The 10 Most Important Gay Moments in Comic Book History The 10 Most Important Gay Moments in Comic Book History

Marvel Comics' gay superheroes Rictor and Shatterstar finally kissing is an event that is still making headlines. So, in honor of homosexuality becoming more commonplace in the comic book medium, here are the 10 most important LGBT moments in comic book history.

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    Batwoman - No Longer Just Batman's Beard
    Batwoman - No Longer Just Batman's Beard
    I might have been heavy on the gay boys and light on the lesbians on this list, but the #1 slot goes to none other than DC's Batwoman, so I hope that makes up for it. Why #1? Because she's an out character who wears the symbol of DC's most popular hero, a cultural icon no less, and has headlined the book that DC Comics is named after (Detective Comics) for a year now. AND she's proven to be a kick ass character to boot. All of this would have been unthinkable just a decade ago. DC had a Batwoman before; back in the 1950’s, to rebuff notions that Batman and Robin were a gay couple, Batwoman was introduced as a "girlfriend” to Batman. Introduced in 1956, Kathy Kane was as sexist as comics could get in the day. Her entire reason for super heroing was merely to get Batman to marry her, and instead of a utility belt, she had a “utility purse” with gadgets that looked like lipstick and compacts. After the whole “Batman and Robin are gay” paranoia ended in the early 60’s, editor Julius Schwartz retired Batwoman for good. Eventually, a new female version of Batman was introduced in the form of Batgirl, a character that everyone loved and stood the test of time. But in an effort to create some diversity (and sales) DC introduced a new version of Batwoman; this time Kate Kane wasn't merely Batman's "beard", but an out lesbian. Gone was the utility purse; this Batwoman was an ex military chick who could kick anyone's ass. Considering her comics origins, the irony is delicious. DC took out a press release in all the major newspapers to not only announce her existence to the world, but also the fact that this new heroine was a “lipstick lesbian”. A little over the top, but still better than Marvel's Rawhide Kid debacle. Comics readers felt cynical about the whole affair, but in time, writer Greg Rucka made her a fan favorite by virtue of solid writng and great characterization. And thus, the arrival of Batwoman is the most important LGBT event in mainstream comics.
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    Rictor and Shatterstar
    Rictor and Shatterstar
    Both members of Marvel's X-Factor, heroes Rictor and Shatterstar are the gay super couple of the year. Although, despite what stories in the media might say, they are NOT the first gay super couple in comics (see the rest of this list). Both created to be members of Marvel's X-Force back in the early 90's, at some point writers began to imply that Rictor and Shatterstar were more than just friends. But for years, it was all between-the-lines innuendo. Finally last year, current X-Factor writer Peter David decided that it was the 21st Century, and it was way past time to stop being coy about their relationship. Rictor and Shatterstar were lovers, end of story. Except this is the age of Twitter, and it was NOT the end of the story, but the beginning. Shatterstar creator and all around douchebag Rob Liefield said "As the guy that created, designed and wrote his first dozen appearances, Shatterstar is not gay. Sorry. Can't wait to someday undo this. Seems totally contrived. Shatterstar is akin to Maximus in Gladiator. He's a warrior, a Spartan, and not a gay one" Note to Liefield: Read some history on the Spartans. Thanks. Peter David had this to say on Rob's homophobic remarks about his creation now being gay: "I understand that some parents have the same reaction. They were responsible for their children's appearances and, when informed of their sexual persuasion, firmly declare it's impossible, they can't be gay."
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    Green Lantern and the Gay Bashing
    Green Lantern and the Gay Bashing
    When Green Lantern's gay teen friend Terry Berg got brutally gay bashed in the Fall 2002 issue, it got a lot of press and stirred a lot of controversy amongst the more traditional comic book fans. Even fans who were pro gay couldn't help but feel as if the whole storyline was like a "very special episode" of an 80's sitcom, where we are introduced to a controversial subject matter, and then said controversial subject matter and character disappear as if they never existed. Even if that's true, no one can argue that writer Judd Winnick and DC Comics at least had their heart in the right place with this one. At the time, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner was working at a magazine and had a teenage assistant named Terry Berg, his