Gays and lesbians may still be lamenting the passage of Prop 8, the measure that re-bans gay marriage here in California, but Stan Lee is offering them a bone (figuratively of course) to help: a gay superhero. Variety reports that Lee, who seems busier now than he’s ever been, is going to produce a gay superhero TV show for Showtime. Lee and his Pow! Entertainment Preseident / CEO, Gill Champion, are set to executive produce an as-yet-untitled gay superhero show to be based on the book, Hero by Perry Moore. The show will be based on Thom Creed, an “up-and-coming superhero who struggles to hide his secret identities.”
Moore said that he wrote the book after being upset by a Marvel comic, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse in 2005 where Wolverine killed Northstar, a prominent gay superhero. Moore felt that it sent the wrong message to have one of the most prominent Marvel superheroes kill a gay character. Moore also had issues with the retconning of gay, lesbian or bisexual characters to make them hetero to be more acceptable.
Hero has received mixed reviews, with Publishers Weekly praising the subject matter, but that “the novel misses its mark, with an abundance of two-dimensional
characters and contrived situations. … While some may be glad to see
a gay hero come out of the closet just in time to save the world,
others may wish the situations felt less clichéd.” Neverminding all the obvious spandex jokes, it’ll be interesting to see if the show goes so far as to depict some of the more risque elements to the book, such as Thom Creed masturbating to internt porn.
No word on whether or not Joel Schumacher will be consulting on the superhero costume.
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I'll bring out my inner nerd and point out the Wolverine killed Northstar in his series when he brainwashed by hydra. Only to resurrected a two issues later as somewhat of a badass. That said Northstar is lame superhero who's only claim to fame is his sexual orientation. If you want to root gay superheroes at least do it for Midnighter and Apollo they kick ass and are married.
When I read the headline I was scared that Steve Martin was gonna "reinterpret" Gomer Pyle. Thanks for not being that, article.
He should make Wolverine gay and do a musical.
"The claws that go further". THE MUSICAL.
WHere is that screenshot from, it's hilarious.
Hrrm. I know I'm calling myself out Nerd Style, but the book where Wolverine kills Northstar is definetely NOT Age of Apocalypse, which came out back in the 90s, but rather Wolverine: Enemy of the State. Not that it matters AT ALL, but hey, I'm bored.
Wow does Perry Moore even READ comics? They made Northstar gay orignially JUST TO SELL COMICS. He has always been a lame character and they wanted to make him more interesting. Didn't work. They killed him off in Enemy of the State not because he was gay, idiot, but because he was LAME. Perry Moore you were a huge Northstar fan when Apollo and Midnighter have done more for Gay Superheroes (all what 12 of them?) then your response ever will.
Joe Uman: That's the Ambigously Gay Duo from SNL's little TV Funhouse features. Voiced by Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert if I remember correctly.
Also, kudos on the Schumacher dig. BAH-ZING!!
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