Gay robin comic
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 identify 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 time that characters with names that even non-comics readers know have verb out. There has been a lesbian Batwoman and a gay Aqualad (maturing into a new Aquaman), a lesbian Green 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 queer comics fans?
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Robin Is Officially DC’s Newest Openly Queer Superhero
DC Comics just added to its roster of openly LGBTQ+ characters, revealing that one of its most eminent male heroes dates men. In a new issue of anthology comic Batman: Urban Legends, Robin, the longstanding sidekick to the Caped Crusader, comes out of the closet.
In a story entitled 'The Sum of Our Parts' by writer Meghan Fitzmartin and artist Belén Ortega, Robin, a.k.a. Tim Drake, is shown having dinner with his friend Bernard. The evening is soon interrupted by a baddie who kidnaps Bernard, leading Tim to don his superhero costume and save his friend. Bernard, not knowing that Robin is actually Tim, then remarks to his rescuer that he wishes he'd been qualified to finish his date, prompting Robin to act some thinking.
The installment ends with Tim visiting Bernard and explaining that he is still unsure "what it meant" to own dinner with him. When Tim then asks outright, "Do you want to go on a date with me?", Tim answers truthfully: "Yeah Yeah. I think I want that."
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Batman: Robin coming out as bisexual was 'missing piece' of story
1. Read what you love. If you don't like it, don't read it. Great thing about this world -- especially in the world of comics, tv, movies, books, etc., there's so much damn content free now.
2. Personally, I don't equate this move the same as the Bat Dong. That was clearly for headlines and had absolutely nothing to do with the story. It was just a way to acquire the Black Label some press.
3. Totally approve that new characters can be a focus for diversity. We've seen that with probably the foremost example in the past 20 years -- Miles Morales, which someone referenced earlier. However, at the same time, there's a lot of joking about the million Robins that have been around, which is very fair. 50% of Gotham has been Robin at this signal. So, if DC created a new bisexual character and said, "Here's our new Robin," I ponder a lot of folks would come out and say that's it inactive writing and just done solely
Robin Comes Out as Bisexual 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 date, 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