Gay sex-fueled Green Lantern comic book DOA after fans reject it and sales fall flat

In October, author Tim Sheridan urged people to pick up a copy of his latest work, a Green Lantern re-boot in which the DC superhero has sex with his boyfriend. Despite his pleas, the comic appears to have struggled to gain favor among readers.

On Amazon, the e-book version of the first issue of Alan Scott, Green Lantern currently sits at #277 in superhero comics & graphic novels, and 39,736 among all titles in the Kindle store. 

 

"The only way we can shut these people down is to make this book an undeniable success," Sheridan told his fans in a video announcing the new comic, suggesting "haters and the queerphobes are out in force."

"The only way to prove to the big publishers that there's a huge market for authentic stories about LGBTQIA+ characters and these stories are for everyone is to buy the heck out of books like this," he added, pointing out that he would be donating profits to the Elton John Aids Foundation.

"If you care about truth and justice, about shining a light in the darkness, if you think comics are and should continue to be for everyone, or if you just want to force these ComicsGate trolls back under the bridge they crawled out from, please support our book," Sheridan continued. "Everyone deserves to see themselves in comics. Everyone needs allies, and if you're an ally, now is the time to step up. We outnumber them. So let's pool our power, vote with our wallets, and beat these assholes."

Reviews for the first of six issues have been mixed; some have applauded Sheridan for his commitment to featuring gay characters, while others have decried the direction he took the beloved character.

"They have completely altered the character, who was a brave and cheerful super-hero who was one of the few allowed to grow old and who was happily married to another of DC's Golden Age characters," one reviewer wrote. "In this new series he's been written as a closeted homosexual who is blackmailed by the FBI into joining the JSA, and at the end of the issue he ends up in an insane asylum. I don't know who wants their old school superheroes written this way, but I do not."

"Avoid this book," he continued. "The character has been ruined and his nearly 80 years of published history ignored, presumably for the sake of 'diversity.' It's not worth your time or money."