A review by squid7000
Midnighter, Vol. 1: Out by Steve Orlando, Stephen Mooney, Hugo Petrus, Alec Morgan, ACO

4.0

Midnighter is the gay superhero Gotham deserves. I read this book in one sitting and I love how unapologetic it is. M is gay, and he's living his life as an out gay man. Steve Orlando doesn't shy away from it, nor does he do the all-too-familiar song and dance of using one issue to proclaim a character's sexuality and never talking about it again. Midnighter is gay, it's his life, and he falls in love and flirts and kills people and it's all very organic, a sure result of hiring a nonstraight writer. It's awesome to have a gay superhero written by a bi (I think -- correct me if I'm wrong) man for nonstraight people. It feels good. And if straight people identify with M's wit, pain, ruthlessness, and struggle for identity, too, then all the better.