So, last week I looked at the characters leading the charge of gay rights and representation in comics, and I heavily involved Apollo and the Midnighter in that. I praised the gay marriage and relationship the pair had, and I queried what may be to come as the pair find themselves part of the new DC Universe. Well, it would seem that some of our questions are answered now. Or at the very least, we have a little more info. Sadly, that info is a bit of a mixed bag.

Dan Didio was recently interviewed by Advocate, an LGBTQ news magazine and website, looking at diversity within the DCnU, with obviously a queer bent. The topic of Apollo and the Midnighter and their gay marriage came up, which is when Didio said this:

“The only thing that we discussed long and hard was the idea of where those characters would be in relation to their [own] relationship. Because they had an established relationship in the stories that were being told within the Wildstorm universe—and this is the first time they’re being seen in the DC Universe—we wanted to build them from scratch and watch an emerging relationship between these two characters. So in this particular case, Apollo is much more out and much more comfortable with himself [while] Midnighter is naturally a little more repressed.”

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And so, my look at the best actors to have ever played our favourite superheroes continues with Marvel’s webbed wonder, Spider-Man.

There have actually only been two live action Spider-Men, with Nicholas Hammond taking the role in a 1970s TV series, and Tobey Maguire in the recent films. Andrew Garfield doesn’t count as no one’s seen his film yet. Though that didn’t stop him coming in second place when I asked the public who people’s favourite Spidey is. Top of the public vote? That was Tobey Maguire. But is he my favourite?

No.

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