DC Comics and wrer Tom Taylor's gay Superman book, Superman: Son of Kal-El pletely fell out of the Top 50 sal charts for the month of Febary.
Contents:
- TOM TAYLOR AND DC COMICS’ GAY SUPERMAN BOOK COMPLETELY FALLS OFF TOP 50 SAL CHART
- IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
TOM TAYLOR AND DC COMICS’ GAY SUPERMAN BOOK COMPLETELY FALLS OFF TOP 50 SAL CHART
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!
This is a dynamic which led homophobic cric Fredric Wertham to suggt the 1950s that superhero (pecially Batman and Rob) promoted homosexualy through their privilegg of male/male bonds.
The pot here isn’t that Superman was really gay those early ics.
IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
But the obssn wh double inty and disavowed sire do suggt that the character has been built on anxieti about homosexualy and masculy. ) But at the same time, refg to date women also mak Superman ls than fully male a homophobic, misogynist culture which se homosexualy as feme and therefore lser.