Created 1998, Apollo and Midnighter were among the first married gay upl superhero ics — and they were totally parodi of Batman and Superman. Now, thanks to DC Comics ntuy, the four characters fally met face to face.
Contents:
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
- BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
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Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman. More than 80 years sce he was first troduced to rears, and after s of homoerotic subtext wh his pann Batman, ics’ most tsty sikick Rob has nonilly e out as a cliffhanger endg to DC’s latt issue of Batman: Urban Legends, the current eratn of the Boy Wonr, Tim Drake, is shown acceptg a date vatn om his iend Bernard, havg jt rcued him om a villa while disguise as Rob. Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr.
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.
Let’s get one thg absolutely clear: Rob isn’t gay. So have wrers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Dev Grayson—though Grayson admted that she uld “unrstand the gay readgs. After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right?
Gayns is built to Batman. Batman is VERY, very gay. … but the whole basis of the ncept is utterly gay.