SuperQueeros! for August 9, 2017

School's back in and that means everyone is back on the job, including out favorite...  SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!



Justice League Of America #12
The team heads to the Microverse to help Ryan Choi save Ray Palmer! That's 100% more Rays! Plus, one of those rays gets to cuddle with a super-engineer with great hair and a cool name!

Suicide Squad #23
It's the rematch you knew had to happen: the Suicide Squad has been ordered to take down the JLA! It's Ray vs Harley vs Killer Frost!

Harley Quinn #25
In her anniversary issue, Harley and friends celebrate Sy Borgman's birthday!

Batgirl And The Birds Of Prey #13
Catwoman and Poison Ivy team up with the Birds. Is this title becoming the Jailbirds of Prey?!

Wicked & Divine #30
Dionysus is awesome and the darkness is ever-present.

Adventure Time #67
The hot air balloon race around the world continues!

SuperQueeros! for June 1, 2016

To ring in the start of summer and the debut of the new Rebirth Universe, we get... almost no queers. Luckily, one title is jam-packed with SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!

DC Comics Bombshells #14

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy take on the Joker's Daughter in Berlin while Zatanna and Constantine struggle to survive without magic! All that and Mera too!

Deadpool #13

I do flip flop on whether Deadpool should be tracked in this column, but this week there aren't many other comic book queers to need the spotlight. Therefore, DP can have his moment to shine.

Civil War II #1

The only other comic to have some queers is the Marvel blockbuster. It only makes the list because I can spot some queer superheroes in its GIANT splash page. Don't expect Hulkling to get any lines, but if you're a strict completist then go ahead and pick this one up.

SuperQueeros! for May 18th, 2016

Civil War II is right around the corner! Let's see what gearing up for that fight looks like for... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!

Jughead #6

Like Captain Marvel against Iron Man, Jughead finally takes on Principal Stanger! Head to head, mano a mano, young man vs The Man! But can our asexual avenger win against the principal of all of Riverdale High? 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #27

With the faeries, the military, and the Magic Council all engaged in a civil war against Willow, Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies, will the team have enough resources to traverse the dimensional boundaries and save Dawn and Xander?

Lumberjanes Corner!

First, in Lumberjanes #26, Jen is in charge of the camp! Then, in Lumberjanes Special Axe Tale 2016 #1, Jen tells the 'janes a story about a serial axe murderer and Mal starts taking the story a little too seriously... or is it perceptively?

Xena Warrior Princess #2

Xena and Gabrielle vs the Harpies continues. But what variable haven't they accounted for? And will their oversight spell doom for Gabrielle?

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #5

Like a gaggle of Stepford Cuckoos, Ivy's children are all grown up! But now that they are alive, who will have to die? And will Ivy stand in their way, or fight on their side?

Harley Quinn #28

Harley continues her battle with Redtool! But can she win against a foe with just as much deranged chutzpah as her?

SuperQueeros! for April 20th, 2016

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Batwoman! Kate Kane is back, along with a cavalcade of other... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!

Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five #8

Harley starts to gather together some like-minded maniacs, but her Joker jubilee is cut short by the timely arrival of Batwoman!

Lumberjanes #25

Happy anniversary to one of the best books on the stand today! And to celebrate it's an oversized issue! Can Jen make camp perfect for the High Council even though all the kittens have superpowers now?

Extraordinary X-Men #9

How did Colossus, Anole, Glob, Ernst, and No Girl become the post-apocalyptic adults we met last month? Find out as issue nine fills in the blanks and shows us the bildungsroman of Victor Borkowski!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #26

Buffy is angry and her team is falling apart! Sounds like a recipe for dramatic mistakes.

Harley's Little Black Book #3

Harley teams-up with Zatanna to bust the ghosts that have taken up residence in her house!

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #4

Ivy enlists the help of Catwoman to help stem the rising body count! Can the world's best jewel thief help it's preeminent botanist clear the name of her mutant plant/human hybrid children?

SuperQueeros! for February 17, 2016

The love continues this week as we continue to get a cavalcade of 'queeros! SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!

