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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]
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TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
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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.
TEEN TANS MAY ADD SEND GAY HERO
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. This time, our first legend is about whether Marv Wolfman and Gee Perez origally tend for Jericho of the Teen Tans to be gay.