Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - DC Pride 2022 #1

I didn’t like all the stories but it was a really good anthology. The characters were great and I loved seeing more. The last story was so important and impactful. The foreword too. Like it was really great. Some of the vibes weren’t it. Like Jon saying that pride is now a party… come on man… I’ve read Superman son of Kal-El, would you really say that? Also the straight flag?

But otherwise. Yes it was good. Some stories were even GREAT

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donxmore's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Super Pride (Jon Kent): 1 (why would you put the straight flag on Superman’s pride cape 😭)
Confessions (Nubia and Io): 3
Think of Me (Connor Hawke): 5
Up at Bat (Alysia Yeoh): 4
A World Kept Just For Me (Kaldur and Wyynde): 4
The Gumshoe in Green (Jo Mullein): 2
Public Display of Electromagnetism (Ray Terrill): 1
Bat’s in the Cradle (Kate and Jacob Kane): 4
Special Delivery (Timber): 5 🥰
The Hunt (Harlivy): 5 🥰
Are You Ready for This? (Teen Justice): 4
Finding Batman (Kevin Conroy): 5 🦇 🖤

Average: 3.58/5

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henrygravesprince's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Of course, “Finding Batman” is the standout here; other highlights include “Up at Bat” & “A World Kept Just For Me”. Lowlights are “The Gumshoe in Green” & “Bat’s in the Cradle”. The worst it has to offer, IMO, is “Super Pride” — the mention of the Stonewall uprising in that particular story exists solely to brush it off to act as if the need for direct action & fighting back against oppression is in the past; if your Pride has been a ‘party for decades’, you’ve probably been looking at pinkwashed history & celebrating rainbow capitalism.

That being said, I didn’t come into this expecting better than that, because first & foremost DC as a company (which is to say, not the individual artists and writers making these particular comics overall) is selling Pride, not celebrating it — there’s something so stark, however, about propping up the absolutely toothless way “Super Pride” presents Pride against the heart-wrenching autobiographical discussion of homophobia following the Stonewall uprising & throughout the AIDS crisis in “Finding Batman” that I can’t help but betray my lack of surprise at being disappointed by being genuinely irritated with it. It’s only highlighted by the fact that “Up at Bat” talks about what the Trans community is still fighting against which, evidently, the writer of “Super Pride” seems to believe ended ‘decades ago’.

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