[Batman]

First Secret Identity - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 1903




First Masked Hero - Zorro - 1919




First Crime Fighter - The Shadow - 1931




First Super-Scientist - Doc Savage - 1933




First Magician-Hero - Mandrake - 1934




First Caped Flying Hero - Dr. Occult - 1935/36




First Skin-Tight-Costumed Hero - The Phantom - 1936




First Super-Strong Hero - Superman - 1938




First Archer Superhero - The Arrow - 1938




First Water-Breathing Superhero - Namor - 1939




First Flame-Powered Superhero - The Original Human Torch - 1939





First Electricity-Powered Superhero - Shock Gibson - 1939




First Shrinking Superhero - Doll Man - 1939




First Speedster - The Original Flash - 1940




First Winged Superhero - Hawkman - 1940




First Patriotic Superhero - The Shield - 1940




First Stretching Superhero - Plastic Man - 1941




First Blind Superhero - Dr. Mid-Nite - 1941

[Stu]

Jesus Christ was the first superhero. Look at all the archetypes!

-Fantastical Origin Story
-Signature look that he's always depicted in
-Superpowers
-His own rogues gallery (The Devil, demons, Herrod, Romans, other Jews)
-His own team (Justice League of Apostles?)
-He's came back from the dead (and even sooner than a lot of other superheroes)
-a weakness (wood and nails)
-like Batman, there's a vague, largely unexplored period of time in his history


Christ Is On Infinite Earth #54
Secrets come out as we begin "Sacrifice"! Jesus has called his team to supper, to tell them what the future holds, but is someone planning to betray the Majestic Messiah?
Written by John, Art and Cover by Leonardo Da Vinci.
2 silver pieces.

[Batman]

Haha. That's awesome. No secret identity, though. It'd be cool if there was:

"Mild-Mannered Carpenter by Day, Moneylender-Busting Messiah by Night!!"

[Stu]

In a comic-themed bible, Revelations would just say:
"THIS ENDS NOW!"

[salmonjunkie]

First openly gay superhero - Northstar




First actual gay superhero - Batman

[Stu]

Man, fuck you. I'm so sick of Batman Is Gay jokes. I mean, no one ever makes such jokes about Green Arrow, the Robin Hood-dressed, Wooden Shaft Obsessed, blonde bearded, gay-marriage legalising, also young male ward adopting guy who went on a road trip with a matching coloured colleague. Called Oliver Queen. Who helped run a florist in the 80s.

[Lucky]

I'm just sick of "Batman is gay" jokes because they're all so damn dated. "Hey, I have a funny caption from an old Batman comic that makes Batman seem gay for Robin! Bet you haven't seen this one 2000 times before if you're on the internet!" I mean, it cracked my ass up when I was 16. I'm over it.

Northstar wasn't the first openly gay hero either. He was the big one and he arguably was the first created gay hero. But he was only OPEN in the '90s. The Watchmen had multiple gay heroes. Mystique and Destiny were gay for awhile. The Defenders had a transgendered member. Superman character Maggie Sawyer's been gay since the '80s. The Flash's ally Pied Piper was out before Northstar.

Northstar was the first openly homosexual regular super hero in a major Marvel publication. Lots of qualifiers.

Hey! Did you ever notice how Batman was an older bachelor whose ward was a young boy who wore stockings and skin tight clothes? A little gay, maybe? Wocka, wocka, wocka!

[Stu]

salmonjunkie said:

First openly gay superhero - Northstar

I just noticed he's miming a blow job there.

[OpTard]

luckylopez said:

Wocka, wocka, wocka!

HA!

[salmonjunkie]

stu said:

Man, fuck you. I'm so sick of Batman Is Gay jokes. I mean, no one ever makes such jokes about Green Arrow, the Robin Hood-dressed, Wooden Shaft Obsessed, blonde bearded, gay-marriage legalising, also young male ward adopting guy who went on a road trip with a matching coloured colleague. Called Oliver Queen. Who helped run a florist in the 80s.

SHEESH! Tough crowd!

I only put up Batman because it's a lot easier to find a dated or fake "Batman is gay" picture online than it is to find a dated or fake "Green Arrow is gay" picture online. Go ahead. Find one. Go on Google, Ask.com, or any other search engine and tell me how long it takes to find a "Green Arrow is gay" picture. I challenge you.

And besides, Green Arrow isn't gay. He's just in touch with his feminine side.

[Stu]

[salmonjunkie]

bah. That's not gay. That's making fun of his own last name. I want references to Ollie and Roy!

[Batman]

This is pretty gay:



" . . . an older man." Hee hee.

[Stu]

And he might seek a substitute for friendship in "junk"!

[Batman]

The other interpretation of the word "junk" did not even occur to me. Ha!

[Stu]

Look what Roy grew up into...

[Stu]