DC Comics Resurrects Batwoman As Lesbian

[Kadie]

DC Comics Resurrects Batwoman As Lesbian
By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, May 31, 2006


(05-31) 13:56 PDT New York (AP) --


Years after she first emerged from the Batcave, Batwoman is coming out of the closet. DC Comics is resurrecting the classic comic book character as a lesbian, unveiling the new Batwoman in July as part of an ongoing weekly series that began this year.

The 5-foot-10 superhero comes with flowing red hair, knee-high red boots with spiked heels, and a form-fitting black outfit.

"We decided to give her a different point of view," explained Dan DiDio, vice president and executive editor at DC. "We wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family. That's one of the reasons we went in this direction."

The original Batwoman was started in 1956, and killed off in 1979. The new character will share the same name as her original alter ego, Kathy Kane. And the new Batwoman arrives with ties to others in the Gotham City world.

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[LisaM]

1. This completely cracks me up. I think it's great, don't get me wrong

good for them for doing this. I wonder if they are trying to get some of the Xena audience.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Go Get 'Em, Tigers!!

[LisaM]

3. Wow, I never thought I'd see a lesbian superhero and Al Kaline

in the same thread!

Did you always think it was funny that stuff was either acidic or Al Kaline? I remember being fascinated by that as a kid and wondering if his parents named him that on purpose. I'm sure they didn't realize, no more than the Kupps of North Carolina did when they named their boy Stanley.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Clever. All of us Tigers fans are, after all. And they are winning!

Yeah, I remember that well. First year I started following the Tigers was 1961; I was nine that year. They won 101 games and still finished eight games behind the Yankees. I can name the entire starting lineup of that team, as well as the pitching staff, and no, I don't need Google to help me (can't remember where I left my keys yesterday, though).

[LisaM]

13. I have that CD!

I listen to it every year.

[Faygo Kid]

20. The Gator pinch hitting. Lolich, Mayo Smith, Ray Oyler, McAuliffe.

Denny won his 30th on my 17th birthday. They came back all year, and won it all in one of the five greatest World Series of all time.

[Mojambo]

4. Get her together with Wonder Woman... NOW. n/t

[Faygo Kid]

10. You mean this person?

Are you fantasizing, my friend?

[hwmnbn]

18. OMFG!! .... I love her big pair of ......

bracelets!!

They're simply FAAABULOUS!! :evilgrin:

[Faygo Kid]

19. Yes, I admit those bracelets are hot. But, I also respect the costume.

And how it is filled. Geez.

[hwmnbn]

5. Way cooool!! ..... in the movie .....Halle Berry and....

Charlize Theron would make a great action team!

[Marr]

6. Hey- Colossus is gay, too.

At least, the new version is. A couple of the New Avengers are, too, I believe.

[Tunkamerica]

12. so is northstar, the canadien...

... and beast pretended to be for a while to mess with the press.

[CatholicEdHead]

7. So, when does the movie come out

based on the comic books. :D

[originalpckelly]

8. I don't know what the big deal is anyway...

I mean Batman and Robin have been engaged in a lurid affair for years now. If you ask me, the age difference is too much in that couple.

[Faygo Kid]

11. What about the Ambiguously Gay Duo?

Sweating and thrusting to penetrate crime.

[warrior1]

14. Hell-o, Right on.

Me kan't wait.

[HeeBGBz]

15. Mee Yow! n/t

[BlueStorm]

16. I'm glad this is happening

Seeing as I want to break into the comic industry someday (Planning on trying to get accepted into Cal Arts though, geez I'm pushing 30 and I want a career!!lol) most of my storylines have a gay or lesbian character in it. I think it is good that most major comic book companies are really starting to broaden up.

"Wouldn't ugly people as heroes be more groundbreaking?" asked one poster. "You know, 200-pound woman, man with horseshoe hair loss pattern, people with cold sores, etc.?"

I like this quote, though I know it's from someone who is probalby anti-gay, I do think that there is some truth in it that they should not only include gays but start putting some "real" people in it. I would be one who would buy a comic with a heaver set woman as the superheroine star.

Blue

[IronLionZion]

21. bwahaha, because that's why people read comics

for the realism! They should put in real characters who don't have any superpowers! :silly:

[smirkymonkey]

17. So, wait.....they already have Batman & Robin

but they decide to make Batwoman gay? :eyes:

[Scoody Boo]

22. About time!

There aren't enough hot lesbians in the comic books! :)

[XOKCowboy]

23. Oh I can just see the red faces at Focus On The Family

right now! :) They'll be fighting this right and uhhhh right. It's going to be fun to watch. The Teletubbie couldn't fight back. This woman??

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

24. Kick!