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47. APOLLO AND THE MIDNIGHTER (Stormwatch)
Apollo is notable for being among the first openly gay superheroes in print, although several years behind Marvel Comics' Northstar. He married fellow The Authority member Midnighter and both adopted Jenny Quantum.
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47. APOLLO AND THE MIDNIGHTER (Stormwatch)
“Technically this is clearly two characters, but how could we separate comics' most significant out-and-proud couple? In the often simplistically macho world of superheroes, these two were introduced as an off-kilter Superman and Batman into Warren Ellis' excellent Stormwatch series, but after a series of gradual hints were revealed as a couple in the Authority series which followed, hopefully shaking at least a few fanboy prejudices out of existence. Now married, with an adoptive (super)daughter, the pair have starred in a number of controversial storylines (including an implied rape) as befits the darker tone of the more adult Authority, but have recently been reunited after a mind-wipe took Midnighter away and broke up their home (these things are why the superhero divorce rate is s” read more
Male Gay Characters (72 characters items)" The gay Superman. Although he is more unique than that. Pairs with Midnighter. They even got married and adopted a baby girl (the spirit of the 21st century btw)."
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