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.
Contents:
- BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT
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.
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
In a 2012 Playboy terview, Morrison said “Gayns is built to Batman.
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.