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Matt Hawes
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 Glen wrote:
...His name is "Man Hunter". The jokes would just never end...


Sadly, that wasn't a problem for Marvel when it "outed" the Rawhide Kid.
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Perhaps they'll landscape or garden together?  Go to fabulous cocktail parties for non-profit organizations....

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Sadly, that wasn't a problem for Marvel when it "outed" the Rawhide Kid.
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Did they out him before or after "Brokeback Mountain" came out? 

 

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Andrew's correct about the Earth-2 Superman unlikeliness as a candidate. The Earth-2 book has already debuted and the characters were shown to be no older than their mainstream counterparts, so they are not the slightly less powerful, avuncular veterans of World War II they have been shown to be in the past. There is no longer any sense that these are "the originals" in some form or another. And, taking a cue from Andrew and avoiding spoilers, the plot does take the book in a different direction than we've seen before. A "Mr. and Mr. Superman" series does not look to be in the offing.

The new Alan Scott smacked vaguely of Watchmen's Ozymandias, so there may be something there, but again, Earth-2 would be a bad place to try to draw headlines since explaining the idea seems to actively confuse those individuals who have no interest in reading the book i.e. the media, Marvel fans, et al.

The new "Shazam" feature has debuted in the back pages of the Justice League book, but so far, all we've seen is Billy as a pain-in-the-ass lying foster kid. The hero himself has yet to appear. They could establish that Billy is gay himself and only just coming to realize it and that the Captain, excuse me, "Shazam" (the name is not just for wizards anymore!) therefore is as well. Again, lots of thematic issues due to the underage nature of Billy but that could be the hook they're going for, an attempt to speak to teens just coming into their own sexuality and talking openly about the realities of finding you're gay. Maybe. Sounds overly ambitious, though.

Easier just to go with a virtual non-entity and slap a new coat of paint on them. How about the Blue Beetle? That seems more "mainstream." He wears a powder-blue outfit and simply goes maaaddd accessorizing it! Dan Garrett could be his Silver Fox sugar-daddy... and just think how "Bwahahahaha!!!" would sound done by Waylon Flowers and Madam...

 

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"Sadly, that wasn't a problem for Marvel when it "outed" the Rawhide Kid."
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Sadly, I think Marvel wanted the jokes.
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Don't forget the rainbow walls and frollicking about in women's underthings.

Lacey things, the wife is missing.
Didn't ask, for her permission
I'm wearing her clothes,
her silk panty hose.
Walking 'round in women's underwear.

In the store, there's a teddy.
With little straps, like spagetti.
It holds me so tight,
like handcuffs at night.
Walking around in womens underwear

In the office there's a guy named Melvin.
He pretends that I am Murphy Brown.
He'll say "Are you ready?"
I'll say, "Woah man! Lets wait untill the wife is out of town."
Later on, if you wanna,
We can dress, like Madonna.
Put on some eye shade, and join the parade.
Walking around in women's underwear.

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 Neil wrote:
...Did they out him before or after "Brokeback Mountain" came out?...

It was actually before... in 2002.

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Tom, you should turn that into a song and sing it on one of your videos!
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I remember that song on Dr Demento, but I don't recall who did it.
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The Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. if memory serves...

 

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This seems to be a very controversial topic. Perhaps DC and Marvel should look back upon past editorial decisions for inspiration in order to clearly identify gay characters. Therefore, just as we were once introduced to Black Panther, Black Goliath, Black Manta, Black Lightning, etc . . .

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I'm so stupid! Think about it, its Ozymandias! Male, he hasn't "redebuted" yet, and he's a character people would know (their thinking movie audience). He fits all the listed criteria!

I'm putting my money on Ozzy. 

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