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Errrr....not that there's anything WRONG with that. Sir.

From CNN.

As a comics fan, I've noticed that "reinventing" old comic heroes to make them more "relevant" has been a constant feature ("Hey, let's make Speedy a drug addict!"). In this process, a considerable number of superheroes have been "outed." (No, Batman and Robin are still in the closet.)

But the Rawhide Kid? Jack Kirby must be spinning rapidly enough to generate a gravitational distortion. On the other hand, if you're going to be openly gay in the late 1800s, it probably doesn't hurt to be the best gunfighter in the West.

"Hey, there, Cowboy!"

"Not fair! I thought of this gig first!"

I suppose the Lone Ranger is next...

City official: God-damn you, you hippy freak, I wanna tell you -- What the hell do you want Tonto for, anyway?



Mask Man: To perform an unnatural act.

City official: What?

Mask Man: You heard me: to perform an unnatural act.

City official: The Mask Man is a fag! God-damn! The Mask Man is a fag! The masked Fag Man! Oh, Lord! I'm getting dizzy. Don't look at him kids! The bad Fag Man. Oh! [Spluttering.] The Masked Bad Fag Damn Man. You fag bastard, you! God-damn it, kids! Mask Man, I never knew you were that way!

Mask Man: I'm not a fag, but I've heard so much about it, I've read a lot of exposes on how bad it is, and I want to try it, just once. . . . You know? I like what they do with fags in this country: the punishment is quite correct and consistent with the rest of the law: lock 'em up with a bunch of other men -- hmmm, very clever. . . . Uh, wash him up and get him ready! And, uh, I tell you what, uh -- give me that white horse, too.

City official: [Pause.] What do you want that horse for?

Mask man: For the act.

--"Thank You Mask Man" by Lenny Bruce