• But the homosexual superhero isn't a new thing? Look at the more recent Question and Batwoman, Hulkling and Asgardian, etc.

• Holy shit, that's real? That exists? I'm gonna buy that. I'm buying that right now.

• This is shocking, since we have it entered into the Congressional Record that Batman and Robin are a pederastic couple. Or at least some psychiatrist in the 50s thought so.

• That was a shot at the Tea party. I am guessing, but its funny.

• Eh, it's okay. I don't actually mind the flamboyant gay colors to be honest, this might be really funny. Plus there's the whole fact that I'm pretty much inured to gay flamboyancy thanks to Jack Harkness from DW/Torchwood.

• Camp I'm okay with, stereotype I'm not. I am not a stereotype fan. Seeing the Titans marching would be interesting as hell, though.

• And then when you absorb too much gay power, you turn into a massive fleshbeast like that thing in Akira and finally you burst with a fiery explosion of body glitter and rainbow-colored tophats. The gaylings then proceed to scavenge the gaysplosion in hopes of magnifying their own power and the cycle begins again.

• I still love you :) It was funny and I didn't sense any malicious will behind it. Gay/athnic jokes are funny as long as it's used in a spirit of good will.

• why? god forbid we have a superhero says, "Fierce!" or the like. It's a step forward for us! Maybe he'll convince the Titans to march in the Pride Parade! :D

• But eye rabu joo, Shilooooo....

• I ate all the other ones.

•  . . . I'm not a fan of yours. In fact I hate you.

• Yes. And when one gay kills another gay we absorb their gayness, fashion sense, sexual prowess, and cattiness. 

• I would love a fashionista type villain! :D "HAHA! I've captured you Batman! And after I've redone your wardrobe and redecorated your cave I will kill you!"

• Is Bunker his code name? I hate when they give names to characters that have nothing to do with their abilities or costume imagery, like Cable or Bishop. Of course if he transforms into a military fortification or sand trap on a golf course I'll just shut my mouth...

• Topless Robot's very own Vanity Smurf,and already blue for Dr. Abraxas next slash-fic. Coincidence? I think not.

• The Chinese don't need superpowers. They're already superhuman. And yes, more diversity is always welcome.

• Wasn't the friendship between Blue Beetle and Kid Devil; and Brainiac 8 and Superman bromantic? 

• We need more Mexican and LGBT characters in maistream comics! Go on Bunker, next step is JLI with Acrata, Iman y Muerto! Or, Justice League of Mexico, why USA, Canada and China have all the superfolks? 

• For all the Mexicans (like me ) and Latinos he looks like he is singing "Vamos Al Noa Noa" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vOD7PawjlU) from Mexican folk music icon Juan Gabriel who is also gay, our other great folk music living icon is Chavela an openly lesbian who's been out since the 50s! La Llorona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpHU58cjzco) Mexican greatest icons are LGBT and our country is adopting gay friendly laws, in Coahuila and Distrito federal they can marry, adopt and acces to medical and social welfare.

• AGAINST anyone, rather. I need sleep.

• I just like to have fun. I don't have anything anyone. :)

• That's why the news depresses me.  It isn't the fact that he's gay, so much as the fact that a major comic company is writing him.

• Hmmmm... Indian Spiderman and the third X-Man called Thunderbird (the other two and the fourth were actually Native American, so I'm not sure if that's worse). That's all I got off the top of my head. And one of them's shoved aside into his own universe.

• Yeah now he wears a hoodie, how hipster gay.

• I became gay through an unfortunate side effect of the HPV vaccine.  Shhh don't tell Bachman.

• So now we have all the all important sexual tendencies of all these characters pinned down..can we get to the graphical dirty, debased (and deviant OC)  side of it all?  'cause now that I know, ain't buying any till we get some <i>fucking</i> on page.

• there there, still better than getting caught white handed, like Rob inside the Tron 2 IMAX megaplace

• Really? He strikes me more as a "America's Next Top Model" guy. XD

• NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! XD

• Yes, though I wouldn't dare admit that in real life. XD Also, I don't know if you should be gay anywhere near me, what with my tendency to kill myself every time Fan Fiction Friday rolls around. I do get resurrected sometime around midnight on Sunday evening though...just in time to catch enough sleep before getting up for work. Yaaaaaaaay. -waves the world's smallest cheer flag un-enthusiastically-

• LOL you keep doing that like we don't see you. there with the Na'Vi dildo. ha, caught blue handed....

• Aaaand backing away. To the door. Veeeery slowly.

