DC Comics court gay readers with duo’s ‘steam bath’ pairing
By Nick Bond
DC Comics are having some fun with fans today, teasing rather a steamy image from one of their comics online.
“Fans have been clamoring for a Dick Grayson/Midnighter reunion and it’s finally here,” write the comic book experts over at HitFix in announcing the new image.
And what a reunion – in this teaser from the new comic Midnighter #4, the two comic book heroes are shown stripped to the waist and looking very buff indeed.
“Grayson and Midnighter walk into a steam bath and, presumably, launch a thousand Tumblr posts,” say DC Comics – showing that they know EXACTLY what they’re doing in stirring up some homoerotic fan speculation.
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Amid some angry fan reactions under the Instagram post from some readers wondering why two pre-existing characters are ‘suddenly gay’ (‘Are they gonna shoot rainbows outta their asses?!’ was a particular favourite of ours), came this voice of reason from Insta-user MaxPower044: “They’re not making Grayson gay! They do a bunch of out of context gay jokes in Grayson all the time just to get a rise outta the lame fan fic and tumblr crowds.”
Well, we can dream. After all, DC Comics has recent form in this area – earlier this year we brought you the news that they were introducing a new Grindr-using gay superhero into the fold.
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