all i want is an evil genius lex luthor conjuring up evil schemes to end superman for causing his baldness. thats good enough for me. honestly, who wants to read a comic with panels of text about how superman has always fantasized about jimmy olsen? unless it was a comedy I don’t see how it could ever work
best case scenario, they do this to a d-list hero who is never heard from again. i always knew the people in charge of dc comics were con men
Where were you when Marvel made ultimate Spiderman gay?
Because its not Peter Parker
It really doesn’t matter, being Spiderman is a hell of a lot more important than being Peter Parker. It is pandering on both sides, though DC’s is a reaction, and they are in a position where it has to be someone important to compare to Spiderman.
A confused Billy Batson might actually make an interesting story, as well as going toward explaining a portion of his angst.
Everybody has known that Batman is gay since at least the 1950s.
Duh, dude…look what he dressed Robin in. His nickname wasn’t because he was amazing. It was because people would look at the boy and wonder how often he slid down the bat-pole.
Did i miss an issue? Miles ain’t gizzy, afaik. Maybe Ganke will come out, or their roomate.
Well people it looks like Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern, may be the gay DC character
http://whatculture.com/comics/first-green-lantern-alan-scott-is-dc-comics-new-gay-character.php
I tried and failed to find it. But there was a comic strip with Batman, Supes and Wonderman in a blackbird I think, and Batman pretty much came out as gay. It was photoshopped
Explains his weakness to wood.
Alan Scott… gay?
You must be joking.
LOL, thanks I needed that laugh this morning!
why is neil patrick harris dressed up like green lantern?
edit: ideas for the next dc movie/green lantern reboot. dougie houser md green lantern, let’s get it.
Wait doesn’t he have a fucking daughter named jade.Sorry DC its been fun but I can’t support you all anymore
You know t here was a reboot of the DC Universe right? I’m more confused as to why Scott is in this continuity at all, he has always been weird considering he is a green lantern with unrelated origins and such. He is much more of a magic type character than a sci fi hero.
Also @Rhio you are right, I don’t keep up with Ultimate Marvel and I accepted some bad information. Apparently Miles maaay be gay some day, but he isn’t at this time.
Alan scott is lame not iconic, I liked the thread’s Shazaam theroy better haha.
I think Superman and Batman are the only two DC characters to achieve legitimate iconic status so far, and Batman much more recently so than Superman. To be an icon, the very sight of the character or the mere mention of the character’s name immediately needs to evoke some sense of what that character means to our culture.
Yeah, you can subject any character to critical analyses, figure out what it all means, and so on, but the meaning of an icon springs forth without any effort, almost against your will. It’s also a matter of universal recognition. Everybody from my friends to my grandma to kids in Iraq will recognize an icon and understand what it means.
Alan Scott? Far from iconic. That’s not to say that he isn’t a good character or a classic character, but those are different things.
DC’s spokespeople do have a hard time with words, though, especially DiDio. I almost choked on my own spit when he said he wanted to make the Watchmen characters “relevant again”.
I’d argue Wonder Woman to be iconic status, I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who didn’t know something about her. On that same note though, I don’t believe I’ve ever brought up/ or been in a situation where someone didn’t know The Flash, though he is likely more on the borderline side of iconic.
Anyone else, absolutely.
I partially disagree. I think you’re reading too much into it. First of all to anyone who sees this story that isn’t a comic nerd he’s just “The Green Lantern”. I doubt many people know that there are a bunch of them. Following that, The Green Lantern is an iconic DC character. I’d say on average people familiar with DC comics wont name more than 7 characters before they get to Green Lantern.