Unregnized for havg DC's first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn, Static Shock subtly brought LGBTQIA+ reprentatn before the Arrowverse.
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- DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
- MICHAEL DAVIS: MILTONE MEDIA ANNOUNC STATIC SHOCK IS GAY
- MARVEL’S EARLIT GAY CHARACTERS INTRODUCED DON MCGREGOR’S BLACK PANTHER COMICS
DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
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Unregnized for havg DC's first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn, Static Shock subtly brought LGBTQIA+ reprentatn before the Arrowverse. Before CW's Arrow, Batwoman, or Legends of Tomorrow, DC troduced s first gay superhero to TV the Static Shock animated seri, far earlier than most people thk. However, few knew that late Static Shock creator Dwayne McDuffie was subtle about , but not aaid to add a gay character to the Saturday morng experience.
However, while many may dismiss as a wish for more reprentatn on Saturday morngs, clu the ics and the words of the late creator himself tablish that Gear was gay, predatg a majory of DC TV's current LGBTQIA+ characters. He noted that he'd always nsired Gear to be gay and softly hted at this throughout the show’s n. In sence, this ma Static Shock's Richie DC’s first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn.
MICHAEL DAVIS: MILTONE MEDIA ANNOUNC STATIC SHOCK IS GAY
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Wh the upg adaptatn velopment, perhaps Richie Foley, or even the origal Rick Stone, will be seen, not only as a gay in but also as the hero Dwayne McDuffie imaged him to be. ” revolvg around ma character Virgil fdg out one of his close iends, Rick Stone, is gay.
Static sr away the thugs, and when he asks Rick why they were attacked, Rick drops the bombshell that the skheads targeted the two boys bee they were gay. Miltone Comics/DC ComicsEarlier issu had shown that Rick had long suffered homophobic mockery om his iends.
But for Rick to e out as gay to his iend (for ntext, the ics Rick do not know that Virgil is Static) is a shock.
MARVEL’S EARLIT GAY CHARACTERS INTRODUCED DON MCGREGOR’S BLACK PANTHER COMICS
In the followg issu, Rick out to his entire school and asks for support anizg a gay pri rally.