Batman n't e out as gay – his character reli on him beg nial | Will Brooker | The Guardian

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In June of 2016, DC Comics released a ntroversial new ic book which Batman is revealed to be gay. The ic, which is tled "Batman: Rebirth" #1, has ed a lot of backlash among fans, who argue that is not te to the character's roots. Some have even gone so far as to

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More than 80 years sce he was first troduced to rears, and after s of homoerotic subtext wh his pann Batman, ics’ most tsty sikick Rob has nonilly e out as a cliffhanger endg to DC’s latt issue of Batman: Urban Legends, the current eratn of the Boy Wonr, Tim Drake, is shown acceptg a date vatn om his iend Bernard, havg jt rcued him om a villa while disguise as Rob. Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.

Wh the recent passg of Kev Conroy, the voice of the ped csar Batman: The Animated Seri and gay in, felt like a good time to discs LGBTQIA+ reprentatn ic books, specifilly Superhero ics.

Lookg past the tastels jok about Bce spendg all of his time wh an old Brish man and a speedo-clad boy he kept a ve, there has always been a homoerotic subtext to Batman. In a 2012 Playboy terview, Morrison said “Gayns is built to Batman.

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I’m not g gay the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. Obvly, as a fictnal character, he’s tend to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole ncept is utterly gay. This new wave of ercive censorship forced the hands of creators to keep thgs subtextual and give their hero a stone-ld se of the “not gays.

BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL

She served as Batman’s love tert for a few years, specifilly orr to fend off mors that Bce was gay.

“He’d be much healthier if he were gay, ” Miller said. The few attempts at creatg a gay character were more often than not handled poorly.

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