very own Jimmy Olsen. Eventually, it was revealed that Terry was gay, and he eventually came out to GL. His own family not accepting of him, Terry became Kyle's token gay friend and confidant, only to be gay bashed by thugs a few issues later, leaving him in a coma. Clearly, this entire storyline was meant to be an homage to the late Matthew Shepherd, as the Terry Berg character even looked like him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard The whole storyline would send Kyle Rayner into a long "its all my fault, woe is me, I'm exiling myself to space" saga. At the end of this storyline, Terry wakes from his coma and finds that Kyle has left him a duplicate power ring, implying that he will soon become the Teen Lantern (or something like that). But directions changed over at the Green Lantern book, Hal Jordan was soon back and Kyle's supporting cast was soon forgotten. It's a damn shame too, because it would have been great to have a gay hero on the Teen Titans and now Terry Berg is nothing more than a footnote in DC history. I guess it was gonna be up to Marvel to make a gay teen hero and make it work....which they did in the form of the Young Avengers not soon afterwards.
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    The Young Avengers Hulkling and Wiccan
    The Young Avengers Hulkling and Wiccan
    When Young Avengers was announced back in 2005, readers scoffed at what appeared to be a Marvel version of DC's Teen Titans, with teenage versions of Captain America, Thor, Hulk, and Iron Man. But the book ended up being one of the best Avengers titles in years, surprising everyone with its quality. And also surprising everyone was the revelation that Young Avengers Hulkling and Wiccan were in fact boyfriends. Their entire relationship was handled without press or fanfare, they were just two (superpowered) boys in love. While they no doubt lost a few readers because of the gay teen love, they no doubt gained a whole lot more who would be forever loyal. Gay writer Allan Heinberg made the characters gay simply so young gay readers would finally have someone to identify with on a super team, something he (and many young gay comics fans) never had growing up.
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    Batman and Robin Secret Love
    Batman and Robin Secret Love
    It has been the subject of a million lame jokes for decades, but in the early 50’s it was anything but, and nearly brought about the demise of the American comic book medium. In 1953, some asshole trying to make a name for himself named Frederic Wertham wrote a book called Seduction of the Innocent, about how comics were destroying America’s youth. One famously cited example was that Batman and Robin were actually lovers. According to Wertham, Batman and Robin inhabited "a wish dream of two homosexuals living together." They lived in "sumptuous quarters," without wives or girlfriends, with only an effeminate British butler for company. They often shared living quarters, and lounged together in dressing gowns. Not to mention proclivities for costumes, dressing up, and fantasy role play; secretive behavior and double-lives; little interest in women; and of course depictions of Batman and Robin were frequently homoerotic, visually emphasizing Batman's physique and Robins bare legs and short pants. Shit, this guy almost has ME convinced. DC was forced to butch up Bruce and Dick, in a manner of speaking, by giving Batman the steady girlfriend of Batwoman, a character literally created to make concerned mothers say “oh, see? He has a girlfriend.” She was the comic book equivalent of Katie Holmes (maybe that is why they cast her ass in Batman Begins?) Batwoman of course, is now famously a lesbian. Gotta love how things work out.
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    Apollo & Midnighter
    Apollo & Midnighter
    In the late 90’s/early 2000’s, there was a lot of buzz around Jim Lee’s Wildstorm Universe, mostly due to the fact that Marvel and DC were both going through a pretty sucky period at the time. Among those Wildstorm titles was The Authority. The Authority in particular would get really interesting when writer Warren Ellis came on board and made the team a kind of militant, slightly twisted version of the Justice League. The Authority even came with its own versions of Superman and Batman in the forms of Apollo and Midnighter.... except this World’s Finest couple was actually a real couple. Warren Ellis and later writer Mark Millar treated the whole thing rather casually, and the fact that their two male teammates were gettin' it on was never really an issue for the other members of the group. They even got married in front of the press in a lavish ceremony. Midnighter was popular enough to eventually even get his own series from writer Garth Ennis, and no one from DC went on Larry King’s show about it.
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    Renee Montoya
