Too many! But that's a whole 'nother thread!

Problem with homesexuals as represented in many mediums is that it's all about their sex lives ... as if homosexuality is a form of religious orthodoxy ... as if gay and lesbians spend 90% of their time thinking about sex.

I don't believe sex is a factor at all in my enjoyment of a comic book.

With all respect to JB and his work, seeing a side view of She-Hulk's tits pressed against Wyatt's chest made me envy Wyatt but did nothing to "enhance" the tale for me.

It's a given that superheroes are going to bang ... like it's a given they're going to eat, drink, sleep, urinate, and defecate. Some of them might even drink liquor and smoke weed. This is not interesting except to those who fantasize about that aspect of superheroes' lives.

What I'm interested in when I read about superheroes is what makes them superheroic. Showing them indulging in the same proclivities as your run-of-the-mill human being is dull as hell ... unless there is some heroic aspect to it. For example, Peter Parker having to take a job delivering pizzas to buy Aunt May medecine is heroic because he could simply use his powers to steal the meds.

I thought that it was an accelerated heartbeat -- anything but staying calm -- that would trigger the change. The voice-over for the Hulk TV series spoke of becoming "angry or outraged".

If I thought I was about to get raped I think I'd break a sweat and my heart would be fighting to fly out of my chest.

Rape is horrifying (gay or straight), but I would think that facing the Abomination and monsters of that ilk would be a whole 'nother level of horror.  Whether you're confronted with someone wanting to force themselves onto you sexually, or a ten foot monster who wants to rip your arm off and forcibly feed it to you, your body is going to kick up the adrenaline in the same manner.

And on whether or not we need gay characters.  We don't need them as long as we don't have straight characters.  If Superman's relationship with Lois was never approached in the comics (which is reasonable.. just a different type of story), then his sexuality doesn't come into play.  But since we've seen that he's attracted to Lois, Bruce has girlfriends, Ollie loves Dinah...  the sexuality of the characters has come into play.  So for us to assume that all superheroes have straight and generic attractions to the opposite sex is a bit unrealistic.