Created 1998, Apollo and Midnighter were among the first married gay upl superhero ics — and they were totally parodi of Batman and Superman. Now, thanks to DC Comics ntuy, the four characters fally met face to face.
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IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
* was batman ever gay *
Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman. That had fans wonr – were there any other hts at Batman beg gay before? Is Batman gay, bisexual, or straight?
Before I get to those new mors and speculatns, I want to rewd a b and go through some key clu on why Batman ‘uld’ be gay or bi. We have never actually seen any ditn that The Dark Knight was gay or bi. You n see how a dirty md n misterpret the am, but there is nothg gay behd them.
In the new Batman seri by Chip Zdarsky – specifilly, Batman: The Knight #5, there’s this panel where Bce seems gay, bisexual, or at least bi-cur:. In the end, was never explicly stated if Batman was straight, gay, bi, or anythg else, so ’s up to you – the rear – to ci for yourself. Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr.
GAY/ BISEXUAL BATMAN
Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start. Let’s get one thg absolutely clear: Rob isn’t gay.
So have wrers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Dev Grayson—though Grayson admted that she uld “unrstand the gay readgs. After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right? Gayns is built to Batman.