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’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
- WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
- BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
- FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
* batman and robin gay love *
Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman. The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg.
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Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr.
WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
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.
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BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
Gayns is built to Batman.
Batman is VERY, very gay. … but the whole basis of the ncept is utterly gay. But gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.
FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
“It is like a wish-dream, ” he famoly wrote, “of two homosexuals livg together.
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