I have never been more excited for a patron request than when I got “evil drunk Superman from Superman III”.
14. Hercules
Hercules! ‘Nuff Said.
13. Union Jack
Apparently the WWII 2nd version of Union Jack was gay (his lover was the character known as Destroyer. Jokes at your own risk). But I’ll be honest, while researching this, all I wanted to do was go back and re-read Paul Grist’s masterful Jack Staff series.
12. Shatterstar
Not sure whether Shatterstar is bi or gay, but I do remember Rob Liefeld flipping his shit when Peter David put him in a relationship with Rictor in the pages of X-Factor, and that is enough to actually make me like this character now.
11. John Constantine
John is canonically bi, but I’ve always felt he’s more of an “anything that moves” kinda guy, so don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to him.
John is still the greatest comic character ever formed and I miss the original Hellblazer a lot.
10. Anole
I read Skottie Young’s run on New X-Men 100 million years ago. The only things I really remembered were that Pixie and Anole were the two standout characters, and I honestly couldn’t say why. My memory is awful. Um… Anole looks cool and was kinda fun to draw.
9. The Question
So there’s usually a backlash against “legacy” characters. New faces behind the masks of established characters, particularly when those newer characters could be derogatorily labeled as “diversity hires” of sorts. For me, the only one I dismiss is Jaime Reyes as Blue Beetle, but just because Ted Kord got ground into the fucking dirt in order to make that happen. Not in my household, friends.
I do truly think the best one has been Renee Montoya taking over as The Question. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Vic Sage version (in most iterations), but I thought the transfer of the mantle was done brilliantly and deftly. The most disappointing part about it is that Renee really never got to shine in the role, and… um… does she even exist now? Even as just Renee Montoya, GCPD? I know she was in the Birds of Prey movie, but that’s not comics, which is all I care about (seriously, I think I’m done with live-action superheroes. But that’s a rant for another day).
Patreon Reward: Pippi Longstocking
I asked the patron if she’d be okay if I made it weird and creepy. I hope I pulled it off.
8. Batwoman
I honestly don’t have a ton to say.
