Why did they make superman gay

So I did a bit of digging to figure out how this rumor got started. The two issues that have published so far have both been excellent. No hyperlinks. I doubt the estates get enough of a percentage of this billion dollar character for this to even matter. Which versions of Superman, Robin, and Wonder Woman are gay?

DC Queering Superman Next? Period. Her day job is in books, her side hustle is in books, and she writes books on the side including a short story in Sword Stone Table from Vintage. Due to convoluted plot shenanigans, Jon was abruptly aged up from 10 years old to 17 a couple years ago, something I plan to harbor simmering resentment about for the rest of my natural life.

It was a financial success, too; Urban Legends 6 sold out and is going back for a second printing, which is not particularly common in the comics world and unheard of for an anthology book. No, They Did Not Make Superman Gay in the New James Gunn Movie Superman’s son, Jonathan Kent, is bisexual in the comics, while Clark Kent is straight in both the comics and the new movie.

Until recently, Jon went by Superboy, but as of July, the regular Superman comic book has been put on hiatus, and Jon has been starring in a monthly series called Superman: Son of Kal-El. Why All DC Comics Superheroes are Gay Writer Tom Taylor told IGN that he’s had queer characters and storylines rejected by the comics industry over the years, so when he was asked to write a new issue of “Superman,” he decided to make the Man of Steel a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

How DC Comics is reforging the symbols of characters like Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash for a new, queerer generation. From what I can tell, it originated with Ethan Van Sciver. First, though, who is Jon Kent? Try publishing a comic about a Superman named Steve or something, see how far you get.

Jessica Plummer has lived her whole life in New York City, but she prefers to think of it as Metropolis. Congratulations, Tim! Congratulations, Jon! Except, hmm, this seemed pretty unlikely to me. Hollywood is trying to make Superman gay and he is not. As you may have heard, Robin recently came out.

No attributions to a source at DC. Not the tiniest bit. View All posts by Jessica Plummer. Superhero comics are still overwhelmingly straight, so the odds of DC revealing two major franchise characters as queer within the span of a few months are pretty steep — especially one who is currently wearing the mantle of Superman.

I do know that he has a history of claiming outlandish things that never pan out, like DC shuttering its entire comics division to focus on movies. Or, to be more specific: in Batman: Urban Legends 6, Tim Drake — the third but not current Robin — agreed to go on a date with another boy.

(Courtesy: DCU/DC Comics) There’s been some speculations about Superman being gay in the upcoming film, but let’s clear it up. Besides being inaccurate, the rhetoric against Jonathan Kent’s story relies on bisexual erasure. She loves running, knitting, and thinking about superheroes, and knows an unnecessary amount of things about Donald Duck.

Well, he grew a mullet. You know, the kind of sites that monetize knee-jerk reactions of divisiveness in an anti-virtue circle jerk. Tim has long been read by many comics fans, yours truly included, as queer, and so this canonical confirmation was cause for celebration for many readers.

As the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has explained. Superman loves Louis Lane. Jon is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Gay, bi, pan, it may be a while till this comes to fruition on the page. He debuted in and is best known for costarring in the delightful all-ages Super Sons with Damian Wayne, son of Batman and current Robin.

But other than that, he was fine. Just rename the new version Thooperman so we can all know the difference and avoid seeing it. Or up in the sky. He was fine. The rumor has broken containment!