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The most recent issue of "X-Factor" ended with two male team members, Shatterstar and Rictor, making out. While we'll have to wait till next month to find out whether they're gay, bisexual, or it's some sort of mind-control plot point, consider writer Peter David's track record of supporting gay characters in comics -- and the lesser-known fact that writers planned for the pair to hook u

ComicsAlliance runs down the biggest -- and best -- books of the week. GRATEFUL FOR A STORY LONG OVERDUE IN Detective Comics #854. When DC reintroduced the character of Batwoman, the mainstream press had a field day with the announcement that she was a lesbian...

Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk returns for a rundown of the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY:† Involves a vaguely sleazy relationship between an older male authority figure and a nubile young thing § Space travel scenes £ Kung-fu redheads ¥ God, the late '70s were weird ß Characters with animal heads and/or animal masks ¶ Ever get confus

Crime-fighters come in many shapes and sizes, but until now they didn't come in the woman-seeking-woman variety. DC Comics, however, is spotlighting a red-headed lesbian to take over for erstwhile Batman Bruce Wayne -- who suffered apparently fatal injuries in a recent issue of the Batman series...

My first stop of the day was a DC Comics panel on Countdown. I had expected this to be a normal discussion with the people on stage talking for a while then opening the floor to questions from the audience. Instead, after the introductions of Dan DiDio, editors Mike Marts, Mike Carlin, artists Jim Calafiore and Dan Jurgens, writers Paul Dini, Sean McKeever, Adam Beechen, Tony Bedard, Justin Gray a