Posted on 08/10/2021 2:39:17 PM PDT by Bratch
There's a new LGBTQ superhero on the block, but DC comics readers already know him well.
The latest issue of Batman: Urban Legends, a monthly anthology series, revealed that the Caped Crusader's longtime sidekick Robin, specifically the Tim Drake version of him, is bisexual.
The moment came at the end of Part 3 of the Sum of Our Parts story from writer Meghan Fitzmartin, artist Belén Ortega, colorist Alejandro Sánchez, and letterer Pat Brosseau.
In Part 1, which debuted in Batman: Urban Legends issue #4, Tim reunited with his old friend Bernard. Their dinner at Bincy's Bar and Grill was interrupted by Chaos Monster, who knocked out Tim and kidnapped Bernard to be sacrificed.
During the rescue mission of Part 3, featured in this week's Urban Legends #6, Bernard mentions to Robin that he wishes he could've finished his date with Tim, unaware that he's actually speaking to his love interest. A few pages later, Tim goes to see Bernard and things are clarified.
"Tim Drake… do you want to go on a date with me?" Bernard asks.
"Yeah… Yeah, I think I want that," Tim replies.
Tim's Robin now officially joins other canonized LGBTQ superheroes like Kate Kane (Batwoman), Bobby Drake (Iceman), Loki, Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar), Billy Kaplan (Wiccan) and Hulkling, and Midnighter and Apollo. Earlier this year, Marvel introduced the first gay Captain America by way of character Aaron Fischer.
Fans seem quite thrilled with this news. "It's overwhelming all the comments and love I'm receiving from you guys," Ortega tweeted on Tuesday with the rainbow flag emoji after the issue dropped. "thanks for your support on my very first series with @DCComics See you soon Tim!"
Heard swallwell will play him in the live action show. His paramour? Why adam full’O schiff of course.
That’s an image I didn’t need in my head.
Wasn’t there some talk about Batman and Robin several decades ago?
No such thing as bisexual, you either or you do not, there is no in-between.
Robin has that "Lesbians who look like Justin Bieber" look.
Holy beaver-sausage Batman!
All the DC superheroes had sidekicks and young or female counterparts.
Well, c’mon... There has been “talk” for years. Really should come as no surprise.
A blast from the past. Much as I hate to admit it, it was funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9-UCuOfSE
Exactly. Buttman and Bobbin have been homo-erotica since day 1. The comics not as much as the TV shows, but them too.
Bang, pow, oof. The penguin looks just like Jerry Nadler.
I’d like to know how many gays by comic books? Can’t be many. This is squarely aimed at teenage boys to again condition our youth that somehow this behavior is normal.
Pick an old time superhero who has not “evolved” into today’s America.
https://pagesix.com/2017/06/12/batman-star-adam-west-had-sex-with-eight-women-a-night/
Which superhero will the first pedophile?? Holy wokism Batman, the left ruined SUPERHEROES!! 🤓
“What’s everybody looking at?”
To be honest, I suspected that back in the 60s.
Long ago, when I was a kid, comics were for kids. it seems that soon they will be rated xxx
So we have a billionaire confirmed bachelor, who likes to put on a mask, tights, and a cape before sliding down poles with his teenaged male “ward” to a secret cave.
AND his name’s “Bruce” and the ward’s name is “Dick”.
What was your first clue?
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