• AH, go convert to Islam you coward.

• There can be more than one gay. I assume they don't like sharing the spotlight, though.

• So is being gay like in The Highlander and there can be only one?? Also, who is more gay, McLeod or The Kurgan? *remembers Ramirez's cloak of peacock feathers and pearl earring* Er, nevermind!

• WOOOooooOOOO! /80's sitcom studio audience

• Are you the only Gay in the village?

• no i most certainly am. just read metamorphoses, er skeit and someone who loves me. heck, back in the day i was always criticized for making Tygra gay (and killing him) in many of my tcat fics.

•  . . . you're not gay.  And if you are I'm revoking your citizenship to gay world. You're . . . you're some kind of gay/straight/fanfic hybrid. Ficsexual, perhaps. 

• don't forget about me.

• Naw, he's an NCIS fan.

• RIcky . . . are you gay? :D So you wanna be gay with me?!

•  . . . How the fuck do you think I turned gay? I remember the comic . .  I was reading Batman: A Death in the Family . . . Robin in those little panties . . . mmmmmm :)

•  . . . I lovingly rendered some male cheeks last night :)

• I'M THE ONLY GODDAMN GAY CHARACTER ON TR AND IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN GAY HELL BEFORE I GIVE THAT TITLE UP!!!!!! D:<

• on a side note, however the art looks detailed  O_o which is a reason i will pick it up anyway. if the art was garbage , i wouldnt even give the comic a second thought . (looking at you Mignola, Maduera)

• Bunker ? really Rampage, Rumble, Machete,anything but this name *sheesh* thats all i got O_o for them to steal a name from Mucha Lucha instead, they come up with one name that is sure to get more jokes made (well this shows where the brains of DC is headed, in more ways than one)

• Oh man, I might just have to really put my money where my mouth is, can I place another bet where Bunker's gay lover's sick aunt is about to die, and so gay lover makes a deal with Joe Quesad-er uhhhhh I mean the DC equivalent of the devil and THEN gets Bunker inadvertently retconned out of existence.

• I've been watching a lot of Fox News. Did you know that every day Mexican gays cross our borders and unplug our brain-dead ladies?(When that ep of Simpsons aired, I was watching it with my gay Mexican friend and we all laughed our asses off at that line.)

• Have you seen his incredibly generic superhero costume? I'm sure the writing will be just fine, but the designs make me want to punch myself in the head for looking at them. Between this and Midnighter's spikes, I'm wondering if anyone at DC has ever met a gay man or are basing all their designs on a Pride Parade they watched while drunk. I'm not real pleased that Archie Comics is marrying off their one gay character so quickly. It stinks of trying to be topical. Whatever, I'm still not reading it.

• Scroll up (or Down if you set the comments on "Newest First"), and you'll see you have nothing to worry about, Guest. ... Unless, of course, if you're a dude. Mmmmm.... -winks- XD

• Um who was complaining? I like the tunic and briefs look...  here are some real gay superheroes! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/25/superheroes-come-out-of-the-closet_n_906716.html#s313913&title=Gay_Comic_Artist  

• I could never do that since: 1. Too shy 2. Too fat. XD

• YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES!! XD

• Into an even gayer one, you mean.

• He looks more like a  comedian for me, it is not a heroic image in my mind.

• I know, right? I can just hear them scream now: "MY EYESS!!!! IT BURNSSSSSS!!" XD

• Mmmm...you just described one of my fetishes, Shilo. XD

• Virgil Hawkins

• Yeah, Doc Braxy! Haven't you noticed these limp wrist swishes of mine? And what's more, I'm even edgier, because I'm a SUICIDAL foreign IMMORTAL gay character! Suck it, DC and Marvel! XD

• OH U! XD

• That is soooo Raven! 

• Agreed! Though perhaps it's not as much the fault of the writers as it is their management. And let's not forget the fanboys.  Hoo boy, the fanboys! XD I remembered some time ago I was involved in an argument with one such person right here on TR in the Ultimate Spider-Man thread. Not only is he a devout True Believer, he's also racist. What a fun conversation THAT was! Anyway, I believe writers can get away with so much more if the Editors and Management of the companies would back them up for even just a little bit, ignore the fanboys for just a little while, and let a good story shine. The sooner they realize they're in the business of "storytelling" and not "pleasing fanboys", the better off they'll be.

• IIRC, she's 15.  Or something.

