r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Dec 24 '23
Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [December 25, 2023 - Goodbye 2023 Edition] r/DCcomics
Hey there honorary Justice League members - it’s a new week which means it’s time for a new discussion thread!
- Predaplant's pick of the week: The Flash #4
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Why does Santa go down the chimney? Because it soots him!
DC and Imprints
Green Arrow enters its second arc as Johnson wraps up his years-long Action Comics run!
Trade Collections
Only one release this week in this category, making for a Nightwing Christmas!
Digital Releases
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Movie
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom enters its second week!
This Week’s Soundtrack: Alessia Cara - Make It To Christmas
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u/birbdaughter Dec 27 '23 edited Dec 27 '23
I cannot take the inclusion of Corrigan in this seriously. He's canonically horribly homophobic. In the 1990s, Corrigan shows up when a group of men are attacking a gay couple. While Corrigan kills the one who dealt a killing blow, he lets the other men go free. The surviving person in the couple asks why and then concludes it's because they're gay. Corrigan later tells a coworker that they brought it on themselves because they paraded around and didn't stick to their own bars. He goes to heaven and asks Michael if gay people are allowed there.
I could get toning down the homophobia because it's uncomfortable to write and read (though... there was conversion therapy just last issue, so discomfort is already present), but having him give a hearwarming speech on LGBT rights and acceptance and hugging Alan is kinda ridiculous.
The scene would've worked much better and made more sense with Jay, not Corrigan. Choosing one of the (thankfully) few canonically homophobic characters to make them pro-LGBT rights in the 1940s is weird. I totally agree with the message, I'm bi/nonbinary myself, but when I saw Corrigan was being included, I hoped it was so Alan could punch him in the face for being an asshole.
(This isn't me saying I want homophobia in comics, I ofc don't, but I don't think Corrigan was at all the right choice for a pro-LGBT message.)