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Green Lantern Vol 3 #144. Might be worth a quick peek. If only for scenes like this, with Kyle Rayner and Alan Scott... Although scenes with his daughter

Time to look at the chart of orders placed after the usual orders are due, which indicates rising trends just before on-sale date. Extra prints and

Issue 1 featured a new Alan Scott, originally the first Green Lantern, who it is rumoured (and reported by Bleeding Cool) will be revealed as a gay man in issue 2. Chris Roberson is a writer who was working for DC Comics until spoke out about what he saw as immoral publishing practices at the company,[...]

The big news story of the week continued on Sunday: Well, at Phoenix Comic Con, I had a much stronger source confirm to me that, yes, it is indeed Alan

A few days ago, I ran semi-sourced stories indicating that the character who DC Comics announced as being reintroduced to the New 52 DC Universe as a gay man, was Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who appeared in Earth 2 #1 briefly, Well, at Phoenix Comic Con, I had a much stronger source confirm to[...]

Rich has heard from some of his sources about which iconic character will be reintroduced as a gay man: If my assumptions are correct, we will learn of Alan Scott's sexual orientation and his role as a Green Lantern of Earth Two in Earth Two #2, out next month I've seen plenty of other theories on[...]

One Million Moms, the pressure group with a lot less than a million members (almost a million less) failed spectularly targeting Archie Comics from depicting a gay wedding on its cover. Buoyed by that lack of success, they have now moved on to target Marvel and DC Comics encouraging members to email the companies because they[...]

Not like DC Comics renumbering all their New DCU comics to issues zero through September, say. This is based on a number of well sourced people and involves considerable hearsay. It does however make a lot of sense. Who is the, as yet unknown gay character being reintroduced to the DC Comics superhero titles? Male, an iconic character,[...]

If I like how it works we might just stick with it. In the meantime, Kapow attendee Joseph Glass discusses the thought behind his question at the DC panel at Kapow which has sparked a major media attention this week. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Topless Body Painting Superheroines Of Motor City Comic Con | Bleeding Cool Comic[...]

Not yet, anyway. This question on this Sunday at this Kapow, however, seemed to set off a lot of speculation and mass media attention, and still has people talking about it, from here on Bleeding Cool, to Fox, to the Daily Mail, the Guardian, New York Post, i09…nearly everywhere is making some comment on one small[...]

Marvel have let retailers sell Astonishing X-Men #50 one day early. Featuring Northstar asking for his boyfriend's hand in marriage. Not much of a

Yesterday, Fox News decided to suggest that because DC have plans to reintroduce one of their iconic characters to the New 52 as a gay man, that meant that Superman might be gay. Today, the closest (and I originally mispelt that as "closet") thing the UK has to Fox News, the Daily Mail does the same,[...]

And they ae about to reintroduce a previously existing DC character who was previously straight and now will be "one of our most prominent gay characters." New DC Gay Character Is An Iconic Male…  "One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June" Amazing Spider-Man #700 To Change The[...]

"One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June" That's the comment DC's Senior VP Publicity Courtney Simmons gave to ABC News from Burbank when asked for comment on the story we ran yesterday, that DC were to reintroduce a preexisting character into the New DCU, and[...]

Thanks to Fox for this one. Honchos at Superman's comic book home, DC Comics, said this weekend that one of their most identifiable (but as of yet

Just as DC Comics is turning the headlines purple with the news at Kapow that a previously established character would be rebooted as a gay person, so Marvel Comics announced they have their own headlines in mind. Tune into ABC at 11a/10a E/C tomorrow as the hosts of ABC's The View exclusively reveal a major Marvel[...]

And they ae about to reintroduce a previously existing DC character who was previously straight and now will be "one of our most prominent gay characters." As Senior VP Sales Bob Wayne explained, just like the President of the United States, the co-publisher's policy on this "has evolved." And despite his best efforts to stem Dan's wandering[...]

Okay, we all know who is getting married in Astonishing X-Men #50 and #51. And why it will be such a big deal. Even if Marvel can't say, for want of

The gay-themed Quatrefoil Library of St Paul, Minnesota has spent the year cataloging its comic book singles, and to promote the collection, will be giving away their own free gay-themed comic this Saturday on Free Comic Book Day… or rather, since they have no official affiliation to the event, Free Comic Book Gay. Contributors include James[...]

Worried that Marvel's big media release on Tuesday, May 22nd for Astonishing X-Men #50 and the marriage proposal therein will spoil your enjoyment... of

In today's Astonishing X-Men, Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins give us a big old fashioned superhero fight scene between these X-Men and the Marauders, both

Batwoman won another GLAAD award for DC Comics this year, under the title Outstanding Comic Book in New York. Other nominated comic books were Avengers:

But detestable? Gunther isn't even gay… it seems just the mention has raised Allen's ire.   Here is a letter from one Allen Hatten from Georgetown to his local Louisiana paper Town Talk I like to think he resembles the fellow in the ad on the right. Here is that "detestable" strip by Greg Evans. I mean it's[...]

Which brings me, via a Scottish Cardinal, the town of Riverdale, a promotional advert from Marvel and one of the few times I've entirely agreed with the current British Prime Minister, to another recent occasion on which comics and real life smashed into each other. Last week, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the head of the Roman Catholic[...]

I bet Mark Millar wishes the marriage of Midnighter and Apollo had this much fuss, but then DC was rather reticent of frightening the horses. The sellout of LIFE WITH ARCHIE #16 – the wedding of Kevin Keller, the first gay character introduced in Archie Comics – received international media attention and capped off a great[...]

In the battle of One Million Moms (who have now moved onto protesting against ABC's TV series Good Christian Belles) vs The Pink Pound, it seems the

StanWatch: Steve Bissette talks Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Forgive my being blunt: As a corporate shill, Stan has behaved as shills should at all times. As

The One Million Moms may have demanded that Toys R Us remove the Life With Archie comic, featuring a future Kevin Keller marrying his intended. But it

Kevin Keller will forever be a part of Riverdale, and he will live a happy, long life free of prejudice, hate and narrow-minded people." Despite a few Fox News commentators, the introduction of gay characters and gay marriage into Archie Comics had gone down rather smoothly. Celebrated even Leading to sell out sales and positive vibes all round. That was until[...]

The letters page above has been doing the rounds online, with Christos Gage answering reader concerns over the presence of gay characters in Avengers Academy It's a long and considered letter, as is the response But the Bendis Board found another, less considered back and forth from Gen 13 #5 back in the mid nineties[...]