[Inorigo]

Although readers will have to wait until sometime in June — perhaps not coincidentally, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month — to learn which established DC Comics character will be reintroduced as gay, we already know at least two details: It’s a major character (better luck next time, Doll Man), and it’s a guy. “One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June,” Courtney Simmons, DC Entertainment’s senior vice president of publicity, confirmed to ABC News following the weekend revelation by Co-Publisher Dan DiDio that the formerly heterosexual figure will become “one of our most prominent gay characters.” With those 18 words, Simmons drastically narrows the list of candidates, eliminating such popular guesses as Vibe (he’s neither a major character nor an iconic one) and Hawkgirl (she’s a … she). However, Simmons’ quote also raises the question of just what DC considers “major” and “iconic.” Fox News, ensuring plenty of website traffic, asks, “Could Superman be gay?” while across the Atlantic, the Daily Mail ponders, “Is Batman gay?” DC obviously won’t go that iconic — their Earth-2 counterparts are off the table, too — but beyond that, there’s the issue of how DiDio presented his announcement (or, rather, his response to a question from the Kapow! audience): The implication is that the character hasn’t yet appeared in the New 52, something supported this morning by Batman writer Scott Snyder, who clarified this morning on Twitter that “the announcement was ‘a character not seen since the relaunch will come out as gay.’” (He followed that with the assertion that “Bruce’s orientation is Gotham.”) That even further reduces the list of contenders: We’re now looking for a major iconic male character who’s not appeared since DC’s linewide relaunch last August. But … we’re not necessarily holding out for a hero. Note that neither Simmons nor (apparently) DiDio said “superheroes”; they said “characters.” So maybe the online speculation about Wally West is misguided, and we should instead be looking in the direction of the assorted rogues galleries. Ra’s al Ghul, anyone?

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Guess away!

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

Booster Gold!

[hamchan]

Aquaman.

[Cyan]

[Hot Coldman]

Alfred, duh.

[akira28]

So tired of commercial gimmicks.

They'll have to pick someone who's been around, but who hasn't had many love interest stories. I'm drawing blanks on who fits that bill though.
Someone said Vibe would be making a comeback/resurrected, so maybe him, but I wouldn't exactly call him iconic.

So...who?

[hamchan]

Someone who hasn't appeared in the New 52 yet eh.

[Kusagari]

Joker

[bengraven]

Captain Marvel/Shazam.

[kswiston]

Wally West. Just to further screw with Flash fans not born in 1975 or earlier

[Hot Coldman]

Someone who hasn't appeared in the New 52 yet eh.

Couldn't it be any of them? Reboot and all that. Just pick a male character who hasn't had sex yet.

[shintoki]

I hope its Spiderman!

[AlteredBeast]

So necessary. I am sure this is really going to appeal to so many LGBT readers out there.

[LuchaShaq]

Making Batman gay would make me so happy just for the outrage.

[Banana Kid]

Wally West. Just to further screw with Flash fans not born in 1975 or earlier

He's the only major character I can think of who hasn't been reintroduced since the reboot.

It's probably him.

[Parallax]

reintroduced? im gonna go with billy.

[Tobor]

Wally West. Just to further screw with Flash fans not born in 1975 or earlier

This seems most likely.

[Pezking]

Bane!

[lunarworks]

All signs point towards Bruce Wayne.

Even though it won't be him.

[Viewt]

Hal Jordan: His philandering ways are merely a front! Secretly he yearns for the soft touch of the Scarlet Speedster. Brave and Bold, indeed.

Cyborg: Sure, with his mechanical augmentations he can't play football anymore, but he can still cover the spread as tight end any day!

Ambush Bug: Because why the hell not.

[Nils]

I wonder how long it'll take before the DC universue introduces its first masturbator. Should be the climax of their next big event.

In the issue that featured a convention of America's most notorious serial killers, "the only word that got censored was 'masturbate,'" Gaiman says. "It was explained to me that people do not masturbate in the DC Universe. Actually, that explains a lot. That's probably why the characters all dress in tight costumes and go around thumping the shit out of each other.

[Andrex]

"Bruce’s orientation is Gotham."

So true.

[TreIII]

Making Batman gay would make me so happy just for the outrage.

Yeah, this.

But if not Batman, I could certainly see someone in the "Bat-family" being forced into this role. Jason Todd would be my guess.

