Tim Drake isn’t the first person in the Batman universe to represent as a member of the LGBTQ community. The moment that a Robin, any Robin, but particularly a Robin with history and legacy and now decades of queer-coded readings under his utility belt, was allowed to be the queer icon he’s always been.” The moment that queer fans were-not through subtext, and not through permissible ‘point of view’ reading-but unabashedly, textually supported for the first time since Kate Kane was kicked out of West Point. “For a certain, significant portion of Batman readers, the Gotham Outsiders who have always found themselves looking in, it’s a moment which we’ll continue to be talking about, to be celebrating, for years. In fact, that may be underselling it,” wrote Alex Jaffe, a columnist for. The issue concludes with “To be continued in Batman: Urban Legends #10!” After a short exchange, Bernard asks Tim, “Do you want to go on a date with me?” Tim responds, “Yeah … yeah, I think I want that.” But tell him … I wish we could have finished our date.” Bernard is unaware that Tim is in fact the Boy Wonder.Īfter Robin saves the day, we see Tim, out of costume, at Bernard’s front door. Tell him … well, he probably already knows. When Tim dressed as Robin goes to save Bernard, Bernard tells him if he doesn’t make it out, “Tell Tim Drake … he helped me realize my true self. In “Batman: Urban Legends” #6, Drake battles The Chaos Monster who has taken his friend Bernard while they were hanging out. The third Robin, Tim is the one who came out.
BATMAN SIDEKICK ROBIN BISEXUAL SERIES
While there have been many Robins throughout Batman’s more than 80-year history, most will agree there are four main Robins - the original Dick Grayson, who goes on to become Nightwing Jason Todd, who infamously was voted by readers to be murdered by The Joker in the 1980s and came back as Red Hood Tim Drake, who was the first Robin to get his own comic book series and Damian Wayne, biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. For those with a casual knowledge of the world of Batman, the response is probably “of course,” but to those who are longtime super fans the response is most likely “Which one?”
In the latest issue of DC Comics’ anthology “Batman: Urban Legends” #6 Robin comes out as bisexual. After decades of fighting crime and defending Gotham City at Batman’s side, all while having to deal with gay jokes, whispers and innuendos, the Boy Wonder has officially come out of the closet.
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