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by **Punchy** » Mon May 14, 2012 6:59 am

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/11/spandex-closet-gay-superheroes-need-come-out/

Wonder Woman
Hercules
Catman
Shrinking Violet and Lightning Lass
Steel Sterling (Who?)
Storm
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
Gambit
Tim Drake
Captain America

More controversy stirring from CA, as they put the gay cat amongst the gay pigeons. It seems that sexuality is their new cause celebre after their readership turned on them after the whole sexism thing.

Some of these make sense, Hercules, Harley and Ivy and the two Legion characters have all been hinted at, but the likes of Tim Drake and Captain America being gay is just fanfic nonsense. It's fun to crack jokes about Tim being more upset about Superboy's death than Wonder Girl, but anything more than that is silly.

Also, I'm surprised Iceman isn't on this list, but I think my thread on that subject closed the book on that theory.

by **covalesky** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:01 am

Idiotic list.

by **Timbales** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:41 am

John Sterling's father was killed by racketeering mobsters. Vowing revenge, but knowing that a single man is vulnerable, he spent his youth developing a formula to give his body the strength and resistance of steel. After coating himself in the chemical he plunged naked into a molten steel filled cauldron. While this would have killed a normal man, John gained superpowers and became the costumed hero known as Steel Sterling, the Man of Steel.

Sterling was as strong and resilient as steel,had limited invincibility, super speed, and is capable of magnetizing himself such that he can "fly" along with a plane when magnetized to it. He could listen to telephone conversations using his teeth and "electrolyzed tongue". However, he was vulnerable to magic, stunned by blows to the head, and his powers would fluctuate during a solar flare.

His enemies included the Black Knight, Apollo Bates, Baron Gestapo, the zombie maker Anwalli, Mr. Romero, Oom the Mystic, the Rattler,the Werewolf of France, Hyena, Tang, Yehudis, and formerly Inferno. Inferno was set straight by Steel and inspired by his example became a crime fighter.

by **Rockman** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:49 am

Hercules!?

The problem with any of these characters is that we've been privvy to their innermost thoughts for 40 years, it'd be a tough sell to turn any of these the characters on this list to the other team.

by **Punchy** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:52 am

Rockman wrote:Hercules!?

Ancient Greece was gay as hell.

by **Jubilee** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:55 am

The more I think about it, the more Captain America being gay makes sense.

by **Punchy** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:55 am

Jubilee wrote:The more I think about it, the more Captain America being gay makes sense.

I really don't think it does.

by **Rockman** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:56 am

Punchy wrote:
Ancient Greece was gay as hell.

I know that, but Herc has been womanizing for thousands of years since then. You'd think his trists would extend past the female if he was such a horndog and gay.

by **Eli Katz** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:56 am

Jubilee wrote:The more I think about it, the more Captain America being gay makes sense.

Don't ask, don't tell.

by **Punchy** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:57 am

Rockman wrote:
I know that, but Herc has been womanizing for thousands of years since then. You'd think his trists would extend past the female if he was such a horndog and gay.

As the article said, it was hinted that he boned Northstar.

by **Rockman** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:59 am

Can't read the article at work sorry. I'm not sure where or when that happened.

by **Jubilee** » Mon May 14, 2012 9:00 am

Punchy wrote:
I really don't think it does.

well he's supposed to represent American ideals and Naicreman is the most patriotic person on the board. If he's supposed to represent that version of America he's as gay as a box of dicks.

by **nietoperz** » Mon May 14, 2012 9:09 am

Jubilee wrote:well he's supposed to represent American ideals and Naicreman is the most patriotic person on the board. If he's supposed to represent that version of America he's as gay as a box of dicks.

And you decided to just attack a guy who hasn't even posted in this thread yet, because...? :roll:

by **Grayson** » Mon May 14, 2012 9:10 am

That isn't a bad list but I definitely think they were stretching pretty far when it came to Tim Drake and Captain America. In fact, I think it's a little bit of a slap to the face for Stephanie Brown fans when the article suggests that Tim Drake has never been in a significant relationship.