Archie #6

Now that Jughead came out as asexual in last week's Jughead #4, there's nary a comic in the New Archie-verse that isn't queer inclusive! Speaking of Jughead, you can catch him in issue #6 of Archie's comic as he continues to have a big fight with his best friend. :_(

Bitch Planet #7

And speaking of queer titles that flew under my radar, Kelly Sue DeConnick's excellently titled "Bitch Planet" sees the arrival of a new character on the women's prison planet.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #24

Discord is the name of the game this issue as the team's interpersonal feuds and personal lives start moving the Scoobies away from each other and away from the Mistress' trail.

Poison Ivy Cycle Of Life And Death #2

Just as P.I. has a break through in her research, her one supporter at the Gotham Gardens is murdered! Can Ivy being the prime suspect in a navigate a murder investigation while also focusing on her latest experiment?

Rachel Rising #40

Finally! Jet and Earl discover Dr. Siemen's wife!

Lumberjanes #23

Molly learns about lycanthropy while the rest of the crew go to save a boat!

Harley Quinn #25

It's here! Harley takes on the Joker in her solo title!

Secret Six #11

Now that Black Alice is a little blacker and magic is, for the moment, saved in the DCU, it's time for Strix to take center stage!

Extraordinary X-Men #7

Iceman and the away team are confronting the raging flames of Sunfire in Weirdworld, while Jean and Storm are chasing after Nightcrawler's sanity in Limbo! Man, X-Men really knows how to include every genre in a single story.

Wonder Woman #49

Ares and Apollo are back! Will Diana remain God of War? Will she need to bring the pain on her newly reborn cousins?

Deadpool and Cable Split Second #3

Now that you've seen how the Deadpool cinematic saga begins, find out how this miniseries ends. If it's with Nathan and Wade locking lips, I will feel so vindicated for including them in this round up.

SuperQueeros! for January 20th, 2016

Both headliners and team players abound this week! There's a cornucopia of... SuperQueeros: all that's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer in comics today!

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #1

Ivy gets her own limited series and it starts this week! Aiming to use her green thumb for the good of science, Ivy plants herself into the Gotham Botanical Gardens' research division. But when a coworker is buried six feet under, Ivy will need to start digging if she wants to get to the root of the mysterious murder!

Lumberjanes #22

The 'janes team up with the Bear Woman to take down the selkies!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #23

Andrew must betray Buffy and the gang if he wants the goods offered by The Sculptor. Will Andrew return to his villainous ways?

Batgirl #47

As Babs' mind slips away, her friends gather around her. Is this the end of Batgirl?

Harley Quinn #24

Harley busts her way through Arkham. 'Nuff said!

Secret Six #10

The conflict with the Elder Gods comes to a head! Will Black Alice and the gang be able to save magic in the DCU?

Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #2

Now that Patsy has a business plan, a new gay roommate (and sidekick), and her own solo title, it's time for her to get... rent money!

Rachel Rising #39

Rachel and Malus face off!

Uncanny X-Men #2

Mystique takes the cover and joins the team!

Wonder Woman Corner: In Wonder Woman #48, Diana, God of War, must do battle with... a sick toddler! Plus, the nine issue miniseries Legend of Wonder Woman launches with issue #1!

Deadpool Corner: Reprints of Deadpool's old solo series issues continue this week with True Believers Groovy, Meaty, and Wedding of Deadpool!

SuperQueeros! for August 24th, 2011

Slim pickings this week, and a lot of the books are good-byes before the relaunch. So it's tears today, but next week is Justice League #1!!!

Daken: Dark Wolverine #13

Moon Knight guests in this issue on a mission from Wolverine and the Avengers! Meanwhile, Daken continues to make his bid for control of L.A., but given how well his last plan went, and that there's now an Avenger in town, how will Daken's plan change to accommodate his new obstacles? Given that Moon Knight's pilot was/is gay (where is he these days anyway?) it'd be cool if they could work a homo angle. But if they don't at least we'll get some awesome and twist-y psychology-followed-by-action!

