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BigChiefFan · 06-01-2006, 11:04 AM

Batwoman Is Back as a Lesbian
By LARRY McSHANE
AP

AP/DC Comics
"We wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family," explained a VP at DC Comics on Batwoman's new direction.

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NEW YORK (May 31) - Years after she first emerged from the Batcave, Batwoman is coming out of the closet. DC Comics is resurrecting the classic comic book character as a lesbian, unveiling the new Batwoman in July as part of an ongoing weekly series that began this year.

The 5-foot-10 superhero comes with flowing red hair, knee-high red boots with spiked heels, and a form-fitting black outfit.

"We decided to give her a different point of view," explained Dan DiDio, vice president and executive editor at DC. "We wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family. That's one of the reasons we went in this direction."

The original Batwoman was started in 1956, and killed off in 1979. The new character will share the same name as her original alter ego, Kathy Kane. And the new Batwoman arrives with ties to others in the Gotham City world.

"She's a socialite from Gotham high society," DiDio said. "She has some past connection with Bruce Wayne. And she's also had a past love affair with one of our lead characters, Renee Montoya."

Montoya, in the "52" comic book series, is a former police detective. Wayne, of course, is Batman's true identity - but he has disappeared, along with Superman and Wonder Woman, leaving Gotham a more dangerous place.

The "52" series is a collaboration of four acclaimed writers, with one episode per week for one year. The comics will introduce other diverse characters as the story plays out.

"This is not just about having a gay character," DiDio said. "We're trying for overall diversity in the DC universe. We have strong African-American, Hispanic and Asian characters. We're trying to get a better cross-section of our readership and the world."

The outing of Batwoman created a furor of opinions on Web sites devoted to DC Comics. Opinions ranged from outrage to approval. Others took a more tongue-in-cheek approach to the announcement.

"Wouldn't ugly people as heroes be more groundbreaking?" asked one poster. "You know, 200-pound woman, man with horseshoe hair loss pattern, people with cold sores, etc.?"

DiDio asked that people wait until the new Batwoman's appearance in the series before they pass judgment.

"You know what? Judge us by the story and character we create," he said. "We are confident that we are telling a great story with a strong, complex character."

DiDio spent most of the morning fielding phone calls from media intrigued by the Batwoman reinvention.

"It's kind of weird," he said. "We had a feeling it would attract some attention, but we're a little surprised it did this much."

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
2006-05-31 17:07:13

**Tribal Warfare** · 05-25-2020, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wait, if Batwoman is lesbian then how was Batgirl born? Was Batwoman bi in college or something?

Or are they not related and they just happen to share the same first name?

Batgirl is Commissioner Gordon's daughter and her mother is Barbara Gordon

Jamie · 05-25-2020, 01:27 PM

To make it even more confusing, Batwoman had a sidekick in the early 60s called Batgirl, but it's not the same Batgirl everyone is familiar with. The Barabra Gordon version of Batgirl was actually created in the late 60s for the Batman TV show.

**Rain Man** · 05-25-2020, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamie

To make it even more confusing, Batwoman had a sidekick in the early 60s called Batgirl, but it's not the same Batgirl everyone is familiar with. The Barabra Gordon version of Batgirl was actually created in the late 60s for the Batman TV show.

It sounds like Batwoman was making all sorts of attractive young women into batgirls.

CarlosCarson27 · 05-25-2020, 02:37 PM

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Lesbo bat...

Flippity Flippity
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(If you saw the hat episode of What We Do in The Shadows, you got that)

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