What bothers me is taking an existing character (from the 40's!!)and making him gay to what seems to me to pander to what DC thinks the homosexual consensus would like to see.In my opinion I think if I were looking for equality in comic book characters I would appreciate a newly created gay character,as opposed to this type of stunt.Marvel is marrying Northstar and his boyfriend in a issue soon,and I have no real issue with it,despite the fact that it is also being sensational for it's own sake(to a point).At least Northstar is a longtime Z list character who came out of the closet about ten years ago,and in todays day and age,marriage is the next logical step.And the major difference between Alan and Northstar is that Northstar really needed an additional little oomph to beef up his character.Alan,despite being a younger,different version from the old DC timeline could have grown into his own character without this.This move seems reactionary on all cylinders,to Marvel,and to what they think will please the masses.
I am not going forward in buying or reading Earth-2,the series that stars Alan Scott.I'm not doing it for hatred of difference but as a show of no support for the carelessness with which DC has shown a CLASSIC character.There is no need to reintroduce anyone as gay or black or Native American to appease anyone.Just do what you should do and CREATE new characters with these traits,leave mine alone.
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