Wonder Woman #614

The last Wonder Woman before the re-launch! It'll be interesting to see what kind of meta discussion will go on in this issue. Wonder Woman isn't disappearing, but she's changing again. This story has been all about change, though, so it's thematically on point to talk about it. The last few issues have all been about what essential characteristics makes Diana Wonder Woman; the conclusions drawn in this issue will probably show the direction for next month's number one! #excited

Gotham City Sirens #26

Of all the titles ending because of the re-launch, this one has a unique situation: all three of its protagonists are continuing on as prominent characters in three different titles. And with the re-launch affecting the Bat-verse so spottily, where will this issue take the team and the characters themselves? The cover shows us that the past two years has changed each woman for good (if not for the better [Sorry, I couldn't help it!]), but the big question, as usual, is will these character changes carry into September? #greatseries #greatcover

SuperQueeros! for July 27th, 2011

Ladeez Week! Karma and the ambiguously lesbian women of the DCU grace your local comic book store this week, and I'm looking forward to all three books!

New Mutants #28

Karma is back on the team!!!! So it looks like that whole "New Team!" mumbo jumbo that the solicits were spouting at the beginning of this last storyline were just that: gibberish. The team hasn't changed, we just have an stationary unit and a mobile unit. Unsurprisingly, Karma is in the stationary set. But that means that she's one of the five New Mutants featured this week! Woo!!! Also, Dani brings in a psychologist to help Nate deal with being a reasonable not-Gary-Stu. Sweet!

Wonder Woman #613

It's the second to last Wonder Woman comic before the DCnU and this month we get New Wondy versus Classic Wondy (who we all know is Nemesis in disguise because we all read this book, riiiiight?)! Anyway, I'm excited for this storyline to resolve and usher in a new, awesome-r era of the Wonder Woman mythology. Hopefully we'll get some ability-to-alter-costume into the new power set/status quo. Because sometimes you want to wear star-spangled Spanx, and sometimes you don't!

Gotham City Sirens #25

The second to last issue of this dream team-up!!! Honestly, this is one of the few books that I think is being wronged by the re-launch. Batman has always had mind-warping villains, and these three ladies are in Gotham City's top ten. But the solicits promise that we won't be disappointed: the secret that's been haunting this little family for over two years is going to finally come to light! And you know how much smashing it takes to break down the walls around a secret! #lookingforwardtosmashing

SuperQueeros! for July 29th, 2011

It's ladies week, DC week, and the week that we learn that everything ends ...unless it doesn't! With DCnU on the horizon it looks like some storylines got a little bit... extended:

Wonder Woman #612

It's the end of the Wonder Woman reboot! ...Except that it continues for the next two months after this. Clearly the DCnU shake up is going to use New Wonder Woman (it's basically doing for the rest of the DCU what JMS did for Diana a year ago. What a trend-setting hipster... ;) ), so she's got to drag her feet until the rest of the world catches up with her. As a result i have no idea what's supposed to happen in this issue. It's billed as The Ultimate End in solicits, but next month pits Old Wondie vs. New Wondie and the month after that shows a victorious New Wonder Woman on the cover. So we know where all this is headed, but who the villain is, why the JMS-reboot happened... these are all questions that will soon be answered! Finally!!!

Batman Incorporated #7

More Batwoman! Morrison's Batwoman is a lot more happy-go-lucky than Rucka's, but I like that she gets to cut loose in BI, since she'll be going up against ghosts and angst when her solo title starts this fall. This month sees Kate teaming up with the Hood and sees me buying this issue of BI and any previous months that have included the read-headed righter of wrongs and managed to fly under my radar!

Gotham City Sirens #23

The end of this title seems a little better synced with the DCnU re-launch. Harley is hellbent on breaking her boy out of Arkham, and it's up to her friends, enemies, and everything in between to make sure the Master of Mental doesn't see the light of freedom! Ivy, and especially Selina, are going to have to decide which side they're on, and whether that team includes each other or even Harley!

SuperQueeros! for May 25th, 2011

This week's comics are more balanced in terms of the gender of the queers they include, mostly because I looked up a comic book that's been on-going for almost six years and, low and behold, the protagonist is bi! Actually, most of the superqueeros this week are bi...Take a look:

Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #68 (EDIT: Totes an Adult Title 4 Str8 Boiz, Sorry!!!)

