Batman's Sidekick Robin Comes Out. It Makes Sense, If You Were Paying Attention
In the pages of a DC Comics anthology series, Tim Drake — the third young man to assume to role of Batman's sidekick, Robin, has a "lightbulb moment" realization — but his journey is only beginning.
Well. That's over, at last.
After 80 long years, the fusillade of sneers, slurs and innuendos are finally done with. For decades, homophobes looking to land cheap jokes and queer fans aching to see themselves in the comics they love have shared an unlikely common goal — to shove Robin, Batman's trusty sidekick, out of the closet.
And this week, in the pages of the DC anthology comic Robin comes out. He rescues a male friend from the hands of a villain
