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4:23 pm - 05/31/2012

DC's Gay Character Revealed?



Recently, it had been leaked that DC Comics would be changing the sexuality of one of their oldest characters. The internet was abuzz on speculations on which of the spandex-clad would come out of the closet. It's allegedly been leaked that the character in question is......



The Original Green Lantern: Alan Scott


According to Bleeding Cool:

"In the DC New 52 books, Alan Scott was reintroduced this month in Earth Two #1, as a young man, and head of GBC Productions.

If my assumptions are correct, we will learn of Alan Scott’s sexual orientation and his role as a Green Lantern of Earth Two in Earth Two #2, out next month."

The story was updated a few days later:

"A few days ago, I ran semi-sourced stories indicating that the character who DC Comics announced as being reintroduced to the New 52 DC Universe as a gay man, was Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who appeared in Earth 2 #1 briefly,

Well, at Phoenix Comic Con, I had a much stronger source confirm to me that, yes, it is indeed Alan Scott. On that basis I feel confident in calling it. Keep your Earth 2 #1 in good nick, and start queuing up for Earth 2 #2… right about now.

Of course the original Alan Scott, created by Marty Nodell in 1940, got his Green Lantern powers mystically from a green flame. But the first person to make a “flaming” joke is out of here, okay?"

Do you think it's him?

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If this is true then I can just imagine the butthurt looks on people's faces who expected it to be someone like Robin, Nightwing, or even Jimmy Olsen. Oh well. We should be proud of DC's decision to take such a bold step.

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tw_31988 31st-May-2012 08:25 pm (UTC)
Not Robin?

bullcrap.

But i'm ok with Ryan Reynolds playing gay in Green lantern 2.

Edited at 2012-05-31 08:26 pm (UTC)
bodyline 31st-May-2012 08:27 pm (UTC)
Didn't Ryan Reynolds play Hal Jordan?
tw_31988 31st-May-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
oh, i thought he was the original Green Lantern, idk shit about comics.
therearewords 31st-May-2012 08:45 pm (UTC)
Jep. All I remember from it.
volt34 1st-Jun-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
Didn't Ryan Reynolds play gay with Alanis Morissette (and, Scarlet)?
hobnailedboots 31st-May-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
are we even getting a Green Lantern sequel though? I didn't think that would be happening, given the reception for that movie.
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:30 pm (UTC)
He's one of the Green Lanterns no1curr about so no.
hera_bearrra 31st-May-2012 09:04 pm (UTC)
It should have been Batman
bodyline 31st-May-2012 08:26 pm (UTC)
joyeuxcherie 31st-May-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
you know what is messed up? i keep making NO1CURR faces to any DC post ...
bodyline 31st-May-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
I love DC comics but I can't bring myself to care about any of the film/tv/New 52 news.
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:10 pm (UTC)
YES
succubuzz 31st-May-2012 08:26 pm (UTC)
Wait, it's not Robin??
tankmachine 31st-May-2012 08:27 pm (UTC)
should have been Batman and/or Superman but then again their gayness is pretty canon at this point
chokolatita21 1st-Jun-2012 07:22 am (UTC)
LOL, I know! but it would make it official.
joyeuxcherie 31st-May-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
That's cool! :D
anyway
Marvel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DC
xxxquothxxx 31st-May-2012 08:36 pm (UTC)
i always feel conflicted in these stan wars lol
because they are both my bbs <3
lady_lovey 2nd-Jun-2012 07:56 pm (UTC)
Is your icon from Young Justice?
la_petite_singe 31st-May-2012 08:49 pm (UTC)
Werd.
jrh19782002 31st-May-2012 09:25 pm (UTC)
.
ladysherlock 31st-May-2012 09:29 pm (UTC)
Batman > Marvel > the rest of DC
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:31 pm (UTC)
YES
prophecypro 1st-Jun-2012 01:02 am (UTC)
Top Cow and Dynamite Comics>>>>both
theantipoet 31st-May-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
I long for the day when it's not a news story that people (or fictional characters) are gay
julietislimited 31st-May-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)
I'm sad to think that won't be in my lifetime.
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:36 pm (UTC)
I'm hopeful that it will happen sooner rather than later. There'll still be troglodytes complaining but it won't be headline news anymore.
therearewords 31st-May-2012 08:46 pm (UTC)
I wish we could make a world wide movement and act like people being straight is sooooo out there.

It would make for great headlines and with some proper photoshop could fool a lot of media.
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:12 pm (UTC)
Are you Josh Hutcherson?
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:31 pm (UTC)
PS: I was joking not being a bitch.
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
Apparently his biggest weakness is wood.

Yeah...
julietislimited 31st-May-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
I wanted Robin, but whatever lol
theantipoet 31st-May-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
but buttsex aside, DC is exhausting. I can't take all their renumbering, big huge storylines running across 20 different titles, and all that.

after Darkest Night or something like that, I just gave up and stopped reading DC entirely.
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:12 pm (UTC)
Darkest Night was awesome...but then they fucked it all up with rebooting and starting everything again. WHATEVER
theantipoet 31st-May-2012 09:23 pm (UTC)
it was really disconcerting to me.

like, I read the books that I like and never venture far outside them (generally, Red Robin, Teen Titans, and Flash)... then all of a sudden, there's a bunch of shit going on and I have no idea what and I feel like DC was saying to me "pay more money and buy more titles in order to enjoy reading these" to which I could only respond with "screw you."
darkwarrior 31st-May-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)
Didn't they make Perry White black? This is pretty tame a change in comparison and reeks of gimmick to boost sales for the initial issue.
darkwarrior 31st-May-2012 08:45 pm (UTC)
I think he's black, I wasn't really paying attention but I'm sure Clark was told to go see Perry and then he was speaking to a black guy with white hair, which is a Perry hairstyle from what I remember.
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:17 pm (UTC)
I don't give a fuck if it's a gimmick. Any positive image of a successful gay superhero is a HUGE influence on a gay teen or older. I would rather take a gimmick than nothing TBH.
iamglory 31st-May-2012 09:22 pm (UTC)
And I'm sorry...I may be reading your comment completely wrong but I don't think making the 1st Green Lantern as a TAME thing at all. It could have been their distant friend that they talked to once in a great while pumping gas.

This is a major super hero...this means something and it's not that tame.
vivisexion 31st-May-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)
shoulda been batman
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:37 pm (UTC)
You mean it isn't?

coatkneedee 1st-Jun-2012 03:12 pm (UTC)
AHAHAHA
rhea_zombi 1st-Jun-2012 05:49 pm (UTC)
this was literally my desktop background for a year
xxxquothxxx 31st-May-2012 08:37 pm (UTC)
superman/batman is one of the most misleading comic book series titles :(
wonderwomanhero 31st-May-2012 08:45 pm (UTC)
lol they basically said from the getgo it wasn't gonna be him
fanabana 31st-May-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)
.
coulson 31st-May-2012 08:32 pm (UTC)
the fact that he's a dad and has been around for so long just makes it kind of sad
coulson 31st-May-2012 08:34 pm (UTC)
oh wait it's rebooted him

lame i wanted a daddy bear alan scott
latexandleather 31st-May-2012 08:35 pm (UTC)
mmm
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:34 pm (UTC)
The dumb thing is that by making him so young, they've retconned out his kids, one of whom was already gay and a superhero
iamspam99 31st-May-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)
Cue One Million Morons (who aren't actually one million at all but whatever) clutching their fake pearls.
ethereal_dusky 31st-May-2012 08:35 pm (UTC)
I was literally about to post this lol
vickyblueeyez 31st-May-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)
meh
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