DC Comics Decides To Ruin An Icon By Making Batman's Sidekick, Robin, Bisexual

The latest issue of Batman: Urban Legends, a monthly anthology series, revealed that the Caped Crusader's longtime sidekick Robin, specifically the Tim Drake version of him, is bisexual.

The moment came at the end of part 3 of the Sum of Our Parts story, from writer Meghan Fitzmartin, artist Belén Ortega, colorist Alejandro Sánchez, and letterer Pat Brosseau.

In part 1, which debuted in Batman: Urban Legends issue #4, Tim reunited with his old friend Bernard. Their dinner at Bincy's Bar and Grill was interrupted by Chaos Monster, who knocked out Tim and kidnapped Bernard to be sacrificed.

During the rescue mission of part 3, featured in this week's Urban Legends #6, Bernard mentions to Robin that he wishes he could've finished his date with Tim, unaware that he's actually speaking to his love interest. A few pages later, Tim goes to see Bernard and things are clarified.

"Tim Drake… do you want to go on a date with me?" Bernard asks.

"Yeah… Yeah, I think I want that," Tim replies.

DC readers at Bounding into Comics almost universally see it as a negative development and proof that the comic book giants care more about wokeness than quality storytelling.

Said one commenter, “Since about 2016, I’ve slowly stopped caring about American comics, except as a sort of sad, self-destructive side show. I read manga, which I’ve discovered is great, but the North American market is just a wasteland of virtue-signalling garbage with Twitter it’s north star.”