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The DC and marvel Heroes Forum: DC Heroes Not Allowed to Get Married?

Today at the DC and Marvel Heroes Forum, I post a topic I feel will encourage lots of readers to voice their concerns regarding a recent controversial editorial decision made at DC Comics, publisher of the Batman comics. I am sure some of you heard the news that DC won't allow the currently running Batman comic book series Batwoman to feature a story where Kate Kane (the current Batwoman) marries her fiance, provoking the series' writers' decision to resign from writing in protest. Well, last night, I found out from the entertainment news show Innerspace that the entire reason DC editors refuse to let Kate Kane to have her wedding within the canon DC Universe continuity is to enforce o the continuity itself the storytelling standard that supeheroes are not meant to be happy, not even during an endless war against darkness. Moreover, current co-publisher at DC Comics Dan DiDio said this to defend the decision to prevent DC Universe super-ehreos from getting married, according to The Mary Sue:

"Heroes shouldn’t have happy personal lives. They are committed to being that person and committed to defending others at the sacrifice of their own personal interests.

That’s very important and something we reinforced. People in the Bat family their personal lives basically suck. Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Barbara Gordon and Kathy Kane. It’s wonderful that they try to establish personal lives, but it’s equally important that they set them aside. That is our mandate, that is our edict and that is our stand."

I guess the question I want to ask you readers is if you feel that DC's in the wrong to prevent DC Universe heroes who are in love with their respective lovers from getting married and/or having any sense of hapines in their lives, or do you think editiors have their good points? As for me, this adds to the two-year disappointment I find myself suffering from because of the new 52 iniative's elimination of Clark Kent's mariage with Lois Lane from the main DC Universe's timeline, and it's already sad that poor Dick Grayson never got to marry either Starfire or Barbara Gordon, even though he truly loved them. Looks like DC's really stooped to the level Marvel Comics' chief creator oficer Joe Quesada was at about six years ago when he dictated that Peter Parker's marriage with Mary-Jane Watson in the main Marvelverse's timeline be erased permanently.

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Feature: 09/10/13 | By: stararnold | 0 comments | Batman | Tags: batwoman, controversy, marriage ban, the dc and marvel heroes forum

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