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Superheroes: fighting crime, fighting hemorrhoids
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | June 23, 2006 | Eric Heyl

Posted on 06/23/2006 11:19:13 AM PDT by NorthEasterner

Superheroes: fighting crime, fighting hemorrhoids By Eric Heyl TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, June 23, 2006

Crime fighting lesbians might only be the beginning.

DC Comics recently announced the soon-to-be revived Batwoman character will do more than battle evildoers. She also will display a libidinal fondness for the ladies.

(Here is where I resist the temptation to say: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Not that there's anything wrong with using that oft-quoted Seinfeldism, except for the fact it has become a cliche.)

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


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KEYWORDS: comicbooks; comics; superman; xmen

1 posted on 06/23/2006 11:19:16 AM PDT by NorthEasterner
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To: NorthEasterner

This sounds fishy.


2 posted on 06/23/2006 11:20:58 AM PDT by Slump Tester ( What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: NorthEasterner
They don't make superheroes like they used to ...


3 posted on 06/23/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: NorthEasterner

How about Robin? I've always thought that he might be just a bit light in his loafers.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. - Mandatory PC Disclaimer.


4 posted on 06/23/2006 11:26:46 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Whats the matter with these Liberals? Didn't they learn anything in reeducation camp?)
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To: NorthEasterner

Not even new thinking. Way back in the late Stone Age - maybe 1989 or 1990 - Marvel Comics had a character named Northstar with the Canadian superpower group Alpha Flight who came out of the closet. Batwoman will now enter the gated community inhabited by Ellen Degeneris and Rosie O'Donnell; no one will dare mention anything but praise about the artistry, no one will actually watch it or buy it, and a brave few will hold up the material as an expression of gay pride.

I do have fond memories of Batwoman on television back in my boyhood, however, as one of the sparks for my heterosexual interests just forming. Emma Peel, too. LOL


5 posted on 06/23/2006 11:27:51 AM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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To: redpoll

The TV character was Batgirl, not Batwoman. Batgirl (both Batgirls, actually) are still heterosexual. This Batwoman is a character last seen in 1979.


6 posted on 06/23/2006 2:03:49 PM PDT by Starter
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To: Starter

Hey, and now that I think about it, the character I remembered was Catwoman.


7 posted on 06/24/2006 12:01:38 PM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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