• You sir, have just won the internet! XD

• Who is secretly a puppy. Everybody would feel sorry for a gay black russian jew hermaphroditic cripple ADHD conjoined twin puppies.

• You're talking about comic writers here, dude. One who is probably out of touch with reality, to boot. That's like asking a KKK member to be considerate with all the races: not gonna happen.

• I'm waiting for a gay villian kinda based on Randy Fenoli from Say Yes To The Dress.

• You forgot to mention Anole from the X-Men. But yeah, DC had a lot on their plate if "diversity" in character is what they're after.  I'm still waiting for an Indian superhero though. Not Native American, but a dude/lady from India.

• Tell that to DC. Publicity stunts seemed to be the only thing they do to make money these days.

• I got $200 dollars here that says something involving a chair, some rope, a crowbar and several cases of C4. And a clown. Everybody loves clowns.

• I love you. Have my babies. XD

• I KNEW IT!! I KNEW DAMIEN WAS GAY!! XD

• I'm betting that just to increase sales, they're going to do them both in. At the same time. In a sexually compromising pose, to boot. Then they can introduce new whitebread CSI-type characters. Because everybody knows crime scene investigation is where the money's at these days. Also, they might justify "returning to their roots" as "Detective Comics". At which point I will retch in disgust.

• Which makes it even sadder if after all the buzz and controversy, DC reveal the real purpose of creating this guy: tearjerker bait for yet another tragic death. -sigh- Wonderful, Detective Comics. Simply wonderful.

• Oh HELL YES please! The Superhero comic biz reaaaaally could use an entire fashion makeover. I mean, hasn't anyone told Cable that belts and pouches are sooo 1990s? Ugh! Better get Gunn over to Marvel HQ before they make the same fashion disaster in that December 2011 Cable event dealie thingie.

• I know right, dah-ling? That shirt is just garish. And that vest! Ugh!

• Maybe that's his code-name, like "Hawkeye"? Oh God, please let it be his code-name!

• Now I want to create my own superhero. A cisgender, half alien, half Asian, asexual, disabled superhero. Just to top them all.

• Still no faith that they could create an original minority character that could stand on it's own without a previously established hit character name attached. It's weak writing and proof that they don't think the new character could possibly develop a following on the new character's own merits.

• There's a Blaxican Spiderman now? ...Okay.

• FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU-- One step forward, a triple somersault back.

• Heterosexuality. Breeders = Straight people

• Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to name that guy "Bunkhim"?<br><br>*crickets*<br>br>Sorry that's all I got, and even then it was a reach.

• You mean like this: http://www.fabsugar.com/Tim-Gunn-Stars-Marvel-Fashion-Comic-Models-Inc-3177580

• Or Galactus. Or Magneto.

•  I heard Wonder Woman has a huge gay fanbase. Which is funny, because let' s face it: most of the time Wonder Woman isn't THAT gay. See, that's the thing about pandering. You can't just assume people who are gay will like a character just because he's gay.

•  But you miss the point. They're not AS gay as this guy. He is, like, the gay superhero. They stopped short of calling him Gayman and giving him the power of being gay. None of the characters you mentioned LOOK gay. This guy's the gayest gay who ever gayed.  But if we're gonna get into that old debate... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Fatal Who's mo' progressive about their power fantasies now, byatch*? *Sorry!

•  He's not fat enough.

• Wait, which movie was Rictor in? Well, surely he must have been on the news? No? I'm sorry. It's not who crosses the Atlantic first. It's who has more fingers pointing in amazement.

• Put me down on "gory death to show stuff has consequences and that comics are mashure"!

• Why? It was a pretty good idea, actually.

•  My money's on Marvel. As a new pandery character, Bunker can slowly slide under the radar and die in years when barely anyone remembers. But Miguel is a LEGACY MINORITY. The most killable of all comic book characters. The only question is whether he will die AS Peter comes back or shortly after so.

• It can't die fast enough. The fauxhawk is vile.

• I could stand to see more of that. Yes.

• Pfft, Marvel already had a gay Mexican on one of their teen teams

• He's a skrull. ...wait, wrong publisher.

• Get that Tim Gun guy from project runway into comics. His superpower will be makeovers delivered with amused condescension. 

• I have no objections to the character but what is with the generic name? Bunker? Does that sound like a name that a hip, Mexican teen would name himself? Is part of his character that he's an ironic hipster who obsesses about 70's sitcoms? Not that the usual OMG I'm ethnic! name like "El Pollo Loco" would have been better, but it's one of those names that just shouts "We can't think of a name that hasn't been used yet."

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