You Decide! Should Batman Tell Robin?

Tref · 10-10-2007, 02:51 PM

Should Batman do the right thing? You decide!

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A list of homosexual comic-book characters and their fates from Harper's Magazine

To the Batcloset!

innerSpaceman · 10-10-2007, 02:56 PM

No. Don't ask don't tell is the rule of thumb (or whichever finger) in the comic book realm.

Tref · 10-10-2007, 03:20 PM

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 10-10-2007, 05:56 PM

Of course those images were printed in the late 50's early 60's when it was a more innocent time.

3894 · 10-12-2007, 08:49 AM

Something for Batman and Robin to look into.

JWBear · 10-12-2007, 09:29 AM

Very sad.

mousepod · 10-12-2007, 09:44 AM

Fred Wertham famously attacked Batman and Robin's sexuality in "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954. 11 years later, Jules Feiffer wrote a fantastic commentary on it called "The Great Comic Book Heroes" - definitely worth reading.

Tref · 10-12-2007, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Fred Wertham famously attacked Batman and Robin's sexuality in "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954. 11 years later, Jules Feiffer wrote a fantastic commentary on it called "The Great Comic Book Heroes" - definitely worth reading.

Fred Wertham would later go on to attack his own sexuality, which he declared to be "depraved and sick." In the 1960s Wertham tried unsuccessfully to have himself banned from bookstores & I-5 rest stops, but could only go so far as to get his library card revoked. Nevertheless, this thread was supposed to be about the Harper's article, which I thought was pretty fascinating. The cartoon was a nice bonus after doing a search on Google.

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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	You Decide! Should Batman Tell Robin? Should Batman do the right thing? You decide! Pow! Kapow! Tweet! A list of homosexual comic-book characters and their fates from Harper's Magazine To the Batcloset! __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?! Last edited by Tref : 10-10-2007 at 03:03 PM. Reason: Good touch, bat touch
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No. Don't ask don't tell is the rule of thumb (or whichever finger) in the comic book realm.
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Batman has no time for dames! __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Of course those images were printed in the late 50's early 60's when it was a more innocent time.
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Something for Batman and Robin to look into. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Fred Wertham famously attacked Batman and Robin's sexuality in "Seduction of the Innocent" in 1954. 11 years later, Jules Feiffer wrote a fantastic commentary on it called "The Great Comic Book Heroes" - definitely worth reading. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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