In the book he agrees to go on a date with a male character named Bernard Dowd. After years of speculation, DC Comics is making it. Superhero Robin, a.k.a Tim Drake, came out as bisexual in the latest installment of DC Comics Batman: Urban Legends. The Tim Drake character is also getting some live action play. 06:18 The Week Batman’s sidekick Robin comes out as bisexual Batman and Robin’s sexuality has been debated and joked about for decades. of prime time programming on the major broadcast networks are gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The sexual orientation of the Tim Drake version of Robin was revealed in the latest issue of 'Batman: Urban. Batman’s sidekick Robin has come out as bisexual in a new comic. Tim Drake finally coming out is so inspiring, DC never wanted a queer Robin but after years and years of campaigning from writers and fans it finally happenedĪ big thank you to Meghan Fitzmartin, Belén Ortega and Alejandro Sánchez for making this moment so beautiful ❤️ /xb5YugEYd9 Batman and his sidekick Robin both dressed in unusual ways. Batman's longtime superhero sidekick, Robin, has come out as bisexual. Director Joel Schumacher also famously seemed to toy with the idea in his films Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997). According to a deep-dive into the topic by Slate, an anti-comics psychiatrist even testified before a Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1954, slamming the Batman comics as “a wish-dream of two homosexuals living together.” Occasionally, Batman comic writers seemed to slyly embrace the idea of Robin being gay, even as DC Comics officially maintained the character was straight. The question of The Boy Wonder’s sexuality goes back to the introduction of the character, with Batman’s ward frequently being the target of innuendos and jokes.

I don’t think he has the language for it all… yet.” However, Tim is still figuring himself out. “To be clear, his feelings for Stephanie have been/are 100 percent real, as are his feelings for Bernard. “I wanted to pay tribute to the fact that sexuality is a journey,” Fitzmartin said. Robin is the alias of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The comic’s writer, Meghan Fitzman, told Polygon that they’re deliberately not putting a label on the character’s feelings as of yet. The story will resume with the next issue coming in December and marks the first time the Caped Crusader’s sidekick has come out since the character was introduced in 1940. 'Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)

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