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"Leading gay magazine The Advocate has hailed the lesbian character Batwoman\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s starring role in DC Comics&amp;#039; Detective Comics as a step forward for diversity, but claims that leading publishers still need to improve representation of LGBT characters. Kate Kane was revealed to be a lesbian when her character was introduced in 2006. She will take the lead role in DC\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s namesake title after the apparent death of its previous star, the original Batman Bruce Wayne. Writing for the magazine, Ed Tahaney said it was &amp;quot;a positive step to see a gay character step out into a principal role&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;[M]ainstream comic book companies are still struggling to depict greater diversity on their pages,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;To a large degree the fantasy worlds inhabited by DC Comics and its biggest rival, Marvel... are still chock-full of straight white men in tights and spandex-covered women with melon-sized breasts.&amp;quot; Previous incarnations of Batwoman were introduced as love interests for Batman, but DC decided the post-Infinite Crisis version of the character would be gay. Detective Comics #854 is out this week. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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