Meet the gay superhero couple who could feature in new DC films
The Authority? Well, I thought I’d provide some information on them and particularly two characters who could signal some great things for LGBTQ+ fans: Midnighter and Apollo.The Authority, created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, started in the Wildstorm line, the independent superhero setting of publisher Image Comics.The team was a more boundary-pushing version of the Justice League and the Avengers, and it included the bio-engineered “Sun God” Apollo and Midnighter who could be summed up as “what if Superman and Batman were a couple.”The characters were some of the earliest representations of queer superheroes (The Authority debuted in 1999), eventually getting married and even adopting a kid.
The characters were more than simple pastiches, as different creators contributed to their continuity.If you would like to catch up on the characters ahead of the movie, there is no better place to start than the original series (Absolute Authority Vol.
