In the most recent issue ofBatman: Urban Legends, a new chapter for Tim Drake, also known as Robin, unfolds when it’s revealed he’s bisexual.
The sweet moment has been building for a couple of issues.
“Tim Drake… do you want to go on a date with me?” Bernard asks, per the outlet.
“Yeah… Yeah, I think I want that,” Tim replies.
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“Tim Drake is in the den of the Chaos Monsters with the other kidnapped teenagers of Gotham City. In order to free himself and the other teens, Tim will have to embrace help from his friend Bernard and hear something about himself he never knew,“reads the description ofUrban Legends#6. “A brand-new chapter of Tim Drake’s life starts here, and you won’t want to miss it!”
The story creators are happy they can help share this pivotal story development with fans.
“My goal in writing has been and will always be to show just how much God loves you. You are so incredibly loved and important and seen,” writerMeghan Fitzmartin tweeted on Aug. 10, tied to the reveal. “Forever grateful to be trusted with Tim Drake and his story and honored to work with the amazingly talented [artist Belén Ortega] and [colorist Alejandro Sánchez].”
“Every character has to carry the weight of everyone’s expectations, because there just aren’t enough characters to represent a diverse range of desires and experiences,” he wrote, per theTimes. “We need to get from some to enough. And really, we’ll know we’ve achieved success when Captain America can have a boyfriend, and Wonder Woman can have a girlfriend. For queer representation in superhero comics, that’s what success looks like.”
source: people.com
