Write the introduction to your Critical Investigation essay.

With the arrival of Midnighter, has the era of the LBGT superhero finally arrived? If so, why?

‘Yes, it’s sad that one of the most prominent gay relationships in Wildstorm and DC’s comic history came to a close without us getting to witness it, but at the same time, it’s fascinating to see it.’- James Whitbrook. Comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s, this was due to world war 2 as they were being used as propaganda. Comic books have been used as a front for an ideology of society put there by elites. This essay will be investigating in the belief they have been trying to push a picture onto the world of how it should be. For example X-men was inspired by Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, this was due to representing the mutants as "coloured people" as mutants in Xmen are outcasts just as "coloured people" were at that time in history. This gave the idea that comic books are trying to push a message that being different is a good thing and differences should be embraced. This leads to the next point as to comic books have been trying to push LGBT messages to their audience and that it has finally been pushed with Midnighter the homosexual superhero created in 1998. Midnighter has his own comic book series which has become popular from start of 2015 which have created him as the icon of LGBT superheroes setting the scene for more LGBT superheroes to emerge in society such as (Scott Alan) Green Lantern and be accepted among fans. With this happening it has pushed Comic book companies like DC and Marvel to embrace these heroes and push them onto society. This would also represent that in comic books it has been rare to see a LGBT superhero because of society not being open to them due to an ideology among them. However because of gay marriage being allowed recently and trans genders happening more and more and being applauded such as Caitlyn Jenner's recent sex change, they have accepted this and it has become a thing that is now accepted by society and comic fans alike.