Lgbt Superheroes - Sailor Starlights, Northstar, Promethea, Batwoman, Hercules, Brainiac 5, Anole, Sailor Uranus, Starman, Princess Knight (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 130. Chapters: Sailor Starlights, Northstar, Promethea, Batwoman, Hercules, Brainiac 5, Anole, Sailor Uranus, Starman, Princess Knight, Rictor, Karma, Moondragon, Wiccan, Sailor Neptune, Renee Montoya, Shatterstar, Midnighter, Obsidian, Apollo, Gear, Jenny Sparks, Karolina Dean, Ayla Ranzz, Hulkling, Xavin, Zsazsa Zaturnnah, The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Salu Digby, Holly Robinson, Phyla-Vell, Tasmanian Devil, Jackpot, Mariko Yashida, Pied Piper, Doop, Invisible Kid, Icemaiden, Flatman, Element Lad, Hero, Comet, Tefe Holland, Achilles Warkiller, Graymalkin, Thunder, Sarah Rainmaker, Grace Choi, Vivisector, Living Lightning, Chemical King, Swift, Bling, Anima, Inertia, Painkiller Jane, Savant, Peter "Sting" Stanchek, Creote, Extrano, Josiah Power, Coagula, Off-Ramp, Hero Cruz, Destroyer, Bloke, Heroes, Hector, Thomas Jagger. Excerpt: Batwoman (originally referred to as the Bat-Woman) is the name of two fictional characters, female counterparts to the superhero Batman. The original version was created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media beginning in Detective Comics #233 (1956). The character was introduced as a love interest for Batman to disprove allegations of homosexuality in response to the backlash from the book Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Although Batwoman made a number of appearances during the late 1950s and early 1960s, declining sales of both Batman and Detective Comics led to the editorial retirement of the character. When Julius Schwartz became editor of the Batman-related comic books in 1964, he removed non-essential characters including Batwoman, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite, and Bat-Hound. Later, the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths retroactively established that Batwoman has never existed, though her alter ego Kathy Kane continued to be...