Hello comic-book-I-never-knew-existed, how are you? Evidently you are a Wiccan comic book (EDIT: whose proponents doth protest that it's Wiccan) about a coven's witch-warrior-hottie who defends her people from nefarious busty threats. And has a regular lady-hook-up in the form of a were-feline named Boo Cat!? Also there's frequent (EDIT: constant) nudity and gravity-defying breasts??? So we're not really out of queer-sploitation territory (EDIT: We are at its HQ), but at least it sounds like fun! EDIT: PR0N! It sounds like pr0n! This is it folks! While you were collecting all the issues of Naked Justice and Guardians of the Cube and wondering what straight people did without a Patrick Fillion of their own, Jim Balent was hard at work (pun intended) on being the straight, witch-y version of looking-at-superheroes-with-over-sized-sex-organs! Except someone felt like they had to market this book as female-empowering, not-pr0n? Straight people are weird...

Evidently it is horrible/hilarious: Here's an NSFW link that gives a great example of what this book is and, if you like that blog post, then I strongly encourage you to check out the rest of the links T-Dogg has provided in the comments! Seriously, the only things empowered by this comic are the male gaze and haunted vaginas, two things that I believe firmly in focusing on straight boys!

Wolverine #9

Mystique and her weird chest/heart bomb from Dark Reign are back! Or else she just got shot in the torso. It's hard to tell, because the preview has no lettering... I'm also not sure how either of those things would even slow down the Marvel U's Master of the Morph. Whatever the case, Wolvie is after her, 'cause he's pretty sure that she knows who sent him to Hell (wasn't it Daken?) and he wants to know whose balls he needs to bust. I'm definitely picking this issue up because, while Wolverine is as boring as toast, Mystique is the best thing since sliced bread!

Daken: Dark Wolverine #9.1

Speaking of Wolverine's bi, anti-heroic, sociopathic son, he's getting his very own "Point 1" issue! I'm nervous that when Rob Williams takes over scribe duties on Daken the Dark Wolverine's queerness will get swept under the rug. Let's hope this issue makes a point of showing all the things that Daken will do to get what he wants, including a man in uniform! ;)

True Blood: Tainted Love #4

No Lafayette in the solicit again, but he's one of the main cast so... I imagine he'll be in this book. (Obviously I haven't been keeping up with the True Blood comic book... Oops!)

Gotham City Sirens #23

Harley's still in Arkham, so Selina and Pam are going in to break her out! Let's just hope they can get her out of the toxic embrace of her ambivalent amour, the Joker!

SuperQueeros! for February 23rd, 2011

Well after last week's drought it's nice to have some comic books to write about! This week we've got two X-titles and two possibly LGBT-related titles:

X-Men: To Serve and Protect #4

My favorite Anole storyline to date is coming to a close with the final issue of To Serve and Protect, the X-men's push to toe the line of the Heroic Age. The solicit has some grandiose teasers: "Friends become lovers! Lovers become enemies!" I don't know which relationships they're talking about and, worse, I don't have any hopeful hypotheses, but the conclusion to Anole's "X-Dudes!" is enough to make me buy any comic! #pickoftheweek

Uncanny X-Men #533

"Quarantine" enters it's fourth issue this week, which means Northstar's tenure on the premiere X-team is waning. Of course, with the threats of the Collective Man and Sublime's X-men both handily dispatched last month, the only thing on Northstar's "To Do" list may be his boyfriend Kyle. Now that's a comic worth $4!

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Superqueeros! for December 29th, 2010

Happy New Year's Eve! Hopefully you survived any family, vacations, or Snowagnaröks that came your way this past week, because we've got some winners shipping this week! Though three of the four are comics that I reported as shipping earlier in the month... Looks like comics can get held up by winter weather too!

