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After comic-book readers rejected bi-Superman, DC tried again with a gay Green Lantern. The results were the same.
Not The Bee ^ | Nov 16, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 11/16/2023 8:51:27 AM PST by Red Badger

We talk a lot about how woke Disney-owned Marvel is, but it's biggest competitor DC isn't learning any lessons Marvel's failures. In fact, they seem to be going all out to go out of business first.

The bi-sexual Superman comic they launched lasted all of one year.

Then there were the shameless diversity covers that essentially equated Hispanic people with food.

Remarkably, Dr. Jill Biden's breakfast tacos didn't make the cut. Sorry, San Antonio!

And now, DC is trying again by introducing a new gay-Green Lantern title called Green Lantern: Alan Scott.

And if turning another superhero into a flaming homosexual isn't enough, they're trying another tactic and adding "God-endorsed" sodomy to the plotline.

(I blurred the near-nudity here)

"Hey — if God himself didn't want me to love you then how could I?"

You might be surprised to learn that sales of the new book were abysmal. The writer, Tim Sheridan, took to social media to call all the fans that refused to buy his soft-core gay fantasy books "haters" and "queerphobes" and begged people to buy them.

"The only way we can shut these people down is to make this book an undeniable success," he continued. "The only way to prove to the big publishers that there's a huge market for authentic stories about LGBTQIA+ characters and these stories are for everyone is to buy the heck out of books like this."

Yeah, no one showed up. Much like the other panderverse DC storylines, the title is tanking.

The Comicbook Hub system that tracks sales across random stores did not register the book on its charts … at all.

Sales were all but non-existent.

But DC isn't ready to throw in the towel and just give up because of the failure of one diversity book … or even several diversity books (and television shows ... and movies).

They also have a several-million dollar streaming series staring the gay Green Lantern in production!

No one is ever going to be okay with you gaying up comic books.

Just stay down, DC.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: dccomics; disney; marvel; warnerbros
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To: Rummyfan

gay subculture or any other ‘subculture’ is just that, a subculture THAT NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT subculture is interested in.

Not a good business plan catering to a group that’s so small they can’t keep you in business....................


21 posted on 11/16/2023 9:21:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

blue body tights and gold boots and red cape, Bi? Really, are you sure?


22 posted on 11/16/2023 9:23:52 AM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: PGR88

Do not worry.

It’s ALL in the Bible...............


23 posted on 11/16/2023 9:24:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: coalminersson

I was way ahead of this issue. 1968 Mt Sac college got an A in my paper “Should you Allow Your Kids To Read Comic Books.


24 posted on 11/16/2023 9:26:12 AM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: Red Badger

Wokey, Brokey.


25 posted on 11/16/2023 9:27:50 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Red Badger

I thought they made him gay years ago. Is he just now getting his own title (not counting the Golden Age Green Lantern issues)?


26 posted on 11/16/2023 9:29:12 AM PST by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: PGR88

When you give way on one point, you will give ways on other points.

https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-ce3fd9fa7c12a5e21c37a50a452d8e73


27 posted on 11/16/2023 9:29:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (It turns out that I did not buy my cell phone for all the calls I might be missing at home.)
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To: coalminersson

🤦‍♂️🤣😂🤣😂👍.......................


28 posted on 11/16/2023 9:29:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: william clark

It’s called a ‘Re-boot’, starting over with a new beginning.

There can be multiple ‘Green lanterns’ from different times................


29 posted on 11/16/2023 9:30:58 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: fhayek

DC Changes Superman’s Motto: No Longer Fights for “The American Way”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/superman-american-way-dc-comics-1235032125/#!

“DC Comics is changing what Superman stands for.

The company released a new mission statement for the 83-year-old icon who famously fought for “Truth, Justice and the American Way.”

Now Clark Kent’s Man of Steel is about “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow.””


30 posted on 11/16/2023 9:34:42 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Red Badger

DC was bought by Warner Communications 50 years ago. Warner has no respect for the comic book history. Warner ruined DC.


31 posted on 11/16/2023 9:36:15 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe
“Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow.”

The left would still be O for 3 in that case. No surprise about scrubbing the American Way though.

32 posted on 11/16/2023 9:37:50 AM PST by fhayek
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To: Red Badger

More like AC/DC comics.


33 posted on 11/16/2023 9:38:17 AM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deepstate)
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To: Red Badger

Nothing should be in a story that does not support the plot or characterization, which serves to support or help the plot. Anything else is superfluous and risks distracting the reader or, worse, losing his interest.


34 posted on 11/16/2023 9:40:33 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Red Badger

In this area, “Green Lantern” pizza is among the best. If the Green Lantern is supposed to be gay, some people will suddenly avoid the pizza because of their irrational homophobia. Come on, man!


36 posted on 11/16/2023 9:45:25 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: equaviator

Just explain to them that there are more than one ‘Green Lanterns’, whomever the Elders wish to give a ring to. Some aren’t even human........................


37 posted on 11/16/2023 9:48:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tell It Right


Romans 1:25-27 really does sum it up nicely.

Man uses God's gift of free will to turn his back on God, and God permits this but in so doing also allows man to reap the awful reward of that choice : shame, depravity, wickedness, evil, greed, envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice, etc, etc, etc.

I've lived long enough on this earth to witness first-hand beautiful and innocent children take intentional step after intentional step down this path away from God, evolving with each passing year into horrific adult shadows of their former selves. I don't understand why they would rather continue to suffer than to admit they screwed up, turn around, and run back into the arms of the Father.


38 posted on 11/16/2023 9:49:14 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Red Badger
No one who is not a pervert wants to see their super heroes having sex, straight, sodomite or bestiality.

You just don't.

39 posted on 11/16/2023 9:51:45 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: Red Badger
Judging by some of the variant covers from the past couple of years, I predict that Nightwing will be the next DC hero to come mincing out of the closet. And because Nightwing is Dick Grayson, it of course will be used to make Batman bi or gay, as well.

Zaslav has to start chopping heads at DC. It is long overdue.

40 posted on 11/16/2023 9:53:22 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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