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DC Comics Announce More Queer Female Superheroes

After confirming Wonder Woman is not straight, DC Comics have announced two other female characters who are not only queer, but are in a relationship with each other.

In DC’s Bombshell comic series, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are definitely a couple and their relationship will be a pivotal focus in an upcoming chapter.

DC’s Bombshells comic series re-imagines female superheroes on the front-line fighting World War II with leading ladies Batwoman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl.

The announcement is a shock to some fans but completely expected by others.

Outside the story, many fans have chimed with this relationship mostly for two reasons: Harley and Ivy represent hope after an abusive relationship, and they’re also a rare symbol of queer representation within the comics.

Of course, there are other LGBT characters in DC, and even another lesbian relationship in Bombshells, but more is always better, especially when it comes to a couple who have danced around the fact for years.

Now, finally, we can say for absolute certain that no matter what universe they’re in, Harley and Ivy are in love.

Is Another DC Comic Book Hero Coming Out As Bisexual? Fans Think So

Last month, DC writer Greg Rucka established Wonder Woman’s queer identity, and although it hasn’t been explicitly stated in recent comic books, it does add Wonder Woman to the list of DC Comics’s current bisexual lead characters – Harley Quinn, John Constantine, Poison Ivy and Catwoman.

But, if Greg Rucka’s logic is followed through – regarding the likely sexual proclivities of Paradise Island (Wonder Woman’s Amazon home world) – that would mean that another new character could also be bisexual.

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Red Hood And The Outlaws is a three-person team title featuring Red Hood, Artemis and Bizarro.

Artemis is also an Amazon, from the same culture as Wonder Woman. She’s just a little more… aggressive.

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So will she be out? It’s been suggested that the writer would be more willing to go with Artemis, where Rucka is hasn’t, with Wonder Woman?

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