5/9/2023 0 Comments Batwoman by Greg Rucka![]() All of these wonderful toys are provided by her army colonel father, an incredibly charming character whose bond with Kane becomes the most moving element of this tale. Que cape and cowl, plenty of gadgets and a secret bunker under her house. The military’s altogether stupid and embarrassing policy regarding “homosexual conduct” ended her career but opened the way for her to find a new one. Suffering through standard issue superhero childhood trauma (with a twist), Kate Kane hoped to find fulfillment in the army and came close with a sterling career at West Point. Only tangentially connected to the Batman mythos, Kate Kane’s story holds in tension all the themes of identity, trauma and vengeance that are at the dark heart of the Dark Knight narrative. ![]() The reinvention of the modern Batwoman has been a major achievement. ![]() (Rather ironic, given her current incarnation, don’t you think?) Her character, Kathy Kane, was meant to be a romantic interest for Batman and to counter claims by early ’50s comic book critics that Batman and Robin’s relationship had homoerotic overtones. Not many superheroes get headlines in the mainstream press like “The red-headed lesbian is unleashed at last” or “Holy Lipstick Lesbian!” DC comics’ new incarnation of Batwoman has garnered both praise as a compelling character and wholly predictable criticism from homophobic culture warriors.īatwoman first appeared in Detective Comics #233 in 1954. ![]()
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