[ChiTownBuffalo]

[patrickthehedgehog]

I'm looking forward to this. Hopefully it's done well with a character that's already "cool".

[Inorigo]

I wonder how long it'll take before the DC universue introduces its first masturbator. Should be the climax of their next big event.

Heheh. I see what ya did there.

[Kinyou]

Making Batman gay would make me so happy just for the outrage.

Didn't one of the creators of Batman say that Bruce is gay?

[Kosmo]

[Tizoc]

Is Eric Powell psychic?

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Certainly can't go worse than the Rawhide Kid and Rainmaker from Gen 13.

[Parallax]

what major characters havent been introduced yet?

[SUPREME1]

Captain Marvel/Shazam.

This.

[Inorigo]

Didn't one of the creators of Batman say that Bruce is gay?

No, they did various things with the plot/characters to prove he's not gay.

[Claude]

[animlboogy]

They need to just admit it with Batman and be done with it, if only to see Frederic Wertham rise from the grave.

[JokerOfSpades]

I'm going to assume that no one else is bothered by specific pandering. I'd rather they just make a good gay character (and a good black character, but that's more towards Ultimate Spider-Man nowadays) instead of this "hey, we're going to make a gay character, or hey, we're going to make a minority character!"

I don't know, I guess it's just me.

[SoulPlaya]

DC needs to stop with the gimmicks.

[Parallax]

I'm going to assume that no one else is bothered by specific pandering. I'd rather they just make a good gay character (and a good black character, but that's more towards Ultimate Spider-Man nowadays) instead of this "hey, we're going to make a gay character, or hey, we're going to make a minority character!" I don't know, I guess it's just me.

ive been saying this about ultimate spider man since day one.

[ChiTownBuffalo]

No, they did various things with the plot/characters to prove he's not gay.

What an elaborate ruse.

Like having a secret identity or a massive cave under your home.

[marrec]

Vibe, bet on it.

[akira28]

Didn't one of the creators of Batman say that Bruce is gay?

No. One of the recent writers said the "concept" of Bruce/Batman is gay. He was mostly talking out of his ass though. Trying to develop the idea as he thought of it, I think, because it didn't make much sense.

[Manmademan]

Aquaman

[Rafa=FedKilla]

what major characters havent been introduced yet?

Wally, Cat dude from Earth 2, Dr. Fate, Red Tornado, Gordon's son, Mirror Master, Aqualad, Son of Vulcan, lagoon boy and Starman. Hope they get in a relationship with Bunker!

[Father_Brain]

Either it's a character who already has appeared in the New 52 continuity, or DC is stretching the word "iconic" to the point of meaninglessness. I'd bet on the latter, though.

[Trojita]

General Zod is flaming.

Kneel Before Zod! Super man, indeed.

[FairyD]

When are they going to introduce the first furry hero?

[animlboogy]

No. One of the recent writers said the "concept" of Bruce/Batman is gay. He was mostly talking out of his ass though. Trying to develop the idea as he thought of it, I think, because it didn't make much sense.

No, Morrison's explored that concept pretty thoroughly. And if you read up on comics history, you'll understand what he was tapping into.

[Tobor]

I'm going to assume that no one else is bothered by specific pandering. I'd rather they just make a good gay character (and a good black character, but that's more towards Ultimate Spider-Man nowadays) instead of this "hey, we're going to make a gay character, or hey, we're going to make a minority character!" I don't know, I guess it's just me.

There isn't anyone in charge at either company capable of that. Pandering is all they know how to do.

[Parallax]

Wally, Cat dude from Earth 2, Dr. Fate, Red Tornado, Gordon's son, Mirror Master, Aqualad, Son of Vulcan, lagoon boy and Starman. Hope they get in a relationship with Bunker!

with them saying that bunker was going after another teen hero, its probably a young character. but lagoon boy, and son of vulcan arent popular, so theyre out.

[animlboogy]

ive been saying this about ultimate spider man since day one.

I dunno man. They went out of their way to not announce his exact race so as not to play it up, but the reporting zeroed in on that anyway. And knowing Bendis has adopted minority children is important context as well. I don't think that's tokenism.

Since these characters are predominantly white, when you get a chance to reboot and make them someone else, I think it's just really creepy when people get mad that the new character isn't the same race as the old character. He is a DIFFERENT PERSON.