I remember when the Dark Knight Returns exploded over the comics landscape. Frank Miller took the gloves of of Batman and made him the bad ass he was meant to be. Cutting edge it was considered. But that's old hat to what Warren Ellis and Mark Millar have done by creating two super powered homosexual heroes... who marry each other:
GaySuperheroesComeOutOfTheComicCloset Stephen McGinty, The Sunday Times (England), Feb. 27, 2000
WHAT would Lois Lane think? The American comic company that gave the world Superman and Batman is creating the first homosexual superheroes.
In the past, caped crusaders fought for truth, justice and the American way. Now gay rights will be added to their muscle-bound repertoire. The 21st- century gender pioneers are called Apollo and Midnighter, a loving couple who cohabit in a giant spaceship.
While Batman opted for a cold glass of milk, served by his butler Alfred, after saving the world, Apollo and Midnighter cuddle up in bed and watch episodes of Friends. In the comic, the characters are seen kissing and are billed in a mocked-up copy of Hello!, the celebrity magazine, as "the world's finest couple".
The funniest part? I could pass for Apollo! Know who I'm going as at the next party. Now to convince Kyle.
I'm in heaven....footy, a new iMac, Kyle, comics with kick ass gay heroes...it doesn't get better than this.
