyfriends Jon and Jay Nakamuraretreating to the Fortress of Solitude after Jay ’s identity as the voice of The Truth was revealed , only to observe that Dreamer has somehow broken into Superman ’s purportedly impenetrable Fortress ! The striking prevue goes on to discover that Nia was able to enter the Fortress by dreamwalking through the dream of one of Clark ’s zoo of exotic intergalactic animals he keeps in the Fortress , desperately doing so even though she has never attempted it before because she has dire news for Superman and Jay about Bendix ’s next move , and how his intrigue are going to jeopardize the lives of all of DC ’s heroes . As this is Nia ’s first prescribed entry in the DCU it will be absorbing to see if Tom Taylor and Nicole Maines adjudicate to keep Dreamer ’s origin story as a half - alien ancestor of Nura Nal , the hero Dream Girl from the Legion of Super - Heroes , or if any of her backstory will even be bring out inSon of Kal - El .
It is frankly brisk and uplifting to see a major comics publisher like DC Comics not only ravish an original transgender reference from a television set show to the comic , but to also give Dreamer ’s original actress multiple chances to write and collaborate on her comics appearances , especially sinceDreamerisalsostarring in her own originalgraphic novel write by Maines .
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verify to check outSuperman : Son of Kal - El # 13co - written byTom Taylorand Nicole Maines in depot on July 12th , 2022 .
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