DC Comics' Green Lantern is now gay, page 1


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Topic started on 1-6-2012 @ 08:22 AM by Vasa Croe
So..the Green Lantern has come out. How will this affect the following and DC? I am a bit disappointed they did not just create a new character really. I have always liked Green Lantern but I am not so sure this was a good move for them.

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Green Lantern Gay






One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of "Earth 2." Alan Scott - formerly a married father of two who first appeared in 1940 - tips readers off to his sexuality early on in the comic when he gives his boyfriend a welcome home kiss. "He's very much the character he was. He's still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism. He's also gay," "Earth 2" writer James Robinson told The Post
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reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:29 AM by SonoftheSun
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I can already hear Ryan Reynolds go...

"Say what ???"





Adapting comics to modern times.



reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:30 AM by Destinyone
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Hey, even the Gay Community needs a Super Hero. I think it's just fine......

Des


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:32 AM by KnawLick
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Why was this done....? I think the rush to make everything gay-approved could really backfire. Only like 5-6% of the population is gay and I'm sick of always hear about it. People are ACTUALLY being persecuted all over the world but by being in America you'd think we kept our gays, like Ryan Reynolds, in cages until it was time for them to go do crappy movies.


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:32 AM by beezzer
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*sigh*

Why couldn't it have been Wonder Woman?

Oh well.

DC is PC, now.


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:36 AM by Vasa Croe
Originally posted by beezzer
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*sigh*

Why couldn't it have been Wonder Woman?



Ha! That would have been great!


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:38 AM by DaughterOfARevolver
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really!? here comes the polotical correct BS? What about real life shouldn't that be what kids reading comics take away, the grand ole Morel of the marvel?

how about instead of having a homosexual hero we deal with real life like, the hero stepping in on such hate crimes and sticking up for the gays, there's no need to encourage in in young kids onto what they don't yet understand, let them make the decisions when they are older, 'not i wanna be gay like me fav hero'....lame just lame


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:40 AM by dorkfish87
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Actually it's 10-15%


And. Child idolizing a gay man won't make him want to be gay. Anymore than idolizing a black hero makes a kid want to be black


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 08:50 AM by Vasa Croe
Originally posted by SonoftheSun
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I can already hear Ryan Reynolds go...

"Say what ???"





Adapting comics to modern times.


Yeah.....kinda threw him under the bus for a sequel. I have nothing wrong with anyone being gay, but I really think this should have been a new character. While I have nothing wrong with it, think of all the die hard Green Lantern fans that may.....and for DC to jump in to this political issue this late in the franchise is a bit off.



reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 09:03 AM by abeverage
Originally posted by DaughterOfARevolver
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really!? here comes the polotical correct BS? What about real life shouldn't that be what kids reading comics take away, the grand ole Morel of the marvel?

how about instead of having a homosexual hero we deal with real life like, the hero stepping in on such hate crimes and sticking up for the gays, there's no need to encourage in in young kids onto what they don't yet understand, let them make the decisions when they are older, 'not i wanna be gay like me fav hero'....lame just lame


It depends on how they handle it, I am all for subtle. But it seems any form of media these days needs to blatant and shocking so
We might have him wearing green chaps and sashaying through the air...


reply posted on 1-6-2012 @ 09:12 AM by FuturePeace
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as long as he still kicks ass i could care less.

not like any comic book straight relationships were stable anyway
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