I guess Batman was too busy fighting crime to meet her needs, because Batwoman is coming back… and coming out of the closet! D.C. Comics is bringing back the classic character as a lesbian. The new Batwoman debuts in July 2006 as part of a weekly series that started this year.

The five-foot-ten superhero has flowing red hair, knee-high red boots with spike heels and a super-tight black outfit. A top editor says D.C. “wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family.”

The original Batwoman (shown left) was started in 1956 and killed off in 1979. The editor says the step isn’t “just about having a gay character.” He says D.C. is striving “for overall diversity.”

Reviews are mixed on Web sites devoted to D.C. Comics. One critic says ugly superheroes might be more groundbreaking, offering the examples of “200-pound woman, man with horseshoe hair loss pattern, people with cold sores.”

I’m secretly hoping she’ll hook up with Catwoman, meow! At least now all Batwoman’s suggestive serie/comic book titles finally make sense.

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