Friday, May 25, 2012

DC Comics' Gay Superhero In The Works: Publisher Dan DiDio Hints At Established Character's Coming Out; HuffingtonPost.com, 5/21/12

HuffingtonPost.com; DC Comics' Gay Superhero In The Works: Publisher Dan DiDio Hints At Established Character's Coming Out:

"The homoerotic subtext of comic book superheroes has been a hot topic in the gay community for some time. Now comics fans and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere is abuzz with news that a major DC Comics character will "come out" in a future issue.

Details of the character and his specific story arc are relatively scarce thus far, but as Bleeding Cool is reporting, DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio told attendees at the Kapow Comic Convention in London that the superhero -- an established player in one of the series, and was originally introduced as straight -- will become "one of our most prominent gay characters.""

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