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. Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
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?