Gotham City Sirens #18

This is the only comic I HAVEN'T previously reported as shipping, and it's also the comic with the most amazing cover art! GCS is finishing their storyline pitting Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Zatanna, Catwoman, and Tahlia Al Ghul against each other! Everyone is struggling to either find out or continue to conceal the identity of Batman, information that Catwoman has managed to convince her compatriots that she DOESN'T have. Will Selina be able to survive being the focus of the most powerful players in the Bat-verse???? Or will this be Selina's next mental derailment?

Also this week, we get:

Daken: Dark Wolverine #4 and New Mutants #20

AND

X-Men: To Serve and Protect #2

SuperQueeros! for November 24th, 2010

It's Northstar Week! Not only is Northstar one-half of the un-quarantined X-men in Uncanny's creatively named "Quarantine" storyline, but Sasquatch's deal with the Great Beasts leads to Jean-Paul's inclusion in an awesome revival of the original Alpha Flight line-up for the Chaos War! Also, as if that weren't enough, Lafayette tells his story in the True Blood mini, the Wildcats' penultimate issue hits stores, and one of the New Mutants falls to the Inferno Babies! Plus GCS and Madame Xanadu! This is the best Thanksgiving EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chaos War: Alpha Flight

The most awesome Northstar-featuring comic this week (imo) sees the revival of his deceased teammates as they get one issue to help bring down the Chaos King. The premise for this event's tie-in books is: every living person is asleep and defenseless, so deceased heroes have been revived to fight an onslaught of attacking gods. I'm not sure if these characters stay relevant to the storyline after this one-shot, but whether or not they do I'm excited: I've not read any of the original Alpha Flight run and now, just like Marina, Vindicator, Guardian, and Shaman, I get a second chance!

Uncanny X-Men #530

If Chaos War: Alpha Flight is the most awesome Northstar-inclusive title this week, then Uncanny X-men is the most fabulous. The "Quarantine" storyline is, essentially, that Anole and the kids get sick (ANOLE ALERT!) and Utopia is quarantined from the outside world. Meanwhile, stuff starts going down outside the island, and the sick mutants start losing their powers. Where does Northstar come in to the equation? Well there are only two mutants NOT on Utopia when the quarantine starts: Dazzler and Northstar. Yup, we're about to get a full story arc of a super-diva and her super-GBF kicking butt all over San Fransisco. Who said all the X-Gays were metaphors only? #awesome #buyit

EDIT: Okay, Northstar and Dazzler aren't the ONLY un-quarantined X-Men. But 20% gay is still very gay!

True Blood #5

Lafayette's story! It's finally here! The second-to-last issue of the True Blood mini is out this week and we finally get to hear some of what Lafayette's been hiding. If you've been missing the fabulous fry cook while TB is off the air, this is the book for you. Plus, if you like Ryan Kwanten's Jason in compromising positions this book features just that sort of tale too!

Wildcats #29

Everything ends in #30! With one issue to go before everything hits the fan expect this issue to be a game-changer. Who will be the new Doctor? Will Apollo smash more golems like a blond Hulk? And is the ship headed toward Earth the Carrier or something worse????

New Mutants #19

This is the end of "Fall of the New Mutants" but it's definitely not the end of the Project Purgatory storyline! One of Marvel's Mutants is "fallen" and "no longer a part of the New Mutants" by the end of this issue, but I have a feeling that will play heavily into our heroes' successful counterstrike next month(s). Whatever happens, however, this issue is looking to be a turning point for our heroes as they're pushed to the max to overcome the overwhelming force that is: The Purgatory Babies! #KarmaKickingButt

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SuperQueeros! for September 29th, 2010

A much better showing this week when compared to last: two clans of ambiguously bi/gay women, two out and proud gay supes, and TORCHWOOD!

Torchwood #3

GARETH DAVID-LLOYD WROTE THE FIRST STORY! Everyone done swooning? Good: The tale involves Ianto (solo adventure?) meeting "a beautiful, deadly woman who may upend his life." So this looks like a prequel, but is it a pre-Lisa-the-Cyberwoman story or post-Cyberwoman? Is Ianto working for Torchwood One, or is this even earlier? There's only one way to find out! #buyit

(Also, Broken Part 3 is the back-up story and I think we are all eager for some inappropriately timed Ianto-Jack flirting!)

