Marvel Comics to release Pro-Homosexual Comic Book.

CNN.com ^ | December 9, 2002 | staff

[TheBattman]

Excerpt: NEW YORK (CNN) -- Marvel Comics plans to break new ground in the comic book industry by introducing the first openly gay title character in a comic book.

The character will appear in a revival of the 1950s title, "The Rawhide Kid." Marvel expects a February debut.

The new series pairs the original artist, John Severin, now 86, with Ron Zimmerman, a writer for the "Howard Stern Show."

The Rawhide Kid has been a Marvel character since the 1950s both as a main and a secondary character. However, it was not until Zimmerman approached Marvel with his idea of a homosexual Rawhide Kid that sexuality was mentioned in the discussion of the character.

Although shy with girls, the original Rawhide Kid was not intended to be gay. The new version uses double entendres and euphemisms to reveal his homosexuality without saying anything explicitly. Based on a blurb on Marvel's Web site, the tone may be campy.

[TheBattman]

Oh-Boy....another effort to legitimize homosexuality. Just what we need!

Am I alone in being disgusted?

[wideawake]

Wideawake to Ban Marvel Comics From His Home

[BikerNYC]

Capitalism, pure and simple. Let's see if anyone buys it. Do gay high school kids read comic books?

[Drango]

Oh I get it...Rawhide!

[billorites]

The Incredible Hump?

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Rawhide Kid.................LOL, too good to be true.

Hey watch where you point that pea shooter, it might go off. LOL

[headsonpikes]

"...the tone may be campy."

I think you can bet on it.

Anyways...first??

What about Batman and Robin? ;^)

[MotleyGirl70]

Say it ain't so!

[Lance Romance]

I always knew he was a Rump Wrangler.

[Norman Conquest]

Oh, come on! We're supposed to believe SHIELD's Jasper Sitwell wasn't gay?

[1bigdictator]

Some other names considered:

The Hershey Hi-way Man

The Rear Admiral

The Derrière Pirate (French version)

Dr. Fudge Packer

Inspector of the Stolen Colon

ect...

[MCH]

What kind of outfit will this guy run around in? No doubt @ssless chaps, to fit the evident weththern theme.

[Larry Lucido]

I thought we already had these guys:

[da_toolman]

Hi Yo Thilver

[CougarGA7]

I wonder if he will ride side-saddle.

[MEGoody]

Hmmm. . .so are they going to show this 'hero' in sexual situations? If not, what's the point of marketing it to homos?

[MotleyGirl70]

LOL! That was my next post.

The Ambiguously Gay Duo.

[MEGoody]

No, they watch Babs Steisand movies.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Let me guess, instead of packing heat he packs fudge.

[BikerNYC]

We're supposed to believe SHIELD's Jasper Sitwell wasn't gay?

Yeah, same thing with Waylon Smithers.