Batwoman Returns As a Lesbian!

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Batwoman Returns As a Lesbian!
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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 12:08pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5030518.stm


From BBC News:


Comic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a "lipstick lesbian" who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed.


Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month.

In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Montoya.

52 will be published in the UK as a graphic novel by Titan Books in 2007.

The series is set in a world in which established superheroes like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman no longer play a part.

Reinvention

The new-look Batwoman is just one of a wave of ethnically and sexually diverse characters entering the DC Comics universe.

Others include Mexican teenager Blue Beetle - who replaces the character's previous white incarnation - and the Great Ten, a government-sponsored team of Chinese superheroes.

Regular characters Firestorm and The Atom, meanwhile, have been reinvented as black and Asian heroes respectively.

The characters are part of a wider effort to broaden the make-up of comic-book creations in line with society as a whole.

Batwoman, who first appeared in July 1956, has not been seen since September 1979 when she was killed by the League of Assassins and the Bronze Tiger.



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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 11:12pm
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Thu, 06-01-2006 - 12:43am

I think this is so awesome!


I want all the issues....

Sandr

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 7:08am

What are all these new emotions? LOL

Anyway, I saw this on Yahoo and MSNBC. Pretty cool. Though, I'll have to admit at first I became confused and was thinking Catwoman instead of Batwoman. I "gots" to get my women straight. :) But anyway, I thought Catwoman, yeah! Michelle Pfeiffer! Sort of lost my mind there for a moment. But all systems are back now. It's Batwoman not Catwoman. You know, in my opinion, Catwoman could be a lesbian too.

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Registered: 04-23-2006
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 7:19am

I "gots" to get my women straight.


RJ, I thought you wouldn't want your women straight! *giggle

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Registered: 11-16-2005
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 9:28am

Definitely! I've never been into comics, but I will be checking out the new ones for sure!


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 10:24am
I don't remember a Batwoman. I do remember a Batgirl. Is Batwoman's batgirl's mom or did Batgirl changed her custome from petite sophisticated to vera wang? *L*
I love all these "new" characters coming up. Thanks for the update. :-)
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Registered: 11-16-2005
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 10:32am

LOLOL I think Batgirl grew up and decided to play for the right team! ;-)


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Registered: 11-16-2005
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 10:33am

Haaaa! Me too!


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Registered: 11-16-2005
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 10:35am

You know, Halle Berry played Catwoman on the big screen. I know several of us here would LOVE it if she came back as a lesbian!


Good to see ya here, BF!


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Thu, 06-01-2006 - 10:48am
Oooo, I like this picture better. The palm trees and sand and sun is sooo nice and relaxing.

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