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DC Comics: Pride Anthology to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Characters

Print Debut for Trans Superhero Dreamer

Superhero publisher DC Comics has announced a slate of Pride themed comics to be released in June starring DC Pride, an 80 page anthology comic featuring LGBTQ+ characters and creators from across the DC Universe.

This will be preceded by the publication of Crush and Lobo an eight episode mini-series following the adventures of Crush and Lobo: After rage-quitting the Teen Titans and blowing up her relationship with her girlfriend Katie, Crush decides it’s time to finally confront her father in space jail and get her baggage sorted before she wrecks everything!

To coincide with Pride month in the US (June) DC are also publishing Pride variant covers featuring Batman, Harley, Ivy, Superman, Wonder Woman, among others.

DC Pride features the first comic book appearance of Dreamer, the trans hero first introduced via the television adaptation of Supergirl, in a story written by the actor playing Dreamer, Nicole Maines, who is also trans.

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