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15 Influential LGBT Comic Book Superheroes
Ever since the Comics Code Authority (C.C.A.) was established in 1954, comic book creators have been limited in their ability to depict LGBT characters as successfully as drug verb and other controversial topics. In the '50s and '60s, it was illegal (in the United States) to be gay, so it was considered taboo and part of the counterculture. It wasn’t until the '70s and '80s that comic guide creators began introducing characters that could be described as having gay ‘traits’ without outright declaring them as LGBT.
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The C.C.A. required absolutely no speak of of homosexuality until they lifted that ban in 1989, and as the country became more progressive in its understanding and acceptance of the LGBT community, creators continued to buck the system and reveal compelling characters that were relatable to more people. Here are 15 authoritative LGBT characters who appeared in comics before the code was finally abandoned.
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Two boys together clinging: Queer male intimacy and ‘Banana Fish’
(Content Warning: homophobic slurs and spoilers for major plot points throughout the Banana Fish manga, including discussion of rape and childhood sexual abuse.)
Ask readers about their favorite gay couples in comics and you might get any number of responses: Wiccan and Hulking, Batwoman and Renee Montoya, and Midnighter and Apollo, just to name some of the heavy hitters. My favorite is a pair who never use the words “boyfriend” or “husband” and who only kiss on panel once, but whose relationship is nonetheless the most affecting portrayal of intimacy between men I’ve ever seen in fiction.
I’m talking about Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura from Akimi Yoshida’s Banana Fish. The series ran for ten years starting in 1985 and stars Ash, a New York Town gang leader with a history of rape and sexual abuse going back to his adv childhood. At the start of the manga he meets Eiji, a photographer and assistant to Shunichi Ibe, a Japanese journalist who’s com
The following is an article I presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) in Albuquerque, Fresh Mexico in February 2007. It examines and analyzes the popularity of Yaoi (or Boy Love) comics/manga and in the tradition of fan-created slash fan texts. Enjoy!
Though they deal with similar subject matter in similar ways, Yaoi Manga – a Japanese import steadily gaining popularity in North America – and Slash fan fiction – a North American fan staple are two distinct types of cultural texts that are produced and consumed in two completely different socio-cultural contexts. However, I argue that, while they may proceed about it in different ways and within different cultural contexts, the similarities between the two are theoretically significant. In other words, our analysis of one will invariably aid in our analysis of the other.
At first glance, comparing Yaoi Manga, a collection of texts that are directly informed by Japanese history and culture, with Slash fan fiction – which is distinctly a North Americ
Top 10 LGBTQ+ Comic Book Characters
#10: Kevin Keller
While Betty and Veronica are usually swooning over Archie, they gave a lot of attention to Kevin Keller when he arrived in Riverdale. But he had to let them down gently after revealing that he was gay. The 2010 comic he appeared in sold so fast that Archie Comics had to reprint the issue. After generating a lot of buzz, Kevin struck up a friendship with the asexual Jughead, appeared in multiple comic spin-offs and the character became a series regular on the CW's “Riverdale” TV series. Kevin's immense opularity among fans and critical acclaim from organizations like GLAAD elevated him from the new kid on the block to an essential character for gay representation within the “Archie” universe.
#9: Hooded Justice
The first official superhero in the Watchmen universe was a brutal vigilan