Posted on 02/11/2009 10:00:42 AM PST by BGHater
Batwoman is making her comic book comeback -as a red-haired, crime-fighting lesbian.
Billed as a 'lesbian socialite by night and a crime-fighter by later in the night,' she replaces the Caped Crusader after he was killed off in a recent issue.
Batwoman -the alter ego of Kathy Kane -is clad in a figure-hugging black outfit and knee-high red stiletto boots.
She is Detective Comics first openly gay superhero and will stalk the means streets of Gotham City from June.
Writer Greg Rucka said the introduction of a gay character was 'long overdue'
'We have been waiting to unlock her,' he told the Comic Book Resources website.'Yes,she's a lesbian.She's also a redhead.
'It is an element of her character. It is not her character.
'If people are going to have problems with it,that's their issue.It's certainly not mine.
'My job is to write the best book I can, about a character that I think is exceptionally cool, that J.H. Williams (his co-writer) thinks is exceptionally cool, that DC Comics thinks is exceptionally cool and worthy of being the lead player in Detective Comics.
'Frankly, she should be judged on her own merits.'
Batwoman first emerged from the Batcave 50 years ago, appearing intermittently before she was eventually killed off in 1979.
She was originally invented as a love interest for Batman and first appeared in her present present incarnation two years ago, sparking a slew of publicity about her sexuality.
However, her outings to date have been sporadic and this is the first time she will be the lead character in comic
Batman, whose alter ego was multi-millionaire Bruce Wayne, was killed of in November.
He met his end in a grisly fireball after battling with his enemy Mangrove Pierce on a helicopter.
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This is just stupid. Gays are less than 2% of the population. Who gives a damn what they do or think.
This is funny!!!! LOL!
http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=19201
“....because Im sick to death of the real Hollywood where Maggie The Sad Cartoon Turtle Gyllenhaal is starring in Batman yet supperhottie Minka Kelly is working a JC Penny event. WTF is that? I’ve never even heard of anyone who would touch Maggie Gyllenhaal unless they were stranded on a desert island or something, but every guy on earth would hump Minka Kelly on the way to their parents funeral if the chance presented itself.”
“first openly gay superhero”
What about The ambiguously ‘gay’ duo? I’m talking about Ace and Gary not Kerry-Edwards.
And now she's a lesbo. Is there any connection?
Right general idea, wrong part of her mouth.
(Is there room in the time-out area for me too?)
DC Comics character continuity is so convoluted and baroque that the essential answer is “none at all, but a repurposing of the name.”
I knew it was Batwoman, because she had red hair, and was wearing a sleeveless flannel lumberjack shirt, Levi’s and Birkinstocks.
“Amy distinguishing marks or scars?”
Yeah, a tattoo of Ellen on her upper left arm.
There's a difference?
Cheers!
Why?
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks she looks like a deflated reptile...
There may have to be room in time for you too, Mister!!!
;)PaMom
Why is she fighting a lesbian?
That post gives me hope that the REAL ‘B’ is back at WWTDD...for awhile there I thought Ross ‘The Intern’ from Leno’s Show had taken over the celebrity blogs in some kinda lispy, junta. The orginal blogger was gone for awhile...I can tell these things...
Maggie makes Kirsten Dunst look exotic, or glam, or at the least female...
Because we'll pay them to.
[virtual tickertape parade for PaMom]
DC comics gone “hentai”?
Sounds awfully like the premise for the X-rated toons from Japan.
;)PaMom
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