    Comic books have been filled with lesbian innuendo for decades; from Wonder Woman tying up bad girls to Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy having pillow fights in their bra and panties in the Batman books. Young straight sexually frustrated males are the bread and butter of the comics industry after all. But when it comes to actual lesbian main characters in mainstream comics? You can count them on one hand. Renee Montoya is one of them. Introduced originally in the Batman animated series from the 90's, Renee was introduced to comics shortly thereafter. A tough capable cop in the corrupt Gotham City Police Force, she went on to be the breakout star of the series Gotham Central. But you ain't really anybody in the DC Universe 'til you start wearing a goofy outfit, and in 2007 DC gave Renee the stamp of approval and gave her the mask and fedora of longtime DC hero The Question. She's currently kicking ass (along with her ex girlfriend Batwoman) in Detective Comics.
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    Phat and Vivisector from XStatix
    Phat and Vivisector from XStatix
    Rictor and Shatterstar may be getting all the gay mutant attention these days, but before these two were out and proud, Marvel mutants Phat and Vivesector were proudly announcing their queer status to the world back in '03. Part of the team X-Statix, who were basically media whores, trying to promote a reality show they had. Phat was your typical white trash wannabe Eminem type (artist Mike Allred drew him as pretty much a cartoon dead ringer for Marshall Mathers). His power was, well…to get fat. Essentially, he was an even more trailer park version of classic X-men villain the Blob. Vivisector (Myles Alfred) was the intellectual, bookish nerd of the group. With the ability to turn into a feral werewolf type at will, he and the considerably less intellectual Phat clashed at first. Eventually, the two of them became friends, and decided to become a couple to boost the ratings of the X-Statix television show. Over the course of their publicity stunt, they both realized they really were gay and started a relationship. They broke it off when they realized that gay or not…neither of them was really attracted to the other. Both characters end up dead at the end of the series. But before you go crying “Homophobia!” the ENTIRE team dies at the end of the series. Equal opportunity dismemberment at work.
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    Northstar Comes Out
    Northstar Comes Out
    The longest rumored-to-be-gay character in mainstream super hero comics was Alpha Flight's Northstar. Created in 1979, it wasn't until Alpha Flight issue 106 in 1992 that Canadian mutant Jean Paul Baubier finally came out of the closet and told everyone what they already knew. Sadly, all of this was in a pretty poorly written and drawn story about Northstar finding an AIDS baby in a trash dump. *rolls eyes* All of this got nationwide attention, of course, and although Alpha Flight (Northstar's Superteam's ongoing book) was canceled soon after Northstar's outing, his career eventually bounced back after the whole frenzy had passed. He eventually found a slot on the true X-Men, where he remains to this day. As I write this I realize Northstar has had the same career path as Ellen DeGeneres. Think about it.
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    Rawhide Kid
    Rawhide Kid
    One step forward, two steps back. In 2002, Marvel decided to dig up one of their old 50’s Western heroes, probably just to keep the copyright. Thing is, nobody really cares about Western comics anymore. “So how do we make it interesting?” they must have thought “I know! Let’s make him a big flaming homo!” And with that, the Rawhide Kid (get it? get it? Raw Hide?? *sigh*) became the first gay lead character to get his own comic book from either Marvel or DC. The book was filled with Queer Eye for the Straight Guy style stereotypes, and an actual caption from the first issue which had the Kid thinking about the Lone Ranger along the lines of this: "I think that mask and the powder blue outfit are fantastic. I can certainly see why the Indian follows him around!" In the spirit of the Old West, please just shoot me now. Now, I don’t mind making fun of stereotypes (God knows they exist for a reason), but when they come entirely from the minds and mouths of a bunch of straight guys in an office in New York, it might as well be a bunch of white guys who think it's ok for them to use the N word because they have black friends. In any event, this gave Marvel about five minutes of free publicity, even trotting out good old Stan Lee on to Larry King on CNN to talk about it - even though in all likelihood he didn’t even know there was a gay Rawhide Kid 'til sometime that morning.
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23 Comments


