Midnighter #12 (final issue)

[laughing_tree]

"The man that never lets you down, that hears you when no one else will, the hero that doesn’t want to be an urban legend, but instead a reality for anyone that hurts others — he got to be gay.

"Midnighter was the one that terrorized the terrorizers. He put fear in the stomachs of those who traffic in fear on a daily basis. He was the ultimate check for people who cross the line — and that competent, strong, unwavering fighter got to be gay. And he got the respect. He got to win the day.

"And I am so happy that got to happen, so proud of it. Because queer people, non-binary people, people of any minority — we can be anything. We can be the heroes, we can win the day, we can be strong, and we don’t have to live to anyone’s expectations but out own.

"And that’s what made MIDNIGHTER special. Yes, if you ask me, we had one of the best damn action books on the shelves. A book that crossed boundaries and brought you moments never before seen in comics. Hell, we killed someone with a porterhouse steak, and stuck Midnighter in a bullet and shot him into space!

"But beneath the blockbuster action, there is an icon that says without question: only you define yourself, no matter who you are, and absolute belief in that is all you need to be strong as hell.

"Thank you so much for reading..." -- Steve Orlando

Comments

[lucean]

But preferring the character has nothing to do with do if it is an icon or not. Besides, in general the difficulty with pop cultural icons is that they are almost always dependant on the time, so it is a very difficult question to approach to begin with.

However, Midnighter was pretty prominent when Authority was the big title and still has some traction, for example them giving him this title and having him feature on Nightwing the way he did.