batwoman hero returns as lesbian
BBC online news May 30, 2006 BBC
Batwoman's new look has been designed by artist Alex RossComic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a "lipstick lesbian" who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed.
Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month. In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Montoya. 52 will be published in the UK as a graphic novel by Titan Books in 2007.
The series is set in a world in which established superheroes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman do not play a part.
Reinvention
The new-look Batwoman is just one of a wave of ethnically and sexually diverse characters entering the DC Comics universe. Others include Mexican teenager Blue Beetle - who replaces the character's previous white incarnation - and the Great Ten, a government-sponsored team of Chinese superheroes. Regular characters Firestorm and The Atom, meanwhile, have been reinvented as black and Asian heroes respectively. The characters are part of a wider effort to broaden the make-up of comic-book creations in line with society as a whole.
Batwoman, who first appeared in July 1956, has not been seen since September 1979 when she was killed by the League of Assassins and the Bronze Tiger.
WOW! Can't wait till this hits the stands. I know of several lesbians wishing for a comic heroine just like this...somtime, you do get what you wish for...it's a whole new world now...infact it will be interesting to see how the Batwoman vs. Catwoman characters develop! Will Catwoman come out of the closet? "HOLY LIPSTICKS" BATWOMAN!
Soon, people like this will be wanting to play the part of Batwoman: Crazy woman!
Batwoman's new look has been designed by artist Alex RossComic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a "lipstick lesbian" who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed.
Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month. In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Montoya. 52 will be published in the UK as a graphic novel by Titan Books in 2007.
The series is set in a world in which established superheroes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman do not play a part.
Reinvention
The new-look Batwoman is just one of a wave of ethnically and sexually diverse characters entering the DC Comics universe. Others include Mexican teenager Blue Beetle - who replaces the character's previous white incarnation - and the Great Ten, a government-sponsored team of Chinese superheroes. Regular characters Firestorm and The Atom, meanwhile, have been reinvented as black and Asian heroes respectively. The characters are part of a wider effort to broaden the make-up of comic-book creations in line with society as a whole.
Batwoman, who first appeared in July 1956, has not been seen since September 1979 when she was killed by the League of Assassins and the Bronze Tiger.
WOW! Can't wait till this hits the stands. I know of several lesbians wishing for a comic heroine just like this...somtime, you do get what you wish for...it's a whole new world now...infact it will be interesting to see how the Batwoman vs. Catwoman characters develop! Will Catwoman come out of the closet? "HOLY LIPSTICKS" BATWOMAN!
Soon, people like this will be wanting to play the part of Batwoman: Crazy woman!
posted by msrstl at 8:15 AM
2 Comments:
My worry is that DC Comics will aim Batwoman at the teenage boy market who thinks that two women getting it on is cool. With luck they won't; I tend to be too cynical sometimes...
She looks better than Alicia Sliverston as Batgirl that is for sure.
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