by The Doctor at June 18, 2010 11:26
Good list of Superhero comics, but we're missing the indies that have been doing it for a while.

by Capt_Killingfield at March 29, 2010 10:59
I was reading the Batman and Robin captions in "No. 5: Batman and Robin Secret Love", to see if there might have been any sexual innuendos. I think I may have found one.... Notice how Bruce's arms are held over his head, like he's stretching. Then notice how "Dick's" arms are folded, or crossed. It kind of looks to me like Bruce is forming the "male" gender symbol, and Dick is forming the "female" gender symbol. Does that mean Bruce is the pitcher and Dick is the catcher?? hmmm.....

by Lee Wind at March 15, 2010 12:46
Eric, this list is fantastic! I'm so sending my readers here. Look for the post tomorrow, (on my blog, "I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?" at http://www.leewind.org) Namaste, Lee

by LostSoul at March 12, 2010 10:21
What? No mention of Finch and Dani from Witchblade and The Angelus???

by IHateEverything at March 12, 2010 03:47
Might have been mentioned earlier, but what about Colossus in Ultimate X-Men? But then again, according to Brian Singer, the entire X-Men comic boils down to one giant gay symbol. Fuckin' dick.

by Jef at March 11, 2010 08:46
Young Avengers bombed after the reveal, so has X-Factor, and Detective comics is the worst selling Batman book, which all you have to do is go to the forums on CBR, ComicVine or anywhere to find out half the people buying it aren't reading, just buying cause they always have. Fact is, though some of us in the press may praise it, gay heroes in comics hurt sales, Moon Knight tanked after 2 issues which explored one of his friends being gay. And on the Ric/Shatterstar front, they've never been gay, but like beast people have toyed with making them so. In the end, PD did it to get press cause that arc was dropping steadily in sales. Clearly your showing a bias by declaring Rob a homophobe, no one has ever done more hard to the gay movement in comics then what Marvel is doing right now. They're taking classic NON gay heroes and making them gay, if you really want to make someone gay, then come up with a strong NEW gay hero, rather then make weaker cult favorites the gay heroes. All this is pointless however when the only people who these story-lines bring in are gay and people who want to see what the fuss is about. X-Factor sold quite a it of those few issues, and now yet again it's sales aren't as good. Despite what some in the press say, being Gay in a comic doesn't help in the long run. Recent polls show that 60% of Americans are sick of the gay rights, "your with us or a homophobe we hate" mantra. Does that matter? No, because the pro-gay people are just going to keep shoving it (bad choice of words) in peoples faces until they die down and accept it. . . Which is why many of us just quit buying these books when they decide to blatantly use the "gay factor" to stir up a response.

by The Doctor at June 18, 2010 11:26
If you know it's a bad choice of words, why leave it in your comment? Comics should reflect all demographics, not just the demos that they want to pander to.

by Eric Diaz at March 14, 2010 17:31
Young Avengers in no way "bombed" after the reveal. There were only 12 issues of that series to begin with. X-Factor has never been a giant seller, and Detective has been one of the most critically praised mainstream books of the past year, and selling very well considering Batman isn't even in the book right now (it outsells Paul Dini's Batman: Streets of Gotham for example..a book with Batman actually in it) I love how you say these story lines "only" bring in gay people, so therefore suggesting that gay dollars don't count. And maybe your right about one thing; having a gay character may in fact hurt sales in the long run- Good thing Marvel and DC occasionally have the balls not to care. In the 60's, distributors in the South threatened to pull Marvel titles when they made Black Panther prominent-they did it anyway. When Teen Titans did an anti Apartheid issue in the 80's, DC lost their revenue from South Africa; they did it anyway. Because it was the right thing to do, money be damned. Oh, and yeah...We WILL keep shoving it in people's faces" as you so cleverly put until people "die down and accept" or until WE die; civil rights and our right to be included in society is not exactly something I'm willing to get complacent about, EVER. And it isn't something like poll numbers showing that 60% of Americans are against me or whatever is going to make me stop fighting either. That's just fuel for the fire baby. And one last thing Jef- If I were to quite buying a book because a character was black or a Jew, then there would be no argument that I was racist. But you dropping a book because of the "gay factor" doesn't make you a homophobe how exactly?

