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'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)

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If you are unr the age of 18, offend by gay ntent, or superhero peril, TURN AWAY NOW! Fredric Wertham wrote "Sctn Of The Innocent, " a book that alleged, among other thgs, that Wonr Woman was a lbian and that Batman and Rob were gay lovers. Although Wertham's allegatns have been long been ridiculed by the ics muny, some dtry sirs like Joe Phillips see a gay subtext throughout the superhero genre.

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He says he's fascated by the unrlyg "gayns" of the superhero, and he's takg out of the closet and to a seri of patgs he lls "Beefke Hero, " currently on display at a San Diego art gallery.

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"Although the typil rear of a superhero ic is tagged as a heterosexual young adult male, Phillips says the characters have also had a big fluence on the gay muny. "Although Phillips is openly gay, Salazar adms puttg a gay-iendly sp on popular superhero is an act of bravery sce he still works the dtry. "He's a good artist -- I'll give him that -- and I'm ol wh guys who are gay, but I want to see superhero savg the world, not pickg each other up, " said the man.

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