Contents:
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
- BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? ALL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? ALL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
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.
Acrdg to a ep-dive to the topic by Slate, an anti-ics psychiatrist even ttified before a Senate Submtee on Juvenile Delquency 1954, slammg the Batman ics as “a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together. ” Ocsnally, Batman ic wrers seemed to slyly embrace the ia of Rob beg gay, even as DC Comics officially mataed the character was straight.
The news a few months after a versn of Marvel’s Capta Ameri ma headl by g out as gay.
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
Ultimately, this wouldn’t have happened whout champns at DC, like Dave and Jam Tynn IV, and I hope is as meangful for others as has been for me, ” she HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINERThe character jos Kate Kane, or Batwoman, as an LGBT member of the Batman Fay, as Kane was troduced 2006 as nonilly ic’s clivy ph was also preced by the reveal of a gay Capta Ameri earlier this year.
That had fans wonr – were there any other hts at Batman beg gay before? Is Batman gay, bisexual, or straight?
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? ALL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED
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.
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? ALL ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED
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. DC Comics' announcement that a high-profile superhero is about to e out – a rponse to Marvel's "gay weddg" story – has stirred up a lot of gossip, wh one name repeatedly put forward, and regularly dismissed.
Batman, gay? I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay. " The hero disperse, and life go on exactly as did Batman gay?
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
But gayns – om high mp to tense homoeroticism – is an important aspect of that readg is nothg new. In the 50s, the accatns that Bce and Dick "Rob" Grayson reprented "a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together" went to a Senate submtee hearg, and the ic-book edors rpond by brgg Batgirl and Batwoman, double-dat for the dynamic duo.