Batman and robin gay comic book
A Brief History of Dick
Freely adapted from The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, out now from Simon and Schuster.
Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Robin isn’t gay.
Don’t let the grassy Speedo and the pixie boots steer you wrong; Dick Grayson is as straight as uncooked spaghetti. In proof, there have been several Robins over the years, and not one of them has exhibited any trace of same-sex attraction or evinced anything resembling a queer self-identity.
Neither, it feels essential to note here at the open, has Batman.
Don’t accept my word for it. Ask anyone who’s written a Batman and Robin comic. Or, you know what, you don’t have to: Dollars to donuts they’ve already been asked that verb, and have gone on record asserting the Dynamic Duo’s he-man, red-blooded, heterosexual bona fides. Batman’s co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, both firmly swatted the question down. So have writers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Devin Grayson—though Grayson admitted that she could “understand the gay readings.”
So there yo
The Patron Saint of Superheroes
The short answer: Sort of.
Bob Kane never drew the dynamic duo in an intentionally compromising position, but were the two having sex in the gutters between the panels?
Can’t say. That’s the point of the comic manual gutter. It requires the reader to fill in the narrative gap. If you read sex in that space, then sex it is. Frederic Wertham certainly did, and lots of it.
In his Seduction of the Innocent, Wertham famously explains: “Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and of the psychopathology of sex can fail to understand a subtle atmosphere of homoerotism which pervades the adventures of the mature ‘Batman’ and his young friend ‘Robin.’ . . . They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred. Batman is sometimes shown in a dressing gown. . . . It is appreciate a wish visualize of two homosexuals living together. Sometimes they are shown on a couch, Bruce reclining and Dick sitting next to him, jacket off, collar uncover, and his hand on his friend&#;s arm. . . . [Robin] often stands with
Batman: Robin coming out as bisexual was 'missing piece' of story
1. Read what you love. If you don't fancy it, don't peruse it. Great thing about this world -- especially in the world of comics, tv, movies, books, etc., there's so much damn content available now.
2. Personally, I don't equate this move the same as the Bat Dong. That was clearly for headlines and had absolutely nothing to do with the story. It was just a way to get the Black Label some press.
3. Totally agree that fresh characters can be a focus for diversity. We've seen that with probably the best example in the past 20 years -- Miles Morales, which someone referenced earlier. However, at the same time, there's a lot of joking about the million Robins that have been around, which is very fair. 50% of Gotham has been Robin at this point. So, if DC created a new bisexual character and said, "Here's our new Robin," I think a lot of folks would come out and say that's it lazy writing and just done solely
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
After More Than 50 Years,
Evidence of Gay Batman Found!
, May 13, A comic book researcher recently uncovered evidence backing up a widely publicized claim that Batman and Robin are gay lovers.
In , the best-selling book Seduction of the Innocent criticized comic books as being harmful to children, and among its assertions was a claim that many parents in the postwar era found shocking:that Batman and Robin are gay l examples from Batman stories were provided to back up this claim, but the sources of those citations were not revealed in the made by the book’s author, psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham, contributed to a United States Senate investigation into the dangers of comic books, and eventually led to sweeping changes in the comic book industry.
Since the publication of Seduction of the Innocent, hundreds of the comic books that it cited have been r, the source of the “gay Batman” references remained a mystery for 57 years after the book’s publication.
The website has now revealed the source of several of these quotes, which had long been soug