DC Comics -publisher Dan DiD revealed that an existg character - who was prevly assumed to be straight - would bee ‘one of our most proment gay characters’.
Contents:
- BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
- HOW DID BATMAN GO FROM BEG FUN AND GAY TO SAD AND BORG?
- IS BATMAN GAY? MAJOR DC COMICS CHARACTER TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
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. * is batman going to be gay *
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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.
HOW DID BATMAN GO FROM BEG FUN AND GAY TO SAD AND BORG?
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IS BATMAN GAY? MAJOR DC COMICS CHARACTER TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET
Though speculatn about Rob’s sexualy has always been a part of the character’s mystique (see “Ambiguoly Gay Duo“), DC has never explicly labeled the famed sikick as LGBTQ; that mod operandi changed this week wh the latt issue of Batman: Urban Legends, where the character accepts an vatn to go on a date wh another man named Bernard Dowd. DC Comic Artist Confirms: Superman is now a Homosexual. Superman is gog gay, acrdg to DC Comics artist Ethan Van Sciver durg an terview wh ComicArtistsPro Secrets on YouTube.