Wonder Woman #603

Last month JMS surprised us with one of the most kick-butt Wonder Woman stories I've read in a long while, and this month he adds to the growing mythology by introducing the monstrous Keres to fight Diana. Check out their wiki article here. Very exciting, no? Despite not featuring Anole, Ianto, or any visibly queer characters, this book is one of my most anticipated this month! #excited

X-Men: Legacy #240

The penultimate issue of the Dubai storyline, guest starring Anole! This'll mostly be watching Anole get his butt handed to him by the Children of the Vault until Luz steps in to save 'im (and the rest of the team), but any time in the spotlight is good time in the spotlight! Plus, maybe we'll get to see his camouflage powers interacting with Luz's light manipulation abilities!

JSA #43

Post-JLA crossover, Obsidian and his dad deal with the fall out. I am SO excited to finally get an Obsidian-centric story! Hopefully it will be a good one: I don't really know Obsidian beyond his sexuality, and, especially after putting him through the ringer, I think this book has an opportunity to redefine him as a person and a superhero. Also, maybe we will see something about his boyfriend?????

GCS #16

AWESOME CROSSOVER ALERT! Zatanna and Talia Al Ghul guest star as Catwoman is kidnapped, probably for her knowledge of Batman's identity. The December solicits are hinting at a potential secret tearing apart the Sirens: could this storyline - and Batman's impending return - be the end of this incarnation of the GCS??? It all starts here, folks!

SuperQueeros! for August 25th, 2010

I'm a proponent of using bisexuality to make storyline-flexible queer characters. By definition the lesbian and gay communities' romantic dramas are insular and often disconnected from our day-to-day interactions with the (majority straight) rest of the world. IMO, bisexuality is a great way to let new and old characters have a queer storyline, while not invalidating past romances or forbidding future non-queer couplings. Plus it fights bi-phobia! And if this week is any indication, it's a track that a few good writers are taking advantage of:

Dark Wolverine #90

It's the end of Dark Wolverine! Well, this series, at least! Stay tuned, though, as Daken moves from one eponymous solo series to another with next month's launch of Daken: Dark Wolverine #1!! (Oh, right, this month: find out how the "Dark Wolverine" segment of Daken's life ends! He totally flirts with a gay anti-mutant activist in the preview, so #hot and #thought-provoking!)

X-Factor #208

Rahne's back! And like any good storyline featuring pregnancy and bisexuality (#oxymoron) we get a pregnant-wolf-woman vs. cloned-alien-swordmaster betch-fight! It'll be like a flashback to Rahne's X-Force days (last month?), but with better writing! And, side note, isn't this baby NOT Rictor's? Like, isn't it some Norse wolf-god's spawnling? Layla Miller: Puppy Edition, subtitle: "I Smell Stuff"? Meaning Rahne should stick with her baby wolf-daddy, not break up my longest fan 'ship?

Anyway, back to the main plot, stuff with the Norse hell goddess Hela is going down or something. To paraphrase Pam Ravenscroft "Blah, blah, Norse emergency, blah."

X-Men: Legacy #239

ANOLE!!!!!!! LOA!!!!!!!!!!! KILLING ROBOTS!!!!!!! It's like the good old days of Kitty phasing through Sentinels all over again, but with more explosions and punching! This is one of my fav books on the market today, and it has Anole AND Rogue! (And Magneto and Loa and Indra!) #buyit

Wildcats #26

Blah, blah, magic emergency, blah. Apollo + Midnighter are in this book! They're not listed in the solicitation, and with a team this expansive they might not be in the book at all, but get it anyway! Because gay marriage is teh cutexorz!!!!!

Justice League of America #48

The end of the Starheart saga! A White Lantern reveal!!! Some Obsidian/Starman make outs? I don't think I remembered to get this month's issue of the JSA, but when last I left our gay boy and bi boy one was evil and one was unconscious. Plus they'll have to finish fighting Obsidian's dad before they can "have each other's adopted babies," but I've still got my fingers crossed! #wallacewellsrocks

Wonder Woman #602

Blah, blah, amazon-rape secrets, blah. Wonder Woman kicks some more guyz and stuff and finds out some scary thingz. I'm buying it, but there's been no indication of queerness, just butt-kicking. And the weirdest woman-in-the-refrigerator storyline evar. But what they're doing with an iconic character is interesting, if fated to be as fleeting as Superman's post-resurrection redesign.

