In the foreword for DC Pride, writer Marc Andreyko proclaims that “if you had told 13-year-old me that [the book] would ever exist, I would have never believed it.” As a queer woman—one who spent years searching through the comics and other media I consumed with a fine-tooth comb, hoping for subtext that would make up for scarce positive canonical representation—that sentiment became a blinking light in the back of my mind the entire time I read DC Pride. The oversized one-shot, which spotlights an array of LGBTQ+ characters in DC Comics canon, is a genuine marvel to experience, one that is chock-full of positive, entertaining, and compelling stories brought to life by (mostly) LGBTQ+ creative teams. In every sense of the word, DC Pride is a celebration—of the LGBTQ+ characters within the DC universe, and also of what kind of positive representation mainstream comics is truly capable of.
