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Batwoman Comes Out

DC Comics is looking to diversify their superhero ranks, so in that spirit, they’re reintroducing the Batwoman character as…a red-and-black latex clad “wealthy, buxom lipstick lesbian.” She’ll appear in the July issue of “52.”

Straight (and Not) Out of the Comics NY Times]

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2 Responses to “Batwoman Comes Out”

  1. just passing through Says:
    May 30th, 2006 at 11:12 pm

    For what it’s worth (comic book nerdery follows):

    “52″ is actually a weekly series, unlike most other DC titles (it runs in the missing year of continuity immediately between the Inifinite Crisis reset and the “One Year Later” re-debuts of the major DC series), so issue 11 will actually be on shelves on July 19. “52″ issues have already heavily featured Renee Montoya, an out lesbian detective (who apparently has some connection to the new Batwoman.)

    In other queer DC comics universe news, the Infinite Crisis spinoff series “Villains United” features a lesbian couple (Knockout and Scandal Savage.)

  2. Hothouse: Blogging for Lesbians Says:
    June 2nd, 2006 at 3:59 pm

    […] CNN has a piece up about the huge online reaction to recent news of a lesbo Batwoman. We’re sure it has nothing to do with the outfit. […]

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