Gotham City Sirens #15

Denouement and new storylines! Catwoman deals with the aftermath of her battle with her sister and Poison Ivy's new job takes an interesting turn! They say villains drive stories, and this is one of the best books out there, so Q.E.D., I guess. The Sapphism might be a little on the light side to warrant a place in this column, but by femme-fatalism (a new category of "awesome") it makes the post.

Madame Xanadu #26

Boys are smelly! Well, at least this boy is. Sammy's malodorous melodrama is the focus of this issue of the GLAAD-nominated comic. Will MX be able to help Sammy, or will this comic just stink?

SuperQueeros! for July 28th, 2010

The New:

X-Men: Legacy #238

As my personal fav X-person, Anole's comic this week gets top billing. Anole, Loa, Rogue, and Magneto accompany Indra back to India to find out what's got his parents in such a tizzy that they would beg their mutant son to come home. Meanwhile, a young, blonde girl interdimensional alien is about to break into 616 and spice things up even more! And, did I mention?, Anole is in this comic book! #BEST

Justice League of America #47

The JSA + JLA crossover continues in this, the third issue in the five-part crossover. Obsidian (and his dad) are still being controlled by the havoc-wreaking Starheart and it's up to the unaffectable members of the two super-teams to put them down! Hopefully they'll de-brain-wash Obsidian this month; I want to see him and Jade kick some butt together!

The Authority: The Lost Year #11

It's the penultimate issue of the long-awaited, Grant Morrison-planned storyline! The Authority have landed in a universe where they're world-ruling facists. Which, if you recall their take over of America, is a bit more like looking a mirror for The Authority than would make anyone comfortable. Either way, though, it's new Apollo-Midnighter goodness, so pick it up!

The Delayed:

Wildcats #25

Yeah, this didn't end up coming out the week I wrote about it. So pick it up this week!

The Questioning:

Detective Comics #827

So the solicit for last month told us that "Batwoman and the Question" were coming back this month. But the solicit for DC 827 is CLEARLY for a story about Batman, and there is no mention whatsoever about a Question (+ Batwoman?) back-up. It's still on my pull list, so I'll let you know if our two fav caped lesbian exes make an appearance or not.

Detective is all Batman! Not even a Question follow-up! BUT Renee isn't sitting on her butt! She pays a visit to Saint Walker in this month's Green Lantern, #56!!!!

Wonder Woman #601

If Gail Simone isn't writing Wonder Woman, is it still a story about a superhero from an island of lesbians? Especially if that island paradise was raped, razed, and turned to rubble? And is that elephant-riding hottie Achilles still alive/a homo? Only one way to find out, I guess! #Readon!

Gotham City Sirens #14

One of the best series to come out of the death of Batman, the GCS are facing potential break-up as a result of the meddling of their antagonists! Will these three questionably-close femme fatales break-up or make-up? And is that Talia Al-Ghul on the cover of next month's issue...? #spoilers?

Madame Xanadu #25

HEARING! The MX storyline about the senses continues as Spencer, a man gifted with extraordinary hearing, begins to pick up on some not-very-nice voices. Angry voices. Lust-filled voices. One might even say... demon voices! Can Madame Xanadu intervene in time or will Spencer be lost to the din in his head?

SuperQueeros! for June 30th, 2010

June has one more new comic book day! I know my bank account is groaning under the strain, but for a fifth Wednesday there is a lot of cool queer comic-ness!

Justice League of America #46

Obsidian is alive and kicking in part 1 of the JLA/JSA crossover, though he has been turned evil by the Starheart (?) and his helping his dad who is dressed like Parallax (??) to kick the collective asses of his resurrected sister, the new, super-young JLA, and a cute, blue, pansexual Starman ( :-D... I mean "???"). So this title is amazing. Even if it doesn't make any sense. #whocares!

