Vixen: Another LGBTQI+ character enters the DC Comics universe!
First Superman, Robin and now Vixen! Another Justice League member has come out as queer in the DC Comic series and she is in a relationship.
Vixen, who features in the DC comic, Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour, came out in the fourth issue. Her character is significant as it shows two black women in love, which is rare to see in the media.
‘HARLEY QUINN: THE EAT. BANG! KILL. TOUR’
Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour is a comic series based on the Harley Quinn animated series streaming on HBO Max. The comic series, written by Tee Franklin, follows Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy on a road trip.
The pair run into some obstacles along the way like running from Commissioner James Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department.
The comic series was officially launched digitally on 3 August 2021 and currently has six issues.
Writer Tee Franklin celebrated the comic series becoming the number one best-selling comic on Amazon.
VIXEN TAKES CENTRE STAGE
Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill! Tour first introduced Vixen in issue number four. According to Out Magazine, Vixen entered a limousine with her girlfriend Elle and channeled the powers of a giraffe with a 53cm tongue.
In the sixth issue of the comic series, Vixen and Elle are helping Ivy rescue Harley Quinn after she was kidnapped by Mephitic, a toxic sludge supervillain.
Vixen and Elle are also two black women in the comic series, which is rare to find in media. Elle is disabled and only has one leg. She uses crutches to help her get around.
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Writer Tom Taylor said: “everyone needs heroes and everyone deserves to see themselves in their heroes and I’m very grateful DC and Warner Bros share this idea.”
Batman’s sidekick Robin came out as bisexual after telling his friend Bernard how he really felt about him. The news was met with some mixed reactions while others praised the move.
