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

[locuatico]

Eh. i don't know. it is still interesting that the superhero who happens to have "bullet immunity" as it's biggest sell point and whose origin story is strongly related to police brutality and racism... happens to appear when there is a new wave of protests and new cases of police brutality appear each week. This is the political context in which the show is being produced and in which it is going to premiere, it will be strongly tied to it.
Like sure. it is probably a coincidence. how does that change the fact that a black character who is immune to getting shot and who was wrongly accused will be the hero in a show that has a black man as showrunner in a time and place when black people are being shot and wrongly accused?

[wizardru]

Oh, on that respect I think you're 100% correct. I have no doubt that the show is leaning heavily into that. I just meant that the suggestion that Cage got greenlit most likely had nothing to do with that social media campaign. That it would influence the direction of the show is very likely, I imagine.