Justice Society of America #40

Speaking of not making any sense, after reading about Obsidian being an evil pawn of evil beating up his teammates, why not pick up the book that has Obsidian trapped as an egg while his teammates try to rescue him in the (FINALLY) final chapter of the JSA's Fourth Reich storyline?? Some old teammate is going to come help JSA at the last minute, so it is either Mr. Terrific, Obsidian, or both. I am opting for Mr. T, but also hoping that Obsidian will do some butt-kicking after he gets... hatched. #wtf

EDIT: Obsidian is totally hatched from egg-prison by page 4 and he both NARRATES and KICKS BUTT!!!!!!!!!!

Wonder Woman #600

SUPER AWESOME WONDER WOMAN CELEBRATION!!!!! I don't know if you picked up Batman #700, but I thought that, as a one-shot, it was a brilliant tribute to the character that touched upon his ubiquity in the human zeitgeist and the essential immortality he has so recently derived from his departure from his Bruce Wayne host. But that's Batman, and this is about Wonder Woman!! Let's hope for some cute lesbianism and awesome gods and a story just as good for the DCU's hardest hitting heroine!!!

Madame Xanadu #24

The senses!!!! This issue sees the start of a senses-themed arc in Xanadu. I'm really excited for the final issue as it explores Xanadu's pre-cognitive sense, but first we have to tromp through the other five senses! First up is "sight" as a woman who sees people morph into grotesqueries on the subway seeks help from our eponymous heroine. #alsocool

Gotham City Sirens #13

One year of Sirens! While the other Sirens are still on the dole, Ivy's been busy this year! She's got a 9-5 job, an office romance, and an old ally trying to sabotage it all! But what's with Selina chained to the Pieta on the cover??? Find out as the hottest of the Post-Bruce Wayne comics enters its second year! #celebrate

Superqueeros! for May 26th, 2010

Wildcats #23

Part one of three!! The Wildcats have finally set up a home base for their operations, so now it's time to start solving some mysteries! Jackson King and Ladytron are on the hunt for the new Doctor, but back at the ranch an army of baddies is on the rise! Apollo and Midnighter will no doubt be cameo-ing in this storyline (if only as boyfriend ex machina), and the World's End Wild-verse is one of the most exciting universes I've ever read. #pickoftheweek

Wonder Woman #44

THE ULTIMATE SIMONE WONDER WOMAN!!!!! While Gail will be joining JMS, Geoff Johns, and more next month on the anthology issue #600, this is the last issue penned exclusively by Simone before JMS takes over writing duties! And while I'm super excited for JMS's take on the power princess, I'm also expecting the amazing beefcake to drop off after the switch in writers. Which is tres triste, y'all. Tres triste.

Dark Wolverine #86

Daken Vs. Wolverine! Also, Romulus Vs. Skaar, but whatever. Daken Vs. Wolverine!!!! Lots of daddy jokes!!! I'm so excited for the stabbing and the bitching! And the this-storyline-is-not-a-dream! That will be a welcome relief from this title's status quo! Also, hot inked sociopaths!

Detective Comics #865

The Batman story in this book is actually quite good. But that's not why DC865 is featured in this blog post! The Question is nearing the end of her storyline and this issue the solicits promise a reveal of the big bad! The Question is the only reason I'm still picking up this book now that Batwoman is gone/on hiatus/elsewhere, and it's a testament to the quality of her story that I'm plunking down the dineros for her mini-comic. So git it!

Gotham City Sirens #12

Poison Ivy's in trouble! Will her sirens come to her aid, or will she have to outsmart her former employee and save her own life? It might not be explicitly queer, but GCS has definitely found its feet and is a consistently awesome book about the DCU's most compelling villains.

Madame Xanadu #23

It's the end! Not of the series, but of the storyline that pits the Madame against her sister Morgana. The solicits promise a fight to the death, but for mystical immortals that's, I'm sure, simply a relative term. Check out the action packed conclusion of this GLAAD-nominated book's most exciting storyline!