After being allowed the freedom to revamp their entire line of comic books early this year, DC Comics has created a new character named Bunker who also happens to be gay. The character has joined forces with the Teen Titans supergroup.
Here's what Teen Titans writer Scott Lobdell had to say about the creation of Bunker:
His real name is Miguel Jose Barragan. He was raised in a very small Mexican village called El Chilar. He was very loved by his family and the village as well — and they were as accepting of his homosexuality as they were to his super powers when they first manifested. To that end he grew up in an angst-free environment. He was born out of the closet and so he has a very refreshing outlook on life.
Teen Titans artist Brett Booth also added that Bunker (whose power appears to be have something to do with pink armor) was created to be flamboyant from the get-go:
We wanted to show an interesting character who’s homosexuality is part of him, not something that’s hidden. Sure they are gay people who you wouldn’t know are gay right off the bat, but there are others who are a more flamboyant, and we thought it would be nice to actually see them portrayed in comics. Did we go over the top, I don’t think so.
Bunker joins a list of other openly gay superheroes such as Northstar, gay couple Wiccan and Hulkling, Obsidian, Shatterstar and his boyfriend Rictor, Apollo and Midnighter. While I am not feeling a lame ass name like Bunker being attached to a superhero (gay or otherwise), I'm glad we're making some strides in the right direction as far as including more superheroes who love the same sex especially gay men of color.
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