Bisexual Superman

[Adam88]

Inclusivity in comics can be hard to achieve.

My own opinion, the "golden age" of comics was when the original characters were created.  At that time, diversity was not a consideration, so the characters and the people who created them were white, straight men.

The first big push at diversity that I remember was in the late 70s with a cartoon  called The Super Friends.  A watered down, kid safe version of  The Justice League, it had the big 5 heroes (Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin and Aquaman) and what I called the "second stringers" (Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Flash, Green Lantern, Atom).

The problem......all white.  So a handful of new characters were created.  A black man, a Japanese man, a Native American, and a Mexican man.  The problem was their powers were ill-defined, and their names originated not from their powers, but from their ethnicity, so they were Black Vulcan, Samurai, Apache Chief, and El Dorado.  Also added was Rima the Jungle Girl, from South America.

Sidekicks the Wonder Twins were also added, aliens from the planet Exxor, but they were given a darker complexion, so as not to add to all the white characters.   



The newer characters in comics now are great, but since the comic industry is going downhill, many LGBT characters, and characters of color just don't get the attention the originals did.  Therefore they don't catch on and appear less popular than the originals.  I think most people may be hard pressed to name a black character, much less an lgbt one.   I can think of Black Lightning, Storm, Vixen, and Black Panther.

However, I don't read a lot of new comics now, I don't have the time, so it could just be my ignorance on current hero characters.

I'm not a big comic book guy and I can name a bunch right off the top of my head. You forgot about Spawn and Blade, btw. I always got a creepy vibe from the twins you mentioned. They always seemed like they were glancing at each other with a "yeah lets bang" faces.