by Tom at July 02, 2010 07:18
"Oh, and yeah...We WILL keep shoving it in people's faces" as you so cleverly put until people "die down and accept" or until WE die." Here's hoping the latter happens soon, then, assclown. And being a "homophobe" isn't the worst thing a person could be; it just is to you, because it affects YOUR KY-tinged little world, so the word holds as much meaning as being called a "broccoliphobe" or a "moviesstarringLindseyLohanphobe". The ability to turn out in droves in elections and vote Liberal doesn't make you respectable. It merely makes you well-organized perverts, which is perfectly fine; just don't take a kink, turn it into a (snicker) "lifestyle" and then expect equal treatment from Normal Society. You made your bed, so sleep in it.

  by anonymous at March 09, 2010 10:29
where's dykes to watch out for?

by Eric Diaz at March 08, 2010 19:40
If I had written this article for a comic book centric website, then I would have said "Top Ten Gay Moments in SUPER HERO Comic Book History" But for a larger audience, "Comic Book" still means "Super Hero." Many of you may not like that, but it is a fact. I didn't name any indie books not because I'm unaware of them, but because the events in those books simply did not make headlines in the mainstream press. The only possible exception to that rule was Judd Winnick's Pedro and Me, and that was mostly due to the author and subject's connection to MTV's The Real World. This wasn't a list based on quality, otherwise the awful Rawhide Kid series or Alpha Flight's coming out issue wouldn't even be here. Those stories got headlines in the mainstream press. Stan Lee went on CNN to talk about their "gay cowboy" book. Rictor and Shatterstar were all over sites like Perez Hilton and similar ones. To put in another way; there have been several actresses who have come out as lesbian before Ellen, however Ellen made nationwide headlines by being the first to do so while starring in a mainstream sitcom watched by millions. That is what made history. There have been a million gay indie flicks before Brokeback Mountain, but that is the one that crossed over into the mainstream and changed the notion that gay lead characters were only for a small niche audience. Brokeback made history. The others...not so much. Collectively? Sure, but not on an individual basis. That is not a judgment on their quality. This is not a "best" or "favorite" moments list, this is a list for the gay moments in comics that got attention outside the usual comics circles. As for whether or not super hero comics are dying, that is really another argument. However, for the moment, the great majority of comics sold every month are still super hero books. Just look at Diamond's Top 100 each month...all are super hero titles, with the exception of a few things like Fables. Just sayin'.

by fanboi at March 11, 2010 00:01
I think its pretty obvious from your list that its restricted to superhero moments. I don't see the reason for anyone to bandy about words like "reprehensible." Seems like you rated your list based upon the amount of press it generated, was that a factor? Only suggestion I would make is that the Batman /Robin entry is bogus (not a real story about LGBT characters but merely part of a greater witch hunt that was common at the time) and should be replaced with the Green Lantern story where Green Lantern Kyle Raynor's assistant Terry Berg was gay bashed. That made the news and was an actual story not silly innuendo. perhaps a follow up list of the 10 most gay moment in the history of Indie comics is in order?

  by anonymous at March 09, 2010 14:09
The 10 Most Important Gay Moments in Superhero Comic Book History. It's a small change, but an accurate one. Regardless of the size of the audience it's important not to confuse people.

by Ben Don at March 08, 2010 10:43
This list would be more accurate if it were titled "The 10 Most Important Gay Moments in SUPERHERO Comic Book History." Also, how the reintroduction of Batwoman, given its extremely cynical "huh huh lesbos r hawt" press campaign clearly designed to appeal to stereotypical male comics fans whose psychosocial development ended at age 13, can be remotely seen as an empowering event is beyond me.

by Alan David Doane at March 06, 2010 08:21
Leaving out Maggie and Hopey from Love and Rockets, Stuck Rubber Baby, and other non-superhero comics that have advanced equality and recognition for gays is also pretty reprehensible.

  by anonymous at March 08, 2010 11:45
OK, so is it more important when a small indie comic does something that you pretty much expect them anyway, or when it becomes so commonplace that it his the mainstream? Yeah, I'm sure Alan Moore REALLY had a hard time getting through that storyline. Love and Rockets I'm sure REALLY had to fight hard to get their storyline in, etc. etc. (sarcasm) The most important part was when gay storylines made it into the mainstream. This mean Liefeld was over and the biggest companies in the industry are wiling to treat something like it is the normative part of culture that it is when it used to be trivialized/demonized. It's a MUCH bigger step forward coming from the big 2 or mainstream superhero comics than it is from indie comics who are writing for a niche audience anyway.

by Ben Don at March 08, 2010 13:34
Meh, superhero comics are the niche audience now. Their sales are plummeting, plummeting, plummeting, as DC and Marvel insist on doing one "big event" or "crossover" after another, always promising "Captain Crotchpack's life will be changed forever!" before pushing the reset button just months later. Most of their readers now consist of forty-year-old men getting into online flamewars as to which of two characters would win in a fight, or which writer/editor/artist most deserves to die in a fire for "ruining their childhoods." Or, in the case of scans_daily, debating which writer/editor/artist/fan is the most guilty of "privilege" or "ableism." Independent/alternative/literary/call-'em-what-you-want comics are the future. No, scratch that, they are the *present.* It is they, not the spandex titles, that get reviewed in major newspapers, that are influencing the next generation of cartoonists. So sites like this one, not to mention certain readers, can continue pretending that the only "real," non-"niche" comics are the "Absolute Final Civil Crisis World War of New Multiverse Gods and Wangst" sort. Good luck with that.

by Jef at March 11, 2010 08:48
This really isn't the case at all, Marvel Comics Hero books take up over 50% of the comic market in total sales.

by Brian F. at March 09, 2010 02:08
Geoff Johns (one of the authors of your so-called "Wangst" books) just got a profile in New York Times magazine in it's "Nifty 50". So, on the basis that only indie books (some of which are pretentious as their fans) you're wrong.

  by anonymous at March 08, 2010 17:19
Right, but looking at the numbers, the movies, and the big 2 which no matter how much we love other stuff (My favorite two presses are Image and Oni), are still the leading name in comic book sales. The paradigm is shifting, but this list has something to do with comic book history, which takes into the account the old and its changes. These are pivotal points in comics history because first and foremost people still regard "comics" as a medium for fantasy. You'll see many more people picking up the latest Green Lantern this month than you will a Daniel Clowes book. This, then, boils down to influence. Who has the highest influence? The big 2. So which moments are most important? The ones that happen in the big 2 using characters and people that kids are growing up with. Not characters that, although arguably better and very deep, will just end up as an indie movie.

by Gerry Alanguilan at March 05, 2010 15:30
For a list that professes to list "The 10 Most Important Gay Moments in Comic Book History", and not include "Valerie" from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V For Vendetta isn't a credible list for me, specially considering "Valerie" was literally responsible for obliterating any homophobia I have in my psyche. It's a remarkable achievement as I've held on to, in hindsight, ridiculous notions about homosexuality until I read that book. Any comic book story that can do something as fundamental as that to a human being has GOT to be worth something, and important.

by adhocmail2003@yahoo.com at June 30, 2010 15:15
Comics are meant for children. Adults are supposed to be occupied with more important, real world matters. Queers.

by Tom at July 02, 2010 07:10
Yeah, but when kids are no longer reading comics, the publishers are forced to go to where the money seems to be: spoiled narcissistic emo teens who need their precious "lifestyle" catered to 24/7 and supposedly hip 20/30somethings who feel "enlightened" when they see gay characters in media ostensibly meant for kids. Archie and Jughead will be wearing assless chaps soon enough... "Love & Rockets" wouldn't make the list because its characters have NEVER been marketed to kids, so gay characters aren't as groundbreaking in that series as they would be in, say, "Uncle Scrooge". I'd imagine that Gyro Gearloose could design a hell of a vibe...
 

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