Reports me om Bleedg Cool yterday that Brett Booth and Stt Lobll will be troducg an outwardly gay character their upg re-lnch of Teen Tans, as a member of the team. Seen solicatns unr the moniker of the Wall, the character’s name has sce been changed to Bunker. His powers are as yet unknown, but given his nam and the ver of Teen Tans #3, appears that they are fensive nature, wh the hero beg able to create barriers and other nstcts.
Contents:
- DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]
- TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
- WAS JERICHO OF THE TEEN TANS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?
- TEEN TANS MAY ADD SEND GAY HERO
DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]
In the latt Comic Book Legends Revealed, fd out whether the Teen Tan known as Jericho was origally gog to be gay * teen titan gay *
There’s one Tan that already is gay, that we’ve talked about brgg on — probably next season.
Bunker, who is openly gay, has the abily to create psnic energy nstcts, which often manift as purple bricks he n e to attack enemi or protect himself as armor. Followg through on s pledge to create "a more morn, diverse DC Universe" wh the New 52, DC Comics will troduce a gay teenage superhero Teen Tans.
TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
* teen titan gay *
Seri artist Brett Booth has revealed that Bunker will but November's Issue 3 -- he's referred to as "The Wall" the solicatn text -- where he's picted as an openly gay teen om Mexi who "n create small force fields that look like bricks. "We're tryg to make beg gay a part of who he is, " Booth wrote last night on Twter. Bunker isn't the first gay Tan -- that was probably Hero Cz of Tans L.
A., although there was a lot of fan speculatn about Jericho when he buted 1984 -- but he's (likely) the first gay teen troduced to the post-Flashpot DC Universe. He was very loved by his fay and the village as well -- and they were as acceptg of his homosexualy as they were to his super powers when they first manifted.
I've seen all the other gay superhero out there, Ok maybe not all. We wanted to show an tertg character who's homosexualy is part of him, not somethg that's hidn. Sure they are gay people who you wouldn't know are gay right off the bat, but there are others who are a more flamboyant, and we thought would be nice to actually see them portrayed ics.
WAS JERICHO OF THE TEEN TANS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?
I wanted you to know he might be gay as soon as you see him. Will he be more effemate than what we've seen before, the 'typil' gay male ic character, y. In any event, when Perez and Wolfman were creatg the character, their ial tent was to have him be gay.
Perez explaed to the Gay League why they cid to change their md, ""While Marv and I did discs the possibily of Joseph Wilson beg gay, Marv cid that was too much of a stereotype to have the sensive, artistic, and wi-eyed character wh arguably effemate featur be also homosexual. After the ial bate on whether to make Jericho gay or not, Perez went all on Jericho as not only beg straight, but beg a ladi man.
She later ntued to pursue the topic and he fally adms to her that he is gay... In the latt Comic Book Legends Revealed, fd out whether the Teen Tan known as Jericho was origally gog to be gay.
TEEN TANS MAY ADD SEND GAY HERO
This time, our first legend is about whether Marv Wolfman and Gee Perez origally tend for Jericho of the Teen Tans to be gay. I me across the issue aga readg on DC Infe and as an adult I started to wonr if Marv Wolfman had possibly tend to make Jericho one of the first gay ic characters.
So as to your qutn, I thk the answer is more of a no, Jericho of the Teen Tans was NOT origally tend to be gay, but 's very tricky. When Perez and Wolfman were creatg the character, their ial tent was to have him be gay.
Perez explaed to the Gay League why they cid to change their md, "While Marv and I did discs the possibily of Joseph Wilson beg gay, Marv cid that was too much of a stereotype to have the sensive, artistic, and wi-eyed character wh arguably effemate featur be also homosexual. Te or false that he was origally meant to be gay? I thk that's jt too much of a stretch to say that Jericho was ever "origally meant to be gay.