Just Imagine Stan Lee's Batwoman

As Gay Pride Month kicks off, the big news for comics geeks is that Batwoman will be returning to the DC Universe... as a lesbian. What caught my attention in all of the articles about it is DC's description of the character: "Lesbian socialite by night and a crime fighter by later in the night." Clever. Now, where have I heard that before? Oh yeah. The tagline for Stan Lee's animated series, Stripperella (top right): "Stipper by night. Superhero by even later in the night." Oh well, if you're going to steal, steal from The Man.

Anyway, Kathy Kane (Batwoman's secret identity) is set to return in the weekly DC comic 52 as the lesbian lover of former Gotham City police detective Renee Montaya (pictured top left, from the cover of 52 Week 4). Now see, that's what's cool about lesbian superheroines. While male comic geeks can never hope to understand heterosexual females, they at least feel closer to the homosexual ones because they share the same taste in women. For example, Batwoman clearly likes getting her girlfriend to dress up as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and what geek can't identify with that?