Generally speaking, one of the things that DC does well is their Pride Month books. Last week’s DC Pride 2022 was wonderful and even outside of the Pride Month efforts, the publisher has had some fantastic stories and characters falling under the LGBTQ+ umbrella in recent years, including Tim Drake. That character came out as bisexual last year in Batman: Urban Legend #6, so the idea that we’d be getting an entire Pride special devoted to Tim was a pretty exciting one. And on its face, it is. A roundup of those momentous stories as paired with a new one does seem like a solid strategy to celebrate the character and this chapter of his journey. Unfortunately, pulling the stories out from their original context highlights how poorly structured they actually are and shines a spotlight on other issues as well, not to mention aspects that feel poorly toned and preachy in a way that only perpetuates stereotypes about bisexual individuals.
