Gay robin comic book
DC Comics made headlines in recent months with story lines that reveal Batman’s sidekick, Robin, and Superman’s son, Jon (who also goes by the call Superman) are bisexual.
For those not up on current comics lore, this Robin is not the original character either. Tim Drake is the third person to wear Robin’s red-breasted costume.
DC has a history of queer characters appearing in their comics, but this is the first moment that characters with names that even non-comics readers perceive have come out. There has been a lesbian Batwoman and a same-sex attracted Aqualad (maturing into a new Aquaman), a lesbian Emerald Lantern, and a few more, but this is the first time that the publisher has taken a calculated risk by making any Super-character anything but straight.
The internet being what it is, there has been plenty of reaction across social media, from comics fans to politicians. The loudest noise often comes from the people who enjoy being outraged—conservative politicians, and many Twitter users. But what about gay comics fans?
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By: Queerly Nerd
“Sum of Our Parts” by Meghan Fitzmartin, Belen Ortega and Alejandro Sanchez is one of the most important Batman-related stories ever written. If you look at it in terms of comic book history, it is the first time a world-renowned male character and huge intellectual property favor Robin has been portrayed as something different than the common heteronormative template. Alan Scott Green Lantern and Iceman can&#;t even compare. Tim Drake was the sole character to use the Robin title for 20 years. He has action figures, statues, t-shirts, and a + issue comic series. He has appeared in cartoons and DC animated movies; he has every sort of product you would expect from a trendy superhero. Saying he is important is an understatement. Such a giant brand being associated with queerness marks not only a new chapter in representation, but how companies &#; in this case DC Comics, Warner Bros., AT&T and Discovery – see diversity. Gone are the times when lgbtq+ people were forbidden, coded, only villains, a one-time tragic character or a supporting
Robin Comes Out as Double attraction in DC Comics Series
Holy LGBTQ, Caped Crusader!!! Robin's dropping big personal news in the latest installment of "Batman: Urban Legends" he's bisexual.
Tim Drake is the DC character who fights crime as Robin, and when the sixth installment of the comic book dropped Tuesday the story ended with Tim saying yes to going on a date with a guy named Bernard Dowd.
The story goes Robin had a "lightbulb moment" while fighting side-by-side with Bernard. After coming to his rescue as Robin, Tim later hits up Bernard's pad, and you can see the anticipation's building 'cause he hypes himself up, saying "It's OK, Tim. You got this."
When Bernard opens the door he's on the verge of asking out Tim on a rendezvous, but Tim interrupts with "I’m really glad you got home okay. I was relieved. And I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, about that night. And I -- I don’t know what it meant to me. Not yet. But I’d like to figure it out."
Bernard responds, "I was hoping you would. Tim Drake … do you want to go on a date with me?” Robin says yes, and that's the cliffhanger unt
A Brief History of Dick
Freely adapted from The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, out now from Simon and Schuster.
Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Robin isn’t gay.
Don’t let the green Speedo and the pixie boots steer you wrong; Dick Grayson is as straight as uncooked spaghetti. In fact, there have been several Robins over the years, and not one of them has exhibited any trace of same-sex attraction or evinced anything resembling a homosexual self-identity.
Neither, it feels important to note here at the commence, has Batman.
Don’t take my synonyms for it. Ask anyone who’s written a Batman and Robin comic. Or, you know what, you don’t have to: Dollars to donuts they’ve already been asked that question, and own gone on record asserting the Dynamic Duo’s he-man, red-blooded, heterosexual bona fides. Batman’s co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, both firmly swatted the question down. So have writers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Devin Grayson—though Grayson admitted that she could “understand the gay readings.”
So there yo