PHOTOS: 'Up, Up And I'm Gay': Comic Artist Joe Phillips Brgs Superhero Out Of The Closet
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'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
The se you are about to enter ntas ntent that is homoerotic and graphic nature.
If you are unr the age of 18, offend by gay ntent, or superhero peril, TURN AWAY NOW! Fally, they start nudgg a few top-tier characters out of the closet — but are always reful never to send 'em out whout first attachg an all-important asterisk, as a bulwark agast any backlash om homophobic rears (and/or stockholrs